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09 October, 2024
 

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UN chief and Putin concur on Azovstal evacuation

UN chief and Putin concur on Azovstal evacuation

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reportedly agreed on arranging evacuations from a besieged steel plant in the battered city of Mariupol...

Census takers face hostility in Cyprus

Census takers face hostility in Cyprus

Census workers in Cyprus are facing hostile residents during the ongoing campaign, as many citizens say they are worried about their personal information also being collected for sinister purposes...

Boy in trike accident succumbs to brain injury

Boy in trike accident succumbs to brain injury

Doctors in Nicosia pulled the plug on Tuesday after the parents of young boy, who was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Limassol ten days ago, gave their consent following news their child was brain dead...

K. Treppides & Co Ltd: Letting your property in Cyprus through online platforms (e.g. Airbnb)?

K. Treppides & Co Ltd: Letting your property in Cyprus through online platforms (e.g. Airbnb)?

The economy of Cyprus is largely dependent on tourism, and this is evident from the fact that government revenues from tourism accounted for over 12% of Cyprus GDP in year 2019 (in accordance with publicly available statistics extracted pre Covid-19 pandemic). ...

Land earthquake and aftershocks hit Cyprus

Land earthquake and aftershocks hit Cyprus

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck Cyprus on Tuesday night, with the shaking felt in many districts across the island and throughout the region...

Erdogan critic in Cyprus sentenced by Turkish court

Erdogan critic in Cyprus sentenced by Turkish court

Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent says he does not recognize a sentence handed down by a court in Turkey, where prosecutors accused him in absentia of insulting the country’s president with an offensive cartoon as well as offending the state’s military...

Russia elevates warnings as US push for aid

Russia elevates warnings as US push for aid

Moscow sees NATO arming of Ukraine as engaging in a proxy battle against Russia, as Washington says the United States will press allies to further ramp up military support for Kiev...

Worker and boss in legal trouble after farming accident

Worker and boss in legal trouble after farming accident

A young man who got injured while using a hand tractor is being accused of immigration and labor violations, while his employer is also facing charges of unauthorized employment...

Zelensky gets face-to-face pledge from US

Zelensky gets face-to-face pledge from US

Washington's top diplomat and defense secretary both visited Kyiv on Sunday, and used the first official US visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago to announce a gradual return of US diplomats to the country and the nomination of a new ambassador...

Diner in Cyprus hates on ‘Russian’ tourists

Diner in Cyprus hates on ‘Russian’ tourists

A group of Latvian tourists in Cyprus posted a disturbing video on social media showing fellow diners at a hotel hating on them after mistaking them for Russians...

Cyprus convicts ‘sex client’ on trafficking charges

Cyprus convicts ‘sex client’ on trafficking charges

A male customer who was apprehended during a raid at a suspected illegal brothel in Limassol last year has been sentenced to prison on trafficking and exploitation charges, after Cypriot lawmakers introduced tough but controversial legislation that criminalizes sex buyer behavior...

Illegal bangers overshadow Easter message

Illegal bangers overshadow Easter message

Local residents in the Republic of Cyprus were rattled as illegal bangers kept people and pets up all night during the Orthodox Easter tradition, with police reporting delinquent behavior, at least two amputations, several fire incidents under investigation...

Moscow calls Athens out over diplomatic choices

Moscow calls Athens out over diplomatic choices

Maria Zakharova released a statement on Friday warning that 'historical parallels' between Greece and Russia were in danger of becoming 'a solid double line between us' while focusing on Greece’s decision to declare 12 Russian officials personae non gratae on April 6 ...

Study: Heart inflammation more prevalent among vaccinated than unvaccinated

Study: Heart inflammation more prevalent among vaccinated than unvaccinated

Heart inflammation requiring hospital care was more common among people who received COVID-19 vaccines than those who did not, according to a new study of tens of millions of Europeans....

Discord takes hold in front against Russian oil

Discord takes hold in front against Russian oil

Nicosia has been defending its stance towards sanctions against Moscow on the basis of principles and European unity, but lack of consensus for the bloc to seek a collective ban on Russian oil supplies has made cracks in the united front appear larger...

