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18 November, 2024
 

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Temps take slight dip but levels up by week’s end

Temps take slight dip but levels up by week’s end

A low pressure system is affecting Cyprus with temperatures taking a slight dip for a few days along with chances of showers and thunderstorms in the interior...

Britain's new PM draws scathing reaction from Moscow

Britain's new PM draws scathing reaction from Moscow

Liz Truss will replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister on Tuesday, after Russian politicians and media lined up on Monday predicting her ascent to power would do nothing to improve dire relations. ...

EU citizens can now apply for a visa on arrival in Saudi Arabia

EU citizens can now apply for a visa on arrival in Saudi Arabia

Citizens from European Union countries planning to travel to Saudi Arabia will be subject to the new tourist visa scheme that the latter’s authorities have introduced in order to increase the number of international visitors to the country....

Presidential candidates on the move as campaign heats up

Presidential candidates on the move as campaign heats up

The presidential election campaign trail over the weekend ended with the Cyprus Green Party deciding next month on the name of the presidential candidate it will support. ...

Cyprus donates 175 thousand euros to Missing Persons Committee

Cyprus donates 175 thousand euros to Missing Persons Committee

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou handed over on Monday to the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) office in Cyprus, Jakhongir Khaydaro, the amount of 175 thousand euros to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus as a donation from the Republic of Cyprus to the Committee....

Russia threatens, no more gas via Nord Stream 1 if sanctions are not lifted

Russia threatens, no more gas via Nord Stream 1 if sanctions are not lifted

Gas supplies from Russia to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not fully resume until the "collective West" lifts sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has said, according to the Financial Times....

Liz Truss becomes Britain new PM after Johnson fallout

Liz Truss becomes Britain new PM after Johnson fallout

Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle the deepening energy and cost of living crisis....

Russia announces sanctions against Sean Penn and Ben Stiller

Russia announces sanctions against Sean Penn and Ben Stiller

Russia announced today that it is banning 25 Americans from entering its territory, including actor/director Sean Penn and actor Ben Stiller....

KPMG Cyprus supports ‘Back to School Supplies for ALL children’

KPMG Cyprus supports ‘Back to School Supplies for ALL children’

KPMG in Cyprus, in collaboration with the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council (PVCC), actively participated in the campaign ‘Back to School Supplies for ALL children’...

Suicide bomber kills 2 at Russian Embassy in Kabul

Suicide bomber kills 2 at Russian Embassy in Kabul

A bomb exploded near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday morning, killing at least two people, officials said....

Melbourne woman accidentally receives $10 million instead of $100 from Crypto.com

Melbourne woman accidentally receives $10 million instead of $100 from Crypto.com

Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com mistakenly deposited $10.5 million directly into a woman’s bank account when the platform only intended to give her a $100 refund....

More than €370m earmarked for rural and mountain communities

More than €370m earmarked for rural and mountain communities

"The government supports rural areas and their residents", Cyprus’ Transport Minister, Yiannis Karousos said on Sunday evening, stressing that in 2019 the government adopted the National Strategy for the Development of Mountain Communities, for the first time since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus....

Cheaper electricity in September - How much will you pay?

Cheaper electricity in September - How much will you pay?

The issue of electricity pricing is at the top of every household's agenda, especially with galloping inflation and the increase in fuel prices, making it a big hurdle for many. Despite this, things seem to be encouraging as far as September is concerned as bill pricing is expected to be reduced....

Rumors about Israel-Lebanon gas pact as Cyprus sits out

Rumors about Israel-Lebanon gas pact as Cyprus sits out

America’s energy czar is purported to be mediating a secret gas arrangement between Israel and Lebanon, a Herculean task given delineation complexities but not farfetched given ongoing efforts to resolve similar disputes between Tel Aviv and Nicosia...

Ryanair blames 'lack of incentives' for closing its Athens hub

Ryanair blames 'lack of incentives' for closing its Athens hub

The intense competition in the domestic market, which started to shrink Ryanair’s share, is the reason why it decided to close its base in Athens this winter....

