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08 October, 2024
 

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Prices of consumer goods and services recorded a 10% annual increase

Prices of consumer goods and services recorded a 10% annual increase

The harmonized consumer price index recorded in July an annual increase of 10.6%....

Cyprus takes it easy as Turkey, Israel relight fire

Cyprus takes it easy as Turkey, Israel relight fire

The Cypriot government says Israel has vowed to be transparent in its relationship with Turkey, as a thawing period officially came to an end this week with the two countries announcing full normalization...

Now is a good time to follow the simple rule of 28/36

Now is a good time to follow the simple rule of 28/36

Rising prices have been a major topic of discussion over the past few weeks. In essence, however, little can be done by individuals to mitigate the effects of rising fuel and commodity prices on a global scale....

Compensation to be doled out to Akamas property owners

Compensation to be doled out to Akamas property owners

Minister of Agriculture, Costas Kadis, said on Wednesday that the government will announce compensatory measures for property owners in the Akamas peninsula, who will be affected by a local plan to protect the environment....

Cyprus' Air Force 1 ready for delivery (correction)

Cyprus' Air Force 1 ready for delivery (correction)

The EMB-135LR, touted as Cyprus' Air Force 1, is ready for delivery. The presidential aircraft was gifted to Cyprus by the Hellenic Republic as a token of appreciation for Cyprus' help in fighting the devastating fires in Mati in 2018....

Bomb squad blows fanny pack to smithereens

Bomb squad blows fanny pack to smithereens

Law enforcement authorities in Paralimni went on high alert Wednesday over a suspicious item, with a controlled explosion later revealing it was a just fanny pack with fishing sinkers inside...

Police shore up team in hotel pool death probe

Police shore up team in hotel pool death probe

A police investigation into a fatal drowning of a young child in a hotel pool in Paphos has been enhanced, with more agencies involved as they question everyone to figure out what went wrong...

Cyprus GDP up by 6.1% during second quarter of 2022

Cyprus GDP up by 6.1% during second quarter of 2022

Cyprus recorded a positive GDP growth during the second quarter of 2022, according to a Flash Estimate announced on Wednesday by the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus....

46 year old man with no travel history positive for Monkeypox

46 year old man with no travel history positive for Monkeypox

The 46-year-old man, who had no travel history, showed symptoms of monkeypox, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday....

Foreign Ministry concerned over Turkey's distortion of truth about 1974 invasion

Foreign Ministry concerned over Turkey's distortion of truth about 1974 invasion

The Foreign Ministry expresses its concern over Ankara's attempts to distort the historical truth in relation to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the ongoing illegal occupation of the northern territories of the island....

COVID: Double dose vaccine to be available towards the end of the year

COVID: Double dose vaccine to be available towards the end of the year

Europe is expected to approve a COVID bivalent vaccine in September, that will cover both the original strain and the Omicron variant, Dr. Christos Petrou, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and member of the National Advisory Committee on Vaccination stated....

US response muted following reports of Turkey's second S-400 shipment

US response muted following reports of Turkey's second S-400 shipment

The Biden administration on Tuesday stopped short of threatening additional penalties following reports Turkey plans to receive the second batch of the Russian S-400 missile defense system....

Deaf people can now ‘see’ conversations thanks to subtitle glasses

Deaf people can now ‘see’ conversations thanks to subtitle glasses

A company has created augmented reality spectacles that place subtitles on conversations happening in the real world....

Drought: Ban on the use of garden hoses in London from August 24

Drought: Ban on the use of garden hoses in London from August 24

Thames Water, the water company serving customers in and around London, announced today that it is banning its customers from using garden hoses to water their lawns from August 24, citing the prolonged drought....

EU states facilitating employment of third country nationals to ease labor shortage

EU states facilitating employment of third country nationals to ease labor shortage

The European Union’s population is aging. The factors behind this phenomenon are many, but the declining fertility rates and the increased life expectancy, along with migration to countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, are the main ones....

