Police on Wednesday rearrested a 44-year-old man, who was already in custody, as a suspect in the arson of several cars located in a workshop in Nicosia, as well as two establishments, a café and a restaurant, also in Nicosia. According to a police statement, the 44-year-old was rearrested based...
A large fire broke out on Wednesday evening near the village of Kouklia, in the Ha Potami area of the Paphos district. According to early reports, the fire already burned large areas of dry grass and wild vegetation. Strong winds in the area may also endanger some villas at a...
Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou stressed the importance of safety and health in the workplace during an event co-organised by the department of labour inspection and CNP Insurance on Wednesday, adding that “the value of human life is non-negotiable.” As part of the events leading up to the World Day for...
Dozens of people marched in Nicosia on Wednesday to commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, also known as “Armenian Martyrs Day”, observed annually on April 24 to commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Holding banners and placards slamming Turkey and Azerbaijan, the march was attended by members of...
The ‘war’ between the legal service and audit office is creating a climate of intimidation, the latter charged on Wednesday, as steps to remove auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides from his post are expected to be filed ‘imminently’. Deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides said in an interview on Sunday that there was no...
A Belgian man was acquitted of drunk driving on Monday because he suffers from auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a rare condition whereby the body produces alcohol, his lawyer said. Anse Ghesquiere told Reuters that in “another unfortunate coincidence” her client works at a brewery, but three doctors who independently examined him confirmed...
It is almost time to start looking ahead to the summer months when all sorts of exciting events happen. Festivals, fiestas and concerts are on the horizon and some musicians from the Greek scene have already announced their performances in Cyprus. Arriving first on the island to bring a taste...
Concerns over unpaid salaries for employees at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) were raised during Wednesday House education committee meeting, with committee head and Diko MP Pavlos Mylonas saying the institution is currently “operating outside the law.” During the meeting, Mylonas also revealed that salaries for the month of...
MPs on Thursday proposed six bills aimed at regulating the issue of multiple pensions and the retirement age limit for state officials during a House ethics committee meeting. The six proposals were signed by committee head Demetris Demetriou, Akel MP Irini Charalambidou, Greens MP Stavros Papadouris and independent MP Alexandra...
Greece‘s Supreme Court banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartans party from running in this year’s elections for the European Parliament, the Athens News Agency reported. A legal source confirmed the report to Reuters. Court decisions in Greece are not immediately announced. The court ruled that the party did not fulfil the set...
An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran‘s 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told Iranian newspaper Sharq on Wednesday. Salehi in his songs supported months of protests in Iran in 2022 sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for...
Liverpool have lined up Feyenoord coach Arne Slot as successor to departing manager Juergen Klopp and have opened negotiations with the Eredivisie club, Dutch media reported on Wednesday. The Algemeen Dagblad newspaper said Liverpool made contact with Feyenoord on Wednesday morning. Slot was heavily linked with a possible move to...
A total of 30 political parties, trade unions, and other organisations in the north will hold a mass protest on Friday evening. Protestors will gather at the top of northern Nicosia’s Dereboyu avenue, before marching to the north’s ‘parliament’ building. In a statement on behalf of all 30 organisations taking...
The Ministry of Energy has announced a call for proposals under the grant scheme for energy upgrading and boosting the competitiveness of large businesses, totalling €17 million, funded by the European Union (EU), Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). According to a statement by the Ministry, €10 million comes from the...
Influencer and YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou said he hopes his independent candidacy to June’s European Parliament elections “will bring something new and different for voters.” Speaking to the media on Wednesday after officially submitting his candidacy, Panayiotou, who commonly goes by his first name, also said he understands that it is still difficult...
A total of 63 candidacies were submitted at the Filoxenia conference centre in Nicosia on Wednesday for the European Parliament elections that will take place June 9. According to Chief Returning Officer Elikkos Ilias, 61 of the candidates are running with the backing of their parties, while the only two...
Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill addressing deficits of the state health services (Okypy), granting them a one-year extension. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the initial law specified the state would cover any Okypy deficits for the first five years of its operation. That would be between June 1, 2019...
Wednesday marked exactly 20 years since a referendum was held on whether to reunite Cyprus under the Annan plan on April 24, 2004. While the majority – 65 per cent – of Turkish Cypriots voted in favour of the plan, an even larger majority – 76 per cent – of...
Cyprus was among 10 other countries which were honoured at a ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate 20 years since acceding to the European Union, ahead of the May 1 anniversary. At a moving event held at the EU parliament in Strasbourg to celebrate the largest-ever enlargement of the bloc in...
The EU Commission on Wednesday sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for failing to correctly incorporate EU legislation that covers money laundering and financial interests. An announcement details that Cyprus, along with Greece, failed to correctly transpose the Directive on the fight against fraud to the EU’s financial interests by...
London-based investment fund Helikon Investments Limited has raised its stake in the Bank of Cyprus, according to an announcement by the bank. The Italian investment fund disclosed that its voting rights, corresponding to shares in the bank, now amount to 4.04 per cent of the share capital, up from the...
Some Palestinian civilians were fleeing their homes in northern Gaza on Wednesday just weeks after returning because of an Israeli bombardment which they said was as intense as those at the start of the war. Much of the shelling was focused for a second day on Beit Lahiya on the northern edge of Gaza, where...
Attacks against migrants, refugees and LGBT people in Greece surged to their highest level in nearly a decade last year, a report by the Athens-based Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) found on Tuesday. The network recorded 158 attacks in 2023, up from 74 in 2022. Of those, 89 targeted migrants, refugees or...
Consider this: Barbie, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift. This trio isn’t just reshaping pop culture, they are redefining economic power in ways we cannot ignore. It’s a trend that surged in 2023 and looks set to evolve even further into 2024. Women are currently influencing not just pop culture (for instance, at...
Levels of dust in Cyprus’ atmosphere are not expected to reach the levels seen in Greece in recent days, the met office said on Wednesday. “Some of the [dust] cloud seen over Greece will make its way towards our region, it will not be near the levels seen in Greece,”...
