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16 November, 2024
 

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Worker injured after hooded men attack speed camera van

Worker injured after hooded men attack speed camera van

Another speed camera van was attacked in the Republic of Cyprus, with reports saying a male company employee was struck in the head when hooded men assaulted him in the dead of night...

Uncle says Little Hacker was scouting for burial sites

Uncle says Little Hacker was scouting for burial sites

The disappearance of a Limassol man feared murdered has become more complicated after the uncle of the main suspect, known as Little Hacker, offered to point investigators to possible burial sites claiming they were picked by his nephew...

Sex rendezvous messages emerge in murder investigation

Sex rendezvous messages emerge in murder investigation

Cyprus Police are investigating the murder of a sex worker in Limassol that took place over the weekend, when a woman from Ukraine was found dead in her hotel apartment where an asylum seeker from Turkey had also booked an appointment to see her on Saturday evening...

Woman brutally murdered in her hotel apartment

Woman brutally murdered in her hotel apartment

Police are searching for a suspect in connection with the death of a woman from Ukraine, who was found tied up and gagged in her own apartment in Limassol...

Heavy rain and hail hit parts of the island today

Heavy rain and hail hit parts of the island today

Since early Saturday morning, the island has been experiencing severe weather conditions caused by low pressure. The Cyprus Meteorological Service has issued a yellow warning for strong storms and hail, effective from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm....

Cyprus performs successful kidney transplant between two couples

Cyprus performs successful kidney transplant between two couples

In a statement, the State Health Services Organisation (SHSO) announced that the George Kyriakides Transplant Clinic of Nicosia General Hospital successfully carried out the first kidney transplant between two Cypriot couples...

President Christodoulidis attends King Charles' coronation ceremony

President Christodoulidis attends King Charles' coronation ceremony

The President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis and his wife Mrs. Filippa Karsera Christodoulidis attended today the coronation ceremony of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, in London....

King Charles III and Queen Camilla crowned in lavish ceremony

King Charles III and Queen Camilla crowned in lavish ceremony

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned at Westminster Abbey, marking the symbolic beginning of a new royal era in Britain, and a personal fulfilment for a man who has spent more than seven decades in waiting....

Four 10-year-old girls inspire world with uplifting song of peace

Four 10-year-old girls inspire world with uplifting song of peace

Four young girls from the GC School of Careers Elementary in Cyprus have come together to create a touching song of peace, hoping to inspire people around the world to work towards a brighter future....

Weekend thunderstorms and temperature drop

Weekend thunderstorms and temperature drop

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms and hail that will be in effect from 11:00 on Saturday morning until 18:00 in the afternoon of the same day. ...

WHO declares end to Covid-19 global emergency

WHO declares end to Covid-19 global emergency

The World Health Organization said Friday that Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide....

Russia's Lukoil completes sale of oil refinery in Italy

Russia's Lukoil completes sale of oil refinery in Italy

Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil said on Thursday its subsidiary LITASCO had completed the sale of the ISAB oil refinery in Sicily to Cypriot private equity firm G.O.I. Energy following approval by Italian authorities...

Goods produced in Cyprus see largest price increase in the EU

Goods produced in Cyprus see largest price increase in the EU

Industrial producer prices, which refer to the prices that producers receive for the products they make, increased by 2.4% in Cyprus in March 2023 compared to the previous month, according to the statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat. ...

The hypocrisy over Varosha

The hypocrisy over Varosha

The news of three hotels owned by Greek Cypriots being sold to a Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur in Varosha summarizes our ongoing hypocrisy in the Cyprus issue, both in terms of the displaced and the property aspect in the negotiations....

ChatGPT shares grim predictions of how humanity could be wiped out

ChatGPT shares grim predictions of how humanity could be wiped out

As tech experts warn that the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, OpenAI's ChatGPT weighed in with its own predictions on how humanity could be wiped off the face of the Earth....

In Greece, a woman's place is in the kitchen

In Greece, a woman's place is in the kitchen

According to a recent Eurobarometer poll, nearly 70% of Greeks agreed with the statement that "the most important role of a woman is to take care of her home and family," which is the highest percentage among non-ex-communist countries in Europe....

