Anti motorcycle decree watered down but bikers threaten action
The police said on Tuesday it will modify a decree currently in force banning certain types of motorcycles from the roads during the holiday season,...
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Nighttime car ban on forest roads extended
The nighttime ban on cars on forest roads was extended on Tuesday until Saturday, the forestry department said. According to announcement from the department, cars...
Coronavirus: all export of pharmaceuticals banned by decree
The export of all medicines from Cyprus to any other country has been banned with immediate effect, it was announced on Friday. The new decree...
Chelsea hit by FIFA transfer ban
FIFA have banned Chelsea from the next two transfer windows after the Premier League club was found guilty of breaching rules regarding overseas players under...
France’s ban on full-body Islamic veil ‘violates human rights’
The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France‘s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called...
France hangs up: new bill would ban cell phones at school
France’s phone-addicted children will be obliged to do without their mobile devices at school under a bill the education minister on Thursday called a “detox...
Germany weighs options to avoid diesel bans after ruling
Germany‘s government scrambled on Wednesday to find ways to avoid possible bans on heavily polluting diesel vehicles in cities, in a bid to reassure drivers...
Nobel peace laureate group urges nuclear powers to ban-the-bomb
The leader of the group that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday urged nuclear nations to adopt a United Nations treaty banning atomic weapons in...
Football fan given three-year match ban
A 37-year-old man has been banned from attending football matches for three years by the Larnaca district court on Tuesday. The football fan broke his...
German court paves way for diesel ban in Stuttgart
A German court backed a push to ban diesel cars from the city of Stuttgart, dealing a blow to carmakers Daimler and Volkswagen, which had...
US ends laptop ban on Middle Eastern airlines
The US Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it has lifted a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying large electronics like laptops onboard...
ICS Chairman: lifting Turkey’s embargo on Cyprus’ ships would be very positive
Lifting Turkey’s embargo on Cyprus-flagged vessels would have a very positive effect on shipping both for business but also politically, the Chairman of the International...
Anastasiades: what remains to be seen is good will from the other side, mainly Turkey (Updated with more quotes)
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday his conversation late on Saturday with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had centred on the latter’s stated intention to be...
Final touches to new smoking bill underway
A new bill banning smoking in all common indoor areas is to be finalised over the next fortnight and forwarded to parliament so that it...
Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis
By Geert De Clercq Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in...
DIKO MP calls for ban on Pokemon Go, sparks social media debate
DIKO MP Angelos Votsis has stirred up a debate on social media after suggesting that the Pokemon Go game should be banned in Cyprus. Over...
Tsipras says Cyprus talks at critical point (Update 2)
The Cyprus issue was one of the topics on the table at a meeting between United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Greek Prime Minister...
Phedonos accuses AKEL deputy of conflict of interest
Combative Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Thursday accused AKEL MP Aristos Damianou of abusing his seat in parliament to favour a Cyprus-based software provider where...
Opposition parties vote to ban privatisations until end of 2017
Opposition parties on Thursday passed a bill prohibiting privatisation of state telecoms CyTA and power company EAC until the end of 2017 amid a row...
Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penalty
Pope Francis on Sunday called for a worldwide ban on the death penalty, saying the commandment “You shall not kill” was just as valid for...
