State-of-the-art apiary ‘Oros Macheras’, the first honey farm in Cyprus open to the public, has recently been officially inaugurated. “It is the first apiary that people can visit and learn about the honey and the bees. Our goal is to educate people in protecting the bees as this is vital...
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar pulled ahead of incumbent Mustafa Akinci in Sunday’s election in the north with 32.35 per cent to 29.84 per cent respectively. The elections will go to a second round next Sunday. In third place in the race was Tufan Erhurman with 21.68 per cent, ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was leading the ‘presidential’ race in the north on Sunday with 50 per cent of the votes counted. The figures were posted on Akinci’s social media pages, showing him with 32.25 per cent of the vote to 31.64 per cent for ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar,...
Christis Michaelides will paddle to Beirut on a SUP board on October 15 to raise funds for the Lebanese Red Cross, covering the gruelling 200 km distance in three days. The initiative, “Paddle for Beirut” aims to raise awareness about the country which, while buffeted by a refugee and financial...
It is not Turkey that opened the Varosha beachfront, but the Turkish Cypriots, a Turkish foreign ministry statement said on Sunday. It is a “ridiculous characterisation by the Greece-Greek Cypriot twins that this step is a violation of UN security council resolutions”, it said. “The claim that it threatens the...
The total number of Coronavirus cases recorded in Cyprus went over the 2,000 mark on Sunday as 20 new cases were seen. This brings the total to 2,006. The new cases include one person who came back from Romania on September 27 and got retested on the 12 day of...
By Alan Baldwin Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 Formula One wins on Sunday with an Eifel Grand Prix victory that catapulted the Mercedes driver closer to a seventh world championship. While the Briton triumphed at the Nuerburgring, the German circuit where Ferrari great Schumacher won five times,...
A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody for three days on Sunday by the Paphos district court for the illegal possession and circulation of forged banknotes. According to the police, the foreigner was located at the parking place of the Paphos harbour on October 6 following a tip off. A...
Two people were charged with breaking the ‘election law’ in the north during elections on Sunday to find a new leader. In Engomi, Famagusta a voter put his own vote plus another envelope into the collection box in an attempt to vote twice, while in Famagusta a voter took a...
On Sunday New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3 per cent to 46 per cent. That’s hardly an overwhelming majority, but it was the second referendum in two years to reject independence in the South Pacific archipelago, so we may take it as a done deal. The...
Unknown vandals broke into the church in Mitsero in the Nicosia district overnight on Saturday and sprayed icons with five-pointed stars. The door and smaller crosses were also covered with spray paint. Speaking to Sigmalive, community leader Andreas Kyriakou said the police had been informed. “They ruined all the icons...
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Sunday said that “despite our determination and sincere will, the intransigent stance and the irrational demands of Turkey did not allow us to reach a functional, viable and durable solution to the Cyprus problem.” Speaking during a memorial service for Andreas Patsalides and Charalambos Pettemerides...
The Hunt is Cyprus’ first film addressing homophobia and patriarchy on the island, and it will premiere tonight at the 10th International Short Film Festival Cyprus in Limassol. It couldn’t have come at a more fitting time as many of the topics the film discusses are more crucial now than...
Test, test, test has been the mantra from the scientific community for months. But how accurate are they? With Covid-19 cases rising around the world and the dreaded flu season approaching as well, testing for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent, is set to take on new dimensions, and pressures,...
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman, 36, believed to be from Belarus was found dead in her Limassol home shortly before 1pm on Sunday. According to police, the woman was found dead in the bedroom of her Ayios Tychonas home by her 15-year-old son and another friend....
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci called on Turkish Cypriots to listen to their conscience as they headed to the polls on Sunday to pick a new ‘president’. He was speaking as he cast his own vote in Nicosia accompanied by his wife Meral and the mayor of north Nicosia Mehmet...
Justice cannot allow the financial crimes of 2013 to be covered up, Laiki bank depositors group Sykala said on Sunday. In an announcement, Sykala said they were outraged that “even the few steps taken to serve justice for the depositors during the 2013 haircut tragedy, are being blocked by the...
Japan’s Coast Guard said on Sunday that two Chinese vessels entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea. It marked the 21st time this year that Chinese boats have entered Japanese waters and the first since late August, a Japanese Coast Guard representative...
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Recent developments confirm that the coronavirus will continue to affect world socio-economic developments, at least until mid-2021. The adverse effects are unprecedented. We are experiencing the deepest recession in modern history, which affects export-oriented countries such as Cyprus to a greater extent . Analysts...
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar cast his vote on Sunday morning in elections in the north for a new leader. He is one of 11 candidates in the running, including existing Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Four candidates are party representatives and seven are independents. Tatar is running as...
No more sleeping on plastic chairs for parents of children who are in hospital The foundation stone of a building near Makarios hospital in Nicosia offering free accommodation to family members of hospitalised children is being laid next Thursday, and not a moment too soon for parents islandwide. “It will...
The widely used BCG tuberculosis vaccine will be tested on frontline care workers in Britain for its effectiveness against COVID-19, researchers running the UK arm of a global trial said. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, used to protect against tuberculosis, induces a broad innate immune-system response and has been shown to...
At around 11.30 on Saturday night police received information about an unconscious person in a parked car in Paphos. Once police and an ambulance arrived they found a 29-year-old man from Georgia in the car and transferred him to Paphos general hospital, where doctors confirmed his death. The exact cause...
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will leave for Luxembourg on Sunday afternoon to take part in the Foreign Ministers Council of the EU, which will be held on Monday. Among other things, the council is expected to discuss the ongoing situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and Belarus. They will also have a strategic...