Drink driver arrested four times over the limit
A 58-year-old man was arrested driving four times over the maximum alcohol limit without insurance, police said on Monday.
The man, who lives in Nicosia, was stopped for a traffic ...
Turkish central bank ‘drops’ $25bn in debt
Turkey’s central bank has changed the criteria identifying short-term external debt, thus reducing the amount on its books by $25 billion, the bank announced in a statement last week.
Short-term ...
Rescue operations underway in Louisiana as Ida death toll expected to rise (Updated)
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Peter Szekely
Nearly all of Louisiana lost electrical power on Monday after one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the region downed power lines, ...
US interest rates are soon to rise; threat to recovering economies is real — IMF Chief Economist
Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has warned that recovering economies will be threatened by a ‘taper tantrum’ — meaning that interest rates rise in the US ...
Cash rewards for shareholder dividends this year will be strong
Cypriots who invest in global stocks will get a bonus this year, if the company they’ve place funds with pays dividends. They may also be rewarded with a shares ...
Inflation fears have passed their peak – Economists
Have we passed the peak of inflation fear? Investment insights from EFG Bank
After one of the worst years for global economic growth in 2020, this year looks set to be ...
Limassol’s ‘smart’ roundabout improving traffic flows
Transport ministry says Ayia Fyla traffic light system a success
While public reaction to the island’s first smart traffic light system at the busy Ayia Fyla roundabout in Limassol ...
Spurs go top, Greenwood snatches late win for Man United
Tottenham Hotspur maintained their 100% start to the Premier League season with a 1-0 win over Watford on Sunday thanks to a somewhat fortuitous first-half goal from Son Heung-min.
Son fired ...
Verstappen wins rain-hit Belgium GP without racing a single lap
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday without racing even a single lap as half-points were awarded for only the sixth time in Formula ...
Turkey cannot take new refugee burden, foreign minister says
Turkey cannot take the burden of a new migrant wave from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday after talks with his German counterpart, as concerns about a new ...
Fauci backs vaccine mandate for school children, discusses boosters every five months with Biden
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he supports COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the ...
Scientists contradict official line that Yeri fire was not a health concern
Contrary to official statements that air quality was not hugely affected by the factory fire that burned overnight on Thursday in Yeri, a University of Cyprus (UCy) monitoring system found ...
Coronavirus: two deaths, 208 more people test positive on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry said on Sunday that two people died from Covid-19 and that 208 tested positive from 30,027 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.69 per cent.
The deaths concerned ...
Biden travels to air base to honor U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived at Dover Air Force Base on Sunday to honor members of the military killed in a suicide bomb attack during the evacuation of civilians ...
Tatar says Anastasiades’ 1960 comments shows he’s ‘lost all credibility’
President Nicos Anastasiades, with his proposal that the two sides in Cyprus return to the 1960 constitutional arrangement, has “lost all credibility”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said.
In a ...
Oil and gas facing new realities
Capital markets and the insurance sector are becoming increasingly reluctant to fund and insure fossil fuels
The oil and gas sector is undergoing permanent change brought about by a number ...
Man charged with stealing three cows in Paphos
A man aged 57 has been arrested on suspicion of stealing three cows from a farm in Anarita in Paphos.
The farmer reported the theft to police on Friday, saying that ...
Coffee and bread prices in north ‘through the roof’
Turkish Cypriots are seeing a doubling in the price of coffee and bread, reports from the north said on Sunday.
Global fuel prices are currently contributing to an increase in ...
Coronavirus: Testing locations for Monday
Free testing for certain groups will be at the following locations on Monday:
District
Sampling points
Hours
Limassol
(10 points)
“Grigori Afxentiou” Square, Limassol
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
1st Primary ...
Israel offers booster shots to all vaccinated aged 12 and over
Israel on Sunday began offering a COVID-19 booster shot to anyone who has been fully vaccinated, lowering the age of eligibility to 12.
“Starting today, the third vaccine dose is open ...
U.S. strikes at Islamic State militants in Kabul as withdrawal nears end (Update 2)
The United States carried out a missile strike on Islamic State militants in Kabul on Sunday, U.S. officials said, as its forces at the capital’s airport worked to ...
Red alert for forest fires on Monday
Cyprus on Monday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Sunday, calling on the public to be particularly careful.
In an announcement, it cautioned ...
Tougher checks on Greek Cypriots at crossing points
The interior ministry has confirmed to the Sunday Mail that there is a new policy of increased and more detailed checks on Greek Cypriots at crossing points with the north.
...
Johnson defends Kabul airlift after blame game erupts
Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended Britain’s airlift from Kabul on Sunday following growing criticism that ministers had been “asleep on watch”, potentially leaving thousands of eligible Afghans behind in ...