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1231. Leoni Paraskevaides takes over J&P Overseas

There are new developments in the J&P Overseas saga in Riyadh, with the Cypriot company solidifying its leadership following an internal and legal battle that now appears to be over...

1232. Forty degree weather to last through Saturday

Cyprus Weather Service issued a Yellow Weather Alert for Wednesday from 11am until 6pm due to very hot weather, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees around the capital...

1233. Man jumps Paphos airport fence to catch missed flight

A passenger caused a three hour delay in a Cracow-bound flight, when he jumped over a fence at Paphos airport out of desperation to board the plane and rejoin his family...

1234. Mother blames 'driver fatigue' in Limassol fatal accident

The driver in the latest rollover accident, where her daughter and another girl were killed on the highway outside Limassol, says she hadn’t slept for 30 hours before getting behind the wheel and losing control of her vehicle...

1235. Bulgarian driver pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter

The driver who caused a fatal accident in Larnaca killing a 5-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to charges including involuntary manslaughter and will be sentenced next week...

1236. Athens bus employees walk off job on Thursday

Employees at the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) will hold a work stoppage on Thursday to protest the planned closure of the bus depot at the former airport at Elliniko, in southern Athens, and further cutbacks....

1237. Paphos airport wins accessibility award

Paphos International Airport has won an award for being the most accessible airport in Europe during this week’s Airports Council International conference in Brussels...

1238. New push in the UK for direct flights in the north

The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...

1239. Noratlas replica finds its way to Makedonitissa

The parts of a Noratlas plane arrived at Makedonitissa military cemetery on Monday, where they will be put back together in an exact replica of the aircraft that was shot down by friendly fire during a secret mission in 1974...

1240. Turkish plane over Nicosia sends chills

Local residents in Nicosia were alarmed Sunday afternoon when a Turkish airplane was seen circling over the capital city without landing...

1241. Korean-Hellenic ship forum to highlight ties

The “Korean-Hellenic Maritime Cooperation Forum,” to be held on Wednesday, June 6, in the context of the Posidonia 2018 shipping fair next to Athens International Airport, is expected to draw quite a crowd and will highlight the long-standing cooperation between the two nations in the maritime sector....

1242. Ireland votes in 'once-in-a-generation' abortion referendum

Ireland began voting on Friday in an abortion referendum that could be a milestone on a path of change in a country that, only two decades ago, was one of Europe’s most socially conservative...

1243. Cyprus Airways takes delivery of second Airbus

Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways has taken delivery of its second Airbus A319...

1244. Yulia Skripal: Attempted assassination turned my world upside down

Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia. But the daughter of one of Russia’s most famous spies says she wants to return to her country “in the longer term”, despite the poisoning...

1245. Harry and Meghan seal it with a kiss

Britain’s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle were pronounced husband and wife on Saturday by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a glittering union that brought a measure of modern Hollywood glamour into the 1,000-year-old monarchy...

1246. Cyprus wants to be a film industry contender

The Cyprus government wants to cut red tape that keeps film producers at bay, with a new bill in parliament aimed at attracting foreign companies that could choose the island for the next blockbuster...

1247. Radisson hotels take over Larnaca

The well known Radisson hotel chain will soon be welcoming guests in Larnaca, with Radisson Blu coming in July and two more in the works ...

1248. Residents demand that eye-sore oil tanks are removed now

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras says he does not agree with the latest memorandum on the removal of oil and gas installations in his town, saying his constituents want to see action and not just words...

1249. Security is tight as Nicosia hosts trilateral meeting

Security is tight on the island as the leaders of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel hold a trilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace Tuesday, with police setting up road blocks and flying helicopters non-stop...

1250. J&P Overseas struggles to make things right

There is no end in sight in the bitter division within J&P Overseas, with one executive drawing on the company’s old glory to save the company while another pointing to mismanagement and threatening to take legal action....

1251. Nicosia protests violations of airspace and territorial waters by Turkey

Turkey continues to systematically harass civilian and military aircraft within the Nicosia flight information region (FIR) via radio calls...

1252. Cyprus is open for business and China’s buying

As US President Donald Trump builds barriers to Chinese trade, Cyprus is throwing open the gates...

1253. Turkish fledgling party to run in June polls after membership boost

A masterful campaigner, Erdogan has won nearly a dozen elections and dominated Turkey since his Islamist-rooted AK party swept to power in 2002...

1254. Millions in compensation to Cyprus Airports under review

A compensation agreement between the state and Hermes Airports is being challenged in parliament, echoing a public debate on how Larnaca and Paphos airports should receive government funds due to the operation of the illegal Ercan (Tymbou) airport in the north....

1255. Passenger killed when engine explodes on Southwest Airlines US flight

The death of 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan on Flight 1380 was the first in a US commercial aviation accident since 2009...

1256. Syrian air defences shoot down missiles over two air bases

Shayrat air base was targeted last year in a U.S. cruise missile attack in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people...

1257. Cypriot leaders to sound each other out

The two Cypriot leaders are set to meet Monday evening in the buffer zone, with the two men being nowhere near a common agenda and the UN hoping at best for more meetings to follow....

1258. May assures Cyprus that use of RAF base was limited

1259. Cyprus airspace safe despite challenges

Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou says Cyprus Civil Aviation needs an upgrade to handle increasing demands in the industry and also face Turkish challenges, including the illegal operation of Ercan airport in the north. ...

1260. UK mulls Syria attack that could lead to confrontation with Russia

Syria’s military has repositioned some air assets to avoid fallout from possible missile strikes...