Palestinian who killed 2 in Tel Aviv shot by Israeli forces
A Palestinian who killed two people in a Tel Aviv bar was shot to death on Friday by Israeli security forces after an hours-long manhunt through the city.
The bar ...
Russia laments ‘tragedy’ of troop deaths as Ukraine braces for major offensive
Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated ...
Lebanon parliament ready to agree legislation, reforms for IMF-backed programme
Lebanon’s parliament is ready “with great seriousness” to secure the necessary legislation and reforms to make a programme supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a success, parliament speaker ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) this week announced that it participated in the inaugural meeting for the U-Mar Project, in Sicily, as part of the actions of the ...
Airbus, Qatar jetliner feud enters UK court spotlight
Airbus (AIR.PA) and Qatar Airways are set to face each other in court as a dispute over billions of dollars of jets enters a theatrical phase and rattles some ...
Anonymity for burner phones coming to an end
After more than a decade of back-and-forth, parliament appears ready to finally bring to the plenum a bill obliging users of burner phones to identify themselves.
Marinos Mousiouttas, chair of ...
Our View: Imperative for Cyprus to become part of new energy plan for the region
After President Anastasiades’ meeting with the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, the government spokesman issued a written statement in which he said, they discussed the ...
At least 2 dead in Tel Aviv shooting attack – hospital official
At least two people have died and four were seriously wounded in a shooting in Tel Aviv’s city center on Thursday, the latest of several attacks in which 13 people ...
House rejects president’s referral on municipal reform
By a majority vote, parliament on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to President Nicos Anastasiades’ challenge to legislation on local government reform – the fate of which could now hang in the ...
More than 700 asylum seekers found jobs and seen welfare terminated, minister says
More than 700 asylum seekers recipients of welfare benefits were found to have secured jobs and their grants will be terminated, deputy minister for social welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Thursday.
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Ukraine braces for new assault, Russia suspended from rights body (Update)
Ukraine stepped up calls on Thursday for financial sanctions crippling enough to force Moscow to end the war as its officials rushed to evacuate civilians from cities and towns in ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 2,457 test positive (Updated)
Authorities on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing detected 2,457 positives to the coronavirus.
The latest fatalities were both men; one aged 74 who passed away on Wednesday; ...
Local musicians take the stage
Another week, another set of local musicians about to take the stage. The next few live performances to take over Sarah’s Jazz Club in Nicosia welcome established and emerging ...
Zelenskiy addresses parliament, calls on Cyprus to close ports to Russian ships (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of an effort to ...
Coronavirus: No more mask outdoors, Flight Pass scrapped (Update 3)
The health ministry announced a slew of changes to the Covid-19 restrictions, ranging from the end of outdoor mask mandates from April 11 to a SafePass no longer being required in ...
Russia says Ukraine presented ‘unacceptable’ draft peace deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Ukraine had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal containing “unacceptable” elements at variance with a previous agreement, comments that Kyiv ...
Nuland sounds death knell for EastMed pipeline (Updated)
Prospects for the EastMed pipeline suffered what seems like a final blow on Thursday as a senior US State Department official labelled it expensive and unviable, while making the case ...
Lidl wins six awards at Cyprus Customer Excellence Awards
Lidl Cyprus has won six awards at the recent Cyprus Customer Excellence Awards, with golds for its app-based Lidl Plus reward programme and its outstanding customer service.
At this year’...
Trump said did not destroy White House call logs
Former President Donald Trump said he did not destroy records of phone calls from the official White House log or use so-called burner phones during his supporters’ deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack ...
German parliament rejects mandatory Covid shots for elderly in blow for Scholz
Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a bill requiring anyone aged 60 and over to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Germany’...
Two men aged 20 to be sentenced in rape case
The Larnaca – Famagusta criminal court will sentence two men, both aged 20, on Wednesday after they were found guilty of raping an underage girl in Ayia Napa in the summer of 2020.
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Case closed, says legal service over allegations Cypriots implicated in prostitution ring
The attorney-general’s office has rejected claims made by Greek activist Ilias Gkionis that implicated Cyprus or Cypriot nationals in a prostitution ring and subsequently codified in relevant documents sent ...
Cyprus to revoke passports of four sanctioned Russians-sources
Cyprus will revoke the passports of four sanctioned Russians who had received citizenship under an investment scheme discontinued in late 2020, government sources said on Thursday.
The names of the individuals ...
Libertex signs cooperation protocol with Hope for Children
Investment services company Libertex, a part of the Libertex Group, has signed a Protocol for Cooperation with ‘Hope For Children’ CRC Policy Center (HFC), to support the humanitarian programmes and ...