Afternoon clinics already behind on launch day

Afternoon clinics already behind on launch day

Afternoon working hours for clinics in state hospitals went into effect Monday, as part of health reform in the Republic of Cyprus, but officials warned outpatient and surgery departments still had a backlog to go through due to the pandemic...

Metsola: 'Europe's bloc is made stronger by the discovery of so much natural gas in your country'

Metsola: 'Europe's bloc is made stronger by the discovery of so much natural gas in your country'

In anticipation of Roberta Metsola's visit to Cyprus on September 9th, Kathimerini's George Kakouris sits down with the European Parliament President and gets her take on the Cyprus problem, recently discovered natural gas reserves and the issue behind Cyprus' "golden passport" scandal....

Driver in fatal hit and run comes forward

Driver in fatal hit and run comes forward

A young man walked into a Nicosia police station on Saturday after authorities announced they were looking for the driver of a black vehicle that fatally struck a Romanian male on bicycle before dawn...

Young man dies in Cape Greco after diving mishap

Young man dies in Cape Greco after diving mishap

A young scuba-diving instructor lost his life in Cyprus after he went missing in Cape Greco on Saturday before dawn, with reports saying he had gone free diving but never resurfaced...

Young worker on bicycle dies in hit and run

Young worker on bicycle dies in hit and run

Law enforcement authorities are asking for the public’s help after a young man on a bicycle was killed in a hit and run in Nicosia, right outside Cyprus’ police complex...

Price of halloumi will increase under PDO category

Price of halloumi will increase under PDO category

The Minister of Agriculture, Costas Kadis, expressed his satisfaction with the production of halloumi so far as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product....

Kilograms of cash, diamonds, jewelry and a Picasso still lost after 25 years

Kilograms of cash, diamonds, jewelry and a Picasso still lost after 25 years

Swissair Flight 111 from New York's JFK airport to Geneva, Switzerland, crashes off Nova Scotia, Canada, killing 229 people....

Biker dies in brutal collision in east Nicosia

Biker dies in brutal collision in east Nicosia

Police are asking for the public’s help after a biker was killed in a road accident on Friday, when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in east Nicosia...

Russia says no to oil price caps, warns of cut off

Russia says no to oil price caps, warns of cut off

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia would stop selling oil to countries that impose price caps on Russia's energy resources - caps that Moscow said would lead to significant destabilization of the global oil market....

Greece: Bishop says women who get raped 'want it'

Greece: Bishop says women who get raped 'want it'

An Orthodox bishop has been universally condemned for saying that women who are raped “want it.”...

Akar takes F-16 flight over northern Aegean

Akar takes F-16 flight over northern Aegean

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar flew in an F-16 fighter jet over the northern Aegean on Friday....

Inflation hits 8.9% in August

Inflation hits 8.9% in August

Inflation in August 2022 increased by 8.9% in Cyprus, according to data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus on Friday. The Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.29 units and reached 113.34 units, compared to 113.63 units in July 2022, with the drop in petroleum product prices being mainly responsible for the decrease....

AKEL calls out DISY on investor contributions

AKEL calls out DISY on investor contributions

The second meeting of the Audit Committee, with the report of the Auditor General of the Republic on the Cyprus Investment Programme being the only item on the agenda, confirmed that the Golden Passports will be at the forefront of the opposition's election campaign. In an inkling of what's to come, AKEL seems to be leading the way in keeping corruption issues at the center of the opposition's discourse during this election season. ...

Cyprus' Air Force One takes its maiden voyage to Larnaca

Cyprus' Air Force One takes its maiden voyage to Larnaca

At a special ceremony held today at the Elefsina Air Base, the President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades received from the Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, an aircraft of the Hellenic Republic donated to the Republic of Cyprus....

More traffic cameras pop up in Nicosia

More traffic cameras pop up in Nicosia

A new traffic camera installation popped up this week at a busy intersection in Nicosia, with officials confirming social media hype and saying more were on the way in Limassol...

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