Motorist caught doing 189 km/h on highway
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning for driving on the highway near Zygi at 189 kilometres an hour in instead of the legal 100 km/h, police said.
The speeder ...
Cyprus pays tribute to those who died during the 1974 Turkish invasion
Cyprus on Sunday paid tribute to all those who lost their lives during the 1974 Turkish invasion.
Memorial services were held in all districts, in the presence of the House Speaker ...
Turkey condemns EU court ruling on headscarf ban as violation of freedoms
Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of religious freedoms”, adding the move ...
Akel says government not acting decisively enough in face of Turkish provocations
If the negotiations on the Cyprus issue do not resume, Turkey will continue to exploit the gap in negotiations, opposition Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday.
In statements after ...
Sowing the seeds of evil: Cyprus 1959-1964
The position taken by Takis Hadjidemetriou, as stated in his recent book The Republic of Cyprus 1959-1964: The State and the Parastate finds me in full agreement. In the preface, ...
Government ‘taking steps in all directions’ spokesman says
The government is monitoring all developments and is taking steps in all directions, both at European level and at the level of the UN Security Council, Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...
Mykonos, Greece’s famed party island, falls silent under music ban
There was no music and no dancing on Greece’s famed party island Mykonos on Sunday as new rules to contain the spread of COVID-19 pushed tourists to cancel holidays ...
Johnson reverses plan to skip quarantine after Covid exposure (Updated)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that ...
Byzantine complexities that led to the coup
Sirens are sounded in the Republic of Cyprus every year at the exact time President Makarios was overthrown on July 15, 1974. Makarios was receiving some Greek Egyptian children at the presidential ...
Yellow alert for 40C inland
Τhe met office on Sunday issued a yellow warning for high temperatures.
The alert is in effect from noon until 5pm.
Temperatures are expected to hit 40C inland, 34C along ...
Spike Lee jumps gun at Cannes with ‘Titane’ Palme d’Or reveal
“Titane”, a wildly imaginative film about a serial killer by French director Julia Ducournau, won the top Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday – as revealed ...
‘Laughing gas’ party ends in arrest
A 22-year-old man has been charged with having too many people in his home and with possession nitrogen oxide (laughing gas), police said on Sunday.
Police raided the house in ...
Syria’s Assad says $60bn frozen in Lebanon’s banks; 80% of Syrians below poverty line
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the main impediment to investment in the country was money stuck in ailing Lebanese banks.
In a speech after being sworn in as ...
Cryptocurrencies boom in Pakistan sees regulation
Once a week Ghulam Ahmed, 38, takes time out from his cryptocurrency consulting business to log into a WhatsApp group with hundreds of members eager to learn how to mine and ...
Priyanka Chopra shares teen anxiety over her skin colour
Actress Priyanka Chopra is getting candid about her journey to the self-confidence she is known for today.
The actress is renowned for her stunning presence on any big Hollywood red ...
China’s foreign trade up 27.1%, exports booming
China’s foreign trade in the first half of the year posted the best performance in history, underpinned by the country’s sustainable economic recovery and strong global demand.
The ...
Latest Covid measures are unlawful, disproportionate and discriminatory
We are all witnessing a global unprecedented development as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Fear has spread around the globe due to the great number of people who tested ...
All adults in Britain offered jab ahead of Monday reopening
Every adult in the United Kingdom has been offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Sunday, ahead of the end of legal restrictions in England ...
Investing in real estate starts to make sense again
The Cyprus real estate market is finding its legs again, just as, across the globe, the housing market is booming – real estate investment is starting to make sense again.
The ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Policed by bar staff
OUR ESTABLISHMENT has put up the price of all our items in order to pay for the muscle we have hired to check that customers have a SafePass. I know ...
All eyes on Varosha ahead of Erdogan’s Cyprus visit
Whatever he announces will change the face of future talks, analysts predict
By Elias Hazou
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s upcoming visit to the north of Cyprus next week has ...
Our View: Our leaders paved the way for Varosha fait accompli
On Tuesday it will be 47 years, to the day since the first Turkish invasion troops set foot in Cyprus. Within four weeks of this day the troops had taken control ...
Coronavirus: 928 new cases, no deaths (Updated)
The health ministry announced 928 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday out of 72,874 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.27 per cent.
No deaths from the virus were reported, but ...
Death toll rises to 168 in Germany and Belgium floods (Updated)
By Petra Wischgoll and David Sahl
The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 168 on Saturday after burst rivers and flash floods this ...