Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the grace period for selling halloumi that is not PDO registered is over, and from today only that which does can be sold, Agiculture Minister Costas ...
Gloomy outlook leading Turkish Cypriots to leave the island
A crashing economy is leading to a growing sense of hopelessness with many not being able to see a way out reports Esra Aygin
“From now on, the struggle for ...
A dignified final resting place for pets
With animals treated as part of the family, until recently there was nowhere in Cyprus to bury them with the same respect. Now there is
For most people, pets are ...
Agriculture minister calls for patience over Akamas plan
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Sunday called for the communities of the Akamas to be “patient” when it came to the local plan for the area.
Asked to comment on ...
Only PDO halloumi to be sold as of Monday
The grace period for selling halloumi that is not PDO registered is over and from Monday only that which does can be sold, Agiculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Sunday.
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€192 million investment in Aphrodite announced
Oil companies operating the Aphrodite gas field have approved a €192 million investment to start drilling, Israeli company NewMed said on Sunday.
The amount will also cover other development costs for ...
Animal Party demands conclusions on death of savannah cat
The Animal Party on Sunday demanded answers from the agriculture ministry over the delay in issuing the conclusions of how savannah cat Berton died more than a month after a ...
Daring expats to speak Greek
Aiming to help expats learn to speak the language with help from locals, the Greek for Freak initiative was launched this week in Kissonerga, organiser Alice Moustier told the Sunday ...
Defence minister welcomes ‘historic’ decision to lift US arms embargo (updated)
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Sunday said the total lifting of the US arms embargo against Cyprus was a “historic” development.
This decision, he said, reflects excellent Cyprus-USA relations.
He ...
Women paid 9% less than men
Women still get paid less than men and in Cyprus this difference is nine per cent, gender equality commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said on Sunday, marked around the world as International ...
‘Government has raised the bar for development of rural areas’
The government has set the bar high for the revitalisation of rural areas, to attract both residents and businesses to these areas, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday night.
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Squatters and drug pushers take over abandoned refugee homes
Among the detached houses in the Ayios Mamas refugee estate in Lakatamia stand five modern concrete buildings that once housed Greek Cypriot refugee families, but are now abandoned, and in ...
Israeli energy minister due in Cyprus to address Aphrodite field dispute
Israeli energy minister Karine Elharrar will be in Cyprus on Monday 19 to address the pending dispute with Nicosia over the Yishai gas field, according to his Cypriot counterpart Natasa Pilides.
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Anastasiades to meet Guterres on September 23
President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 23 on the sidelines of the 77th UN general assembly in New York, the presidential palace announced on Saturday.
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Nicosia FIR handled more than 1,200 flights a day in 2022, transport ministry says
Cyprus’ civil aviation authorities will have handled more than 1,200 flights per day within the Nicosia flight information region (FIR) with zero delays, the transport ministry said on Saturday.
Although not ...
US lifts decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus, move hailed as ‘milestone’ (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades and the government on Saturday welcomed the State Department’s announcement that the US would completely lift the arms embargo on Cyprus, imposed in 1987.
In a post ...
Frozen foods, dairy, meat and oils show biggest hikes since January
Significant hikes in the prices of basic consumer goods were registered between January and September with the biggest being seen in frozen foods, fresh meat, and dairy products such as ...
Covid-19 pandemic could move to endemic phase if cases continue to fall
Cyprus and the rest of the world may finally see light at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic tunnel sooner rather than later, if the number of cases worldwide continue ...
Prison director and deputy say vindicated by investigation
Lawyers for the prison director and her deputy said on Friday the system would continue to go against them even after a report into allegations and counter-allegations between the director ...
Revisions to law on Turkish Cypriot properties to be tabled to parliament
Revisions to the law on the management of Turkish Cypriot properties are expected to be tabled to parliament in October to cover a multi-million deficit, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said ...
Thanasis investigator ‘has never witnessed such negligence’ (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko
Savvas Matsas – one of the two criminal investigators tasked with shedding light on the death of guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, said on Friday that “in 50 years of ...
Coronavirus: Five deaths, 2,482 new cases in last week
Five people died from coronavirus as another 2,482 new infections were traced after 61,364 tests in the past seven days, the health ministry announced on Friday.
The weekly report, for the dates ...
Peyia beach to generate €1million for municipality
A total of €1 million in revenues are expected to be collected by Peyia municipality from two kiosks, sunbeds and umbrellas at Peyia municipal beach, mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Friday.
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Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, criminal acts were committed in the case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou who died in 2005, one of the investigators charged with the third inquiry has said. ...