Amber is no go, says UK minister Hancock
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matthew Hancock said on Monday that UK residents “should certainly not” travel to destinations in the Amber list of the country’s ...
Woman charged after police catch her driving 134km/h in 65km zone
Police arrested a 22-year-old woman late on Monday for driving twice over the speed limit in Larnaca.
Traffic officers stopped the woman at around 9.20pm, after she was clocked going 134...
Go on a virtual tour of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research
The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) is returning to normality with a series of events and initiatives. Within this framework and on the occasion of the International Museum ...
Police arrest car theft suspect
Limassol police said Tuesday they arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of stealing the car of a 72-year-old woman earlier this month.
The suspect was arrested at around noon on ...
Ariana Grande marries Dalton Gomez in secret ceremony
Singer Ariana Grande has married her fiancé of five months, real estate broker Dalton Gomez, in Montecito, California.
The couple tied the knot over the weekend, inviting just close family ...
Coronavirus: Paphos gym closed for breaking protocols
Authorities in Paphos have shuttered a gym, which had been operating without permit and was in violation of Covid protocols, police said Tuesday.
The order was delivered to the owner ...
Coronavirus: Iceland moves to Green, Slovakia to Red in country categorisations
Cyprus upgraded Iceland to the Green category and moved Slovakia down to Red in its new categorisations for arrivals based on countries’ epidemiological situation, effective from May 20.
The green category ...
Third arrest in Frenaros car arson
Police said Tuesday they have arrested a third suspect in connection with the arson of six company cars in Frenaros over the weekend.
Famagusta police said they arrested the 31-year-old ...
Goldman to launch automated investment advice, ‘robo-adviser’
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will launch an app for UK users of its digital bank Marcus over the following weeks and plans to offer automated investment management to clients in ...
Coronavirus: 4,455 checks, 18 people booked
Police booked 18 people for violating coronavirus protocols after 4,455 checks nationwide in the last 24 hours.
Nicosia police carried out the majority of checks, counting 1,236, with just one violation. In Limassol, 13 people ...
EU to beef up taxation across Member States
The European Commission wants to propose in 2023 a more unified way of taxing companies in the European Union, hoping that such rules, which have failed to win support in the ...
Gaza violence shows few signs of slowing as global diplomacy ramps up
More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating on Tuesday despite intense U.S. and global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest ...
Cyprus business, professional climate improves as economy recovers – Economists
The Cyprus business and professional climate, which had deteriorated in March 2021, has strengthened significantly in April of this year, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research ...
Lebanon: 100-year-old business finds ways to survive crisis
“Our business has survived many wars, but this crisis is different,” says Hani Bohsali.
Businesses that have been operating in Lebanon for more than 100 years, are today struggling to survive, ...
Migrants risking lives by crossing busy highway outside reception camp
In recent weeks reports of motorists witnessing migrants crossing the busy highway on foot outside the Pournara reception camp for refugees near Kokkinotrimithia have increased at an alarming speed.
In ...
Our View: Unions likely to stymie ambitious Cyprus-tomorrow plan
Presenting the government’s plan ‘Cyprus – tomorrow’ on Monday, President Anastasiades described it as “ambitious and pragmatic”. Not only was the EU-funded plan geared towards helping the recovery of the ...
Biden to send 20 mln doses of U.S.-authorized vaccines abroad for first time
President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June, marking the first time the United States is sharing vaccines authorized for ...
U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state ...
Eurovision song contest prepares for slimmed down COVID version
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam is preparing for a slimmed down version of the Eurovision song contest this weekend with a limited live audience, amid falling but still significant ...
Coronavirus: One death, 167 new cases (Updated)
The health ministry announced one death and 167 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday.
A 56-year-old man passed away at Limassol hospital, bringing the total death toll to 347, of whom 230 were ...
Former Minnesota police officer to make court appearance over shooting Daunte Wright
The white Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting the 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis last month was due to attend a ...
Man arrested for child porn
Police on Monday arrested a 60-year-old man on suspicion of purchasing and owning child pornography.
They said that a warrant was issued after the cybercrime unit received information that a ...
Erdogan to visit north on July 20
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday he plans on visiting the north on July 20, the anniversary of the Turkish invasion.
Erdogan told Turkish daily Sabah that, barring any ...
Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet (updated)
Israel killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite mounting international calls for a ...