Unlike the Concorde, supersonic travel is coming back faster, quieter and greener

Unlike the Concorde, supersonic travel is coming back faster, quieter and greener

Supersonic air travel has always messed with the concept of time. Such as being able to fly across the Atlantic and land before your scheduled departure time....

Lawyer in soldier murder cover-up raises stakes

Lawyer in soldier murder cover-up raises stakes

A high-powered attorney in Cyprus representing the family of a soldier, whose death initially ruled a suicide has been updated to murder, has hinted at lawsuits if prosecutors fail to go after the perpetrators...

Police examine video footage in hotel pool death

Police examine video footage in hotel pool death

The death of a little girl, who drowned in water after going for a splash in the wrong swimming pool at a hotel in Paphos, continued to shock public opinion in Cyprus, with investigators still unsure how the child sank to the bottom without anyone taking notice...

More vocational courses to be offered in the fall

More vocational courses to be offered in the fall

Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Prodromos Prodromou, stated that higher vocational education and training in Cyprus are being upgraded with new and modern building facilities in Limassol that will be ready this autumn with more specialized program options....

Turkey pushed migrants into Greece, according to minister

Turkey pushed migrants into Greece, according to minister

A group of 38 migrants, including a heavily pregnant woman, have been found stranded on a tiny, unnamed island along the Turkish-Greek border....

Cyprus maintains low VAT and consumption tax on fuel

Cyprus maintains low VAT and consumption tax on fuel

Cyprus maintains a very low VAT rate and lower consumption taxes on fuel compared to Germany and other EU countries, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides notes in a written statement....

Ministry of Health preparing Covid-19 plan for the coming months

Ministry of Health preparing Covid-19 plan for the coming months

The Ministry of Health is in the final stretch in its preparations to manage COVID-19 in the next months, the Minister of Health’s Communications Advisor Constantinos Athanasiou said on Tuesday, adding that on Friday a new meeting with the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee will be held....

Femicide and punishment

Femicide and punishment

A few days ago, there was some shocking news. An Egyptian court asked lawmakers to approve the live broadcast of the hanging of a man who stabbed a female university student to death....

Twitter wars get ugly over Cyprus 1974

Twitter wars get ugly over Cyprus 1974

Cyprus’ UN ambassador has called on Turkey to step aside so that Cypriots could reunite after Ankara accused Nicosia and Athens of not wishing to reach a settlement, with sides giving their own account of events amid an emotionally charged weekend for Greek Cypriots...

Wizzair offers 100,000 free air tickets to Ukrainians flying across Europe

Wizzair offers 100,000 free air tickets to Ukrainians flying across Europe

Just days after news broke that Wizz Air would defy current European conventions and start flying to Moscow again, the airline is extending another olive branch to Ukrainians who might be less than impressed at Wizz resuming Moscow flights....

National credit bureaus crucial in assessing consumer creditworthiness

National credit bureaus crucial in assessing consumer creditworthiness

The need to assess a borrower's creditworthiness and capacity through the use of national credit bureaus was highlighted at an annual conference held by the European Association of Credit Bureaus “ACCIS” in Brussels in the past month....

EDF funds seven Cypriot projects proposed in 2021

EDF funds seven Cypriot projects proposed in 2021

Several Cypriot businesses and research institutions have secured funding for seven projects from the European Defence Fund (EDF) for 2021, the Ministry of Defence has said....

North plays catch-up with illicit cash

North plays catch-up with illicit cash

Turkish Cypriot authorities have their hands full as they investigate large sums of money being laundered in Cyprus, with cases ranging from probing courier operations south of the divided island’s UN buffer zone to media speculating on the scope of rampant tax evasion in the north...

Conflicting details surface in hotel pool death

Conflicting details surface in hotel pool death

Police say CID Paphos are investigating an apparent drowning incident following the death of a little girl at a hotel swimming pool on Sunday, with exact circumstances of the fatality not yet fully known...

Child dead after going to wrong hotel pool

Child dead after going to wrong hotel pool

A little girl was found dead on Sunday in a hotel swimming pool in Paphos, where she was vacationing with her parents, with reports still unclear whether lifeguards saw her going into the wrong pool...

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