Three women jailed in ‘illegal brothel’ case

Three women jailed in ‘illegal brothel’ case

Three women initially suspected of being sex trafficking victims have been arrested in Nicosia on suspicion of taking part in the running of an illegal brothel, with police securing eight-day remands but declining to specify any provisional charges against them...

Putin orders troops at Azovstal to hold fire

Putin orders troops at Azovstal to hold fire

President Vladimir Putin called off plans for the Russian military to storm the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said on Thursday he wanted Ukrainian forces there to be hermetically sealed in instead...

Test drive tag misuse out in the open

Test drive tag misuse out in the open

The Transport Department is getting more negative publicity this week after information about widespread misuse of test drive tags reached lawmakers, with the minister vowing to tackle corruption from one scandal to the next...

Clock ticking for Mariupol on Holy Thursday

Clock ticking for Mariupol on Holy Thursday

A top ally of President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces will seize the last main stronghold of resistance in the besieged city of Mariupol on Thursday, after Ukraine proposed talks on evacuating troops and civilians there...

The MSCI 2021 results are in - Consulco Outperforms the Market

The MSCI 2021 results are in - Consulco Outperforms the Market

The MSCI results are now available, and Consulco’s London commercial real estate portfolio has outperformed the Greater London Retail property market in all time frames over 3, 5 & 10 years, achieving a 7.5% total return per annum since inception....

Cyprus layers relaxations ahead of Greek Easter

Cyprus layers relaxations ahead of Greek Easter

The President’s Cabinet in Nicosia has approved a further relaxation of measures, starting on Good Friday as people in Cyprus get ready for Orthodox Easter and going bolder next month...

KPMG in Cyprus supports the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council’s campaign ''Adopt a Family for Easter''

KPMG in Cyprus supports the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council’s campaign ''Adopt a Family for Easter''

For yet another year, KPMG in Cyprus has embraced the 8th campaign ''Adopt a family for Easter''....

EY report: a resilient grid supported by digital solutions will underpin a successful transition to eMobility

EY report: a resilient grid supported by digital solutions will underpin a successful transition to eMobility

Adoption of eMobility is not just an economic or environmental phenomenon, but a psychological one that hinges on widespread customer acceptance. The current pace of EV adoption is swift, with one- in- five vehicles sold in Europe during 2021 being electric. ...

Cyprus doubles down on immigration policy

Cyprus doubles down on immigration policy

The government in the Republic of Cyprus has renewed its response to migration flows to the island, tasking authorities and lawmakers with tightening measures in a number of areas...

Russia renews surrender deadline at Azovstal

Russia renews surrender deadline at Azovstal

Russian troops gave Ukrainian fighters holding out in the basements of Azovstal a fresh ultimatum to surrender on Wednesday, as conflicting reports made it unclear whether unarmed civilians could also be inside in Mariupol’s steel plant...

Illegal fireworks wreak havoc in Cyprus neighborhoods

Illegal fireworks wreak havoc in Cyprus neighborhoods

Police in Cyprus are doubling down on confiscating illegal fireworks during Orthodox Holy Week, but efforts focus on suppliers and not users that wreak havoc in quiet neighborhoods...

EBO and KPMG Cyprus announce strategic partnership

EBO and KPMG Cyprus announce strategic partnership

EBO, a leader in customer engagement automation that empowers enterprises through AI technology enters into a strategic partnership with KPMG Cyprus, a leader in Management Consulting & Technology Advisory services offering assistance to organizations by identifying and solving the challenges that stand in the way of their growth and excellence....

Status of sex workers unknown after Nicosia raid

Status of sex workers unknown after Nicosia raid

The legal status of three women detained during a prostitution raid in Nicosia remains unknown, while a former police officer and another female have been accused of running an illegal brothel in connection with the case...

Nicosia drops hint at ferry link this summer

Nicosia drops hint at ferry link this summer

The Shipping Deputy Ministry in the Republic of Cyprus says a successful bidder for a state-subsidized ferry link to Greece has been asked to submit a proposal, with reports saying a summer connection could be launched this year...

Bloodbath warnings as Ukraine awaits Orthodox Easter

Bloodbath warnings as Ukraine awaits Orthodox Easter

Moscow says Kiev is 'completing preparations for monstrous provocations' against Orthodox churches to blame it on Russians, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to push back the offensive in the Donbas region...

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