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16 May, 2025
 

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More flights and more destinations from Larnaca and Paphos this summer

More flights and more destinations from Larnaca and Paphos this summer

Hermes Airports unveiled its Summer 2022 flight schedule to/from Larnaca and Pafos airports marking the return of various connections to and from Cyprus....

Frozen Russian reserves should be used to rebuild Ukraine

Frozen Russian reserves should be used to rebuild Ukraine

EU capitals should consider seizing frozen Russian foreign exchange reserves to cover the costs of rebuilding Ukraine after the war, the bloc’s top diplomat has said, as the west debates how to force Moscow to pay for some of the damage the conflict has caused....

Cops identify driver in left turn bicycle accident

Cops identify driver in left turn bicycle accident

A driver is facing charges for fleeing the scene of an accident after a video on social media showed a car turning left in front of a woman on an electric bicycle, with additional charges possibly including negligence...

Op-ed: ESG, DEI and other acronyms and why we need to know about them IMHO*

Op-ed: ESG, DEI and other acronyms and why we need to know about them IMHO*

Quite a few times I found myself receiving messages and having to pause and google search an acronym to understand its meaning. I’m sure I’m not alone, and it’s surely not just a Gen X symptom....

'A historic day': British bases lifts restrictions on civilian property development

'A historic day': British bases lifts restrictions on civilian property development

Eight years after the signing of a bilateral Arrangement between Cyprus and the UK, the SBA is today lifting restrictions on property development on 200 square kilometers of non-military areas within the bases....

Driver killed after car flips over on highway

Driver killed after car flips over on highway

Limassol police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a fatal accident over the weekend, when a young man was killed after his car crashed and flipped over on the highway...

Opposite sides contemplate Victory Day

Opposite sides contemplate Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address his nation from Moscow during the country’s Victory Day celebrations against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, including Mariupol where the holiday was recently unbanned but resistance fighters still held out at a steelworks plant...

Mostly clear skies this weekend with a chance of isolated showers (Live image)

Mostly clear skies this weekend with a chance of isolated showers (Live image)

Tonight the weather will be mostly clear with gradually increasing high clouds. ...

EU parliament votes to keep EU Digital COVID Certificate in place until June next year

EU parliament votes to keep EU Digital COVID Certificate in place until June next year

The Parliament of the European Union has given the green light to the Member States to keep the EU Digital COVID Certificate in place until June next year....

Spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents

Spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents

The cases underscore how difficult it is to stop the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant as China clings to its zero-COVID policy, perpetuating a cycle of lockdowns, as well as bafflement, anguish and anger....

Op-ed: It’s time for Turkey to choose

Op-ed: It’s time for Turkey to choose

Picking a side is rarely an easy task. It means disappointing one side and committing to a particular course. It means putting aside tactics such as maintaining a policy of equal distances or prevarication....

Moscow escalates warnings with nuclear war games in the Baltic

Moscow escalates warnings with nuclear war games in the Baltic

Reacting to the prospect of Sweden and Finland joining NATO in the wake of the war in Ukraine, Moscow escalated its warnings by simulating a nuclear-tipped missile fired at the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. ...

Cyprus will request EC permission to implement mortage-to-rent scheme

Cyprus will request EC permission to implement mortage-to-rent scheme

Cypriot authorities plan to submit in June an official request to the European Commission for the implementation of a mortgage-to-rent scheme, aiming to address non-performing loans collateralized by primary residences and SME business premises with an estimated contractual value of €3 billion....

Sweden has had fewer deaths in the pandemic than the majority of Europe

Sweden has had fewer deaths in the pandemic than the majority of Europe

Sweden has logged one of the lowest pandemic death tolls in Europe despite its refusal to impose lockdowns, World Health Organization estimates suggest....

Commissioner Gabriel urges Cypriot students and staff to take advantage of EU programs

Commissioner Gabriel urges Cypriot students and staff to take advantage of EU programs

Commissioner Gabriel urges Cypriot students and staff to take advantage of EU programs and travel all over Europe, ...

WHO: Covid led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported

WHO: Covid led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of Covid-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far....

Nouris discusses illegal immigration and occupation with Czech MP's

Nouris discusses illegal immigration and occupation with Czech MP's

Illegal immigration and the war in Ukraine were the focus of a meeting held on Thursday between Minister of Interior Nicos Nouris and Chairman of the Czech Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, Ondřej Benešík, who was heading a delegation of Czech MPs and members of the Committee....

Tatar: Greek Cypriots ‘are preparing to shed blood’

Tatar: Greek Cypriots ‘are preparing to shed blood’

Clearly annoyed by Cyprus’ decision to bolster its military defense, Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar claims “Greek Cypriots have started an aggressive armament program and are preparing to shed blood.”...

Inflation in Turkey spikes to almost 70%

Inflation in Turkey spikes to almost 70%

Inflation in Turkey reached record levels of almost 70% in April, rising by 8.83 points in a month, according to official statistics released today....

Op-ed: Abortions and the pendulum

Op-ed: Abortions and the pendulum

A decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide would resemble a historic turning point. The court’s rulings are usually an indication of how the country’s political pendulum swings;...

Halloumi production and distribution unaffected by war

Halloumi production and distribution unaffected by war

The production and distribution of halloumi have not been affected by the war in Ukraine, said the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Costas Kadis, saying that what they are trying to manage is the unallocated quantities from the pandemic period....

Woman dies after hit by buggy in Ayia Napa

Woman dies after hit by buggy in Ayia Napa

A woman who was visiting Cyprus with her child was killed in a road accident in Ayia Napa on Wednesday, after a young man driving a buggy struck her at a pedestrian crossing and left the scene...

NYT: US helping Ukraine in killing of Russian generals

NYT: US helping Ukraine in killing of Russian generals

The U.S. Secret Service provided information to Ukrainians that allowed them to kill several Russian generals near the front lines, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials....

Ukraine war: US involvement is payback for 2016 US elections

Ukraine war: US involvement is payback for 2016 US elections

Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested this week that the US government's involvement in Ukraine is aimed at deposing Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is meant as "payback for the 2016 election."...

Man with schizophrenia convicted of premeditated murders

Man with schizophrenia convicted of premeditated murders

A man with schizophrenia has been convicted on premeditated murder charges for killing his wife and son in rural Nicosia last year, with the bench dismissing his insanity defense after finding there was no provocation...

Cyprus' RCB Bank and its Kremlin ties

Cyprus' RCB Bank and its Kremlin ties

On March 24, Cyprus’s fourth-largest bank announced it would wind down its banking operations in the wake of the “volatile geopolitical situation” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a month earlier....

Pope Francis says NATO started war in Ukraine by ‘barking at Putin’s door’

Pope Francis says NATO started war in Ukraine by ‘barking at Putin’s door’

Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has not outwardly condemned in the now nearly three-month-old war and only did so lightly in a lengthy interview with an Italian newspaper....

Kyriakides: 'One step closer to a European Health Union'

Kyriakides: 'One step closer to a European Health Union'

The foundations and backbone of the European Health Union are being laid today, Kyriakides tells CNA...

Harris Poyiadjis: Reversing climate of distrust a 'big challenge'

Harris Poyiadjis: Reversing climate of distrust a 'big challenge'

"It is a big challenge" to reverse the climate of distrust that prevails in society towards institutions, newly appointed Commissioner for Transparency, Harris Poyiadjis, told CNA on Wednesday....

UN: Obesity levels in Europe at ‘epidemic proportions’

UN: Obesity levels in Europe at ‘epidemic proportions’

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions,” with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories....

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