A new probe by the auditor-general into the citizenship-by-investment scheme will focus specifically on 18 passports given to individuals linked to the casino in Limassol. Marios Petrides, an official with the Audit Office, said Thursday they’ve identified 18 names of directors and shareholders of the same casino, all of whom...
Less than half of the children under the care of social welfare services have been placed in foster families, leaving approximately 320 still in group homes, a foster families association told the Cyprus Mail on Thursday. More than 530 children are under the care of social welfare services. Since 2018,...
Queen Elizabeth carried out her first major engagement since a coronavirus lockdown in March, visiting the Porton Down military research facility on Thursday which was involved in dealing with a 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack. The 94-year-old monarch, who spent Britain’s national lockdown at her Windsor Castle home, has carried...
Technopolis 20 continues with its Technopolis 20 Classics concert series on Wednesday with the Fusionia Quartet, at Markideio Theatre in Paphos. Marios Ioannou (violin), Savvas Lagou (violin), Sorin Alexandru Horlea (viola) and Robert Grod (cello) got together after discovering that their passion for playing quartet music was connected with the...
Authorities late on Thursday announced 11 extra coronavirus cases, on top of 93 reported earlier, bringing the total to 104, the highest daily tally so far in Cyprus. Shortly after the numbers were released, President Nicos Anastasiades took to Twitter, calling on the public to strictly adhere to the measures...
It will take a long time for Cyprus to clear its name after the citizenship by investment programme debacle, according to economist Marios Clerides, former chairman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec). The government said on Tuesday it would be scrapping the scheme in its current form from...
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said he was satisfied with the level of readiness in hospitals that are currently dealing with the coronavirus situation. There are four people currently being treated at the 100-bed Famagusta reference hospital plus two at Nicosia ICU, and another two at other hospitals. The number of...
Acting on a tip-off, Larnaca police on Thursday found a loaded pistol in a plot of land in Oroklini. Officers found a well-hidden loaded revolver, which they seized and sent for testing. Police said they want to determine whether the pistol was used in any crimes in the past.
Police said Thursday they were continuing their investigation into the revelations made by Al Jazeera concerning the island’s citizenship by investment scheme. Spokesman Christos Andreou said their investigation was based on the instructions given by the attorney-general. The case was handled by the HQ CID but other departments stood ready...
A 21-year-old Nicosia man was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday on suspicion of possession of child pornography. Police arrested the suspect on Wednesday after a tip-off from Europol. Europol said the suspect had been sharing child pornography with other users of a social networking platform. Officers searched...
By Hannah Stephenson Find having greenery in your home calming? Surrounding yourself with houseplants could even boost your meditation, according to psychologist and plant enthusiast Dr Katie Cooper, who has more than 200 houseplants in her home. “We are physiologically hardwired to be living a life in the wild, and...
As you are all aware, the UK has left the EU and is now in a transition period. To that end, the UK government is working with organisations to help and assist UK Nationals living in EU countries who need residency advice and support. One of those organisations is the...
The police cybersecurity unit has warned over a recent scam perpetrated via Facebook’s Messenger which can lead to users losing control over their account. In an announcement on Thursday, the unit said that victims received messages from people in their friends list – sharing a link to YouTube. After clicking...
Police raided the homes and offices of France’s health minister and its public health director on Thursday as part of a probe into the authorities’ response to the coronavirus pandemic, a health ministry official told Reuters, confirming an earlier BFM TV report. “This operation was carried out without encountering any...
Heart-wrenching images mixed with sweet childhood memories have been all over social media and news portals since last week when the Turkish Cypriot ‘government’, with Turkey’s blessings, opened part of the fenced area of Varosha, in the occupied part of Famagusta for visitors. Six Varosha refugees, who had the opportunity...
This will be the fourth resurrection of a restaurant on the site that I can recall. A previous venture sent the gourmet world of Nicosia – not a large gathering – all a’tremble with excitement. The proprietor was from the neglected bastion of the heretical Cathars in Southern France, and...
Greece accused Turkey on Thursday of deliberately holding up a government aircraft carrying its foreign minister home from Iraq, leaving it circling for 20 minutes before granting it permission to cross Turkish airspace. Turkey denied the accusation, saying the aircraft had taken off from Iraq without a flight plan but...
The Open University of Cyprus ranked third with substantial improvement of its credibility index amongst eight public and private Universities of Cyprus. These are the results of a survey carried out by StockWatch, exploring the preferences of 740 employers from all economic sectors, with questions based on the Cypriot Universities...
More than 60 UK universities to meet thousands of European students online at the British Council’s first Europe-wide UK education fair More than 7,000 students from EU and EEA countries are expected to join the British Council’s first fully online event promoting study in the UK. Cyprus is also included...
The department of public works announced that on October 20 and 21 road works will be carried out on Nicosia’s Themistokli Dervi Street between 6am and 2pm. During the upgrade, the two traffic lanes of Themistokli Dervi Street starting from the Gavrielides traffic lights will be closed and the traffic will...
Two students, aged 16 and 17, were arrested by the police as suspects in a case of illegal possession and use of explosives, after they allegedly threw flares on the basketball court of the Paralimni high school. According to the police, on Thursday 20 students at the school hung anti-Turkish...
The Limassol district office will remain closed on Thursday after staff were found positive for coronavirus. All other post offices in Limassol will be open. Limassol and Nicosia have seen a spike in coronavirus cases recently, forcing authorities to take stricter measures, including mandating masks indoors with few exceptions.
Tighter COVID-19 lockdowns could be imposed on London and northern England by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government on Thursday though anger over the economic, health and social pain was growing. Health Secretary Matt Hancock will address parliament at around 1030 GMT: he is expected to announce changes to the government’s...
