World-class tattoo artist a “miracle from Nicosia”
In the island’s most famous tattooist THEO PANAYIDES finds an intense, disciplined man dealing in pain all his life, whose vivid artistic style saw him draw in the celebrities ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the Cyprus economy is expected to grow by 5.7 per cent this year, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday addressing The Economist conference in Nicosia.
In other ...
Welcoming the first of autumn’s markets
Arts and craft markets and pop-up bazaars are back! As we enter the autumn and winter months, the anticipated season of markets begins and before all of the annual Christmas ...
Oroklini police investigate attack on pupil
Police examinations continue on Wednesday for an incident involving the beating of a 17-year-old pupil at a Larnaca lyceum by a group of students from another school, as a result ...
Today’s weather: Clear morning, increased clouds by afternoon
On Wednesday the weather will be mostly clear, although locally increased cloud cover on the west and north coasts is expected to bring isolated showers or even a storm. In ...
Road network update
Police inform the public on Wednesday morning that no problem is observed on any of the main urban arterial roads and the highways.
Rocks have fallen on the Orkoda-Kambos road ...
Germany fires cybersecurity chief after reports of possible Russia ties
Germany’s interior ministry fired the country’s cybersecurity chief on Tuesday and launched an investigation into his conduct after media allegations that he may have come into contact with ...
UN envoy says intercommunal trade ties contribute to Cyprus settlement efforts
Nothing contributes more to the unification of Cyprus than expanding trade and business ties and providing the infrastructure to support them, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus, Colin ...
EU proposes next steps to tackle energy crunch
The European Commission proposed a new raft of measures on Tuesday, aimed at pulling down high gas and power prices that are stoking inflation, hampering industrial activity and hiking citizens’ ...
Change in opening times at Covid-19 vaccination centres
The Health Ministry on Wednesday announced a change in opening hours of Covid-19 vaccination centres across the island from Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in an effort to improve the service offered to ...
Twice as much rain seen this October than whole month last year
October rainfall was over 200 per cent higher than the average for the whole month, the meteorological department said on Tuesday on Tuesday while some areas saw more than an average ...
Three arguments why Just Stop Oil was right to target Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
By Oli Mould
Waves of controversy were sparked recently when the Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Although ...
Works set to begin to upgrade Turkish Cypriot football pitch
Works and renovations have begun on the Cetinkaya football pitch located in the buffer zone, after the north struck an agreement with Unficyp, reports said on Tuesday.
The Cetinkaya field, ...
Call for body of 15-year-old girl to be exhumed
Medical examiners on Tuesday called for the body of the 15-year-old girl who died in March to be exhumed as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged medical malpractice.
The ...
Cyprus has received net €461m from EU since 2004
Cyprus has received a net €461m from the EU between 2004 and 2021, Cyprus’ member of the European auditor council Lazaros Lazarou said on Tuesday.
Presenting the final report of his term ...
Sharing the secrets and treasures of Famagusta
A new virtual museum is setting itself up as a safe space where memories, photos and other material of Varosha and its surrounds can be shared. MELISSA HEKKERS finds out ...
Limassol anti-flooding works prove successful as weather caused problems nationwide (updated)
A day after torrential rain and storms battered the island, Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides on Tuesday praised anti-flooding works carried out by the Limassol Sewerage Board (Sala).
He said that ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, torrential rains and storms battered the island yesterday, with rainfall expected to continue through to Thursday.
Larnaca experienced heavy flooding while parts of Nicosia were similarly ...
Weeks of German Language opens with street festival in Nicosia
The Embassies of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Goethe-Institut Cyprus organise another edition of the Weeks of the German Language this autumn. Aiming at promoting multilingualism in Cyprus and contributing ...
‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie
By Toby Walsh
You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of ...
Bystander chases down thief in Nicosia mugging attempt
Police are investigating a mugging that took place around 9:30pm on Monday outside a bank branch in Nicosia.
According to police statement, the 48-year-old woman who reported the crime said ...
Today’s weather: isolated rains and storms expected
On Tuesday the weather will be partly cloudy with local rains and isolated storms expected, mainly in the west, northwest and south of the island. Isolated phenomena are also expected ...
UK’s Truss: ‘Sorry’ for the mistakes, but ‘I’m sticking around’
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was ...
Kasoulides hopes Turkey will take a leaf out of Israel and Lebanon’s book over EEZ demarcation with Cyprus
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed the hope that Turkey will proceed with the demarcation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Cyprus, in a similar way in which the maritime ...