Health Ministry reports 10 deaths and over 2000 cases of covid

Health Ministry reports 10 deaths and over 2000 cases of covid

Ten deaths were announced by the Ministry of Health between April 21 to May 4 due to COVID-19 as well as 2.404 new cases....

Mysterious lights illuminate the skies over Cyprus

Mysterious lights illuminate the skies over Cyprus

On Thursday night (4/5), citizens in various areas of Cyprus observed mysterious lights appearing in the sky, causing disruption and raising questions....

Romanians protest for Schengen accession

Romanians protest for Schengen accession

Hundreds of Romanians participated in the protest organized in Brussels by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party to stop treating Romanians as second-class European citizens....

Online food bank exchange wants to reduce waste

Online food bank exchange wants to reduce waste

An online platform aimed at boosting food donations and also cutting down on food waste is calling on businesses to register in hopes that a broad network can be established to help the environment and those in need...

Zero VAT on basic daily goods goes into effect

Zero VAT on basic daily goods goes into effect

A Council of Ministers decision for a zero VAT rate on a range of basic daily goods such as bread, milk, eggs, children's food, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and adult diapers comes into effect on Friday...

Cyprus behind on freezing Russian assets, EU official says

Cyprus behind on freezing Russian assets, EU official says

The European Union’s executive arm wants to delve deeper into why Cyprus has only frozen 100 million euros ($110 million) worth of assets belonging to Russians facing sanctions amid the war in Ukraine, the bloc’s justice commissioner said Thursday...

Cypriot firms struggle to detach from sanctioned providers

Cypriot firms struggle to detach from sanctioned providers

The business registrar in the Republic of Cyprus has been flooded with requests from companies scrambling to make changes to their structures, after hundreds of firms on the island saw their assets frozen due to new sanctions targeting agencies viewed by Washington and London as 'Russian enablers'...

Cypriot ex-president denies interfering in soccer probe

Cypriot ex-president denies interfering in soccer probe

Former president Nicos Anastasiades, who has denied accusations that he unlawfully interfered in a soccer match-fixing probe, engaged in a back-and-forth with his accuser after he dropped the bombshell firsthand account allegations during a public podcast...

Russia blames US for drone attack

Russia blames US for drone attack

Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities with explosive drones overnight, though Ukraine said Thursday that it had managed to shoot most of them down. Russia called the attack payback for what it claims was an alleged attempt by Ukraine to attack the Kremlin in Moscow using drones on Wednesday....

EU gives €60-80m to fund Hellenic defense systems

EU gives €60-80m to fund Hellenic defense systems

As part of the moves to strengthen the European defense industry, based on the increased need for defense equipment resulting from the war in Ukraine,...

EU commissioner and Cyprus AG discuss strengthening rule of law and sanctions

EU commissioner and Cyprus AG discuss strengthening rule of law and sanctions

The Attorney General of Cyprus, George Savvidis, met with the Commissioner of Justice of the European Union, Didier Reynders, on Thursday at the Legal Service to discuss several topics of mutual concern. Subtitle: Didier Reynders and George Savvidis meet to discuss strengthening the Office of the Attorney General, reviewing decisions made under Cyprus Investment Program, and imposing sanctions against Russian and Belarusian entities in Cyprus....

Kilicdaroglu's visa-free travel pledge to Europe unlikely to happen soon

Kilicdaroglu's visa-free travel pledge to Europe unlikely to happen soon

The pledges of the Turkish Presidential Candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, made last month regarding visa-free travel with Europe within three months may not become a reality any time soon after German officials denied such claims....

Police impersonation scam alert!

Police impersonation scam alert!

The police are urging the public to be extra cautious following new reports and complaints of a scam that continues to be perpetrated with the aim of stealing money....

Application submitted to ''real estate committee'' for three Varosha hotels

Application submitted to ''real estate committee'' for three Varosha hotels

According to Yeni Bakis, the person who claimed to have bought three hotels in Varosha submitted an application to the ''real estate committee'' yesterday. ...

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