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541. Uneventful beach weather for the weekend

Clear skies are expected for most of the weekend with some afternoon clouds, while Friday temperatures in the mid-30’s will climb Saturday for the next three days but only slightly...

542. Furnace temperatures for start of the week

There will be high temperatures and some variable wind at least in the early part of the week, but all this could change with a chance of rain showers on Thursday...

543. Clear skies give way to clouds and rain

There is a chance of isolated afternoon showers Friday and during the weekend, with mostly clear skies in the early part of the day being taken over by cloud formations in the late afternoon...

544. Officials warn over hot and humid weather

High temperatures combined with humidity are creating heat wave conditions this week, with maximum temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Tuesday and Wednesday...

545. Cops out and about to promote road safety

Cyprus police is conducting another safety campaign this week, following a series of recent road fatalities, and this time they are focusing on bikers and cyclists...

546. Hot weekend ahead with humidity on the rise

It will be a hot weekend with 40 degrees expected on Saturday around the capital and high relative humidity peaking over areas in Limassol and Paphos...

547. Easy breezy weather to last through Thursday

Skies will be clear Tuesday following early morning fog and low clouds, with average maximum temperatures for the week in the upper-mid 30’s until they rise again Friday, ahead of mid-July weekend...

548. Greek airports unprepared for increased traffic volume

Pressured by the explosive growth of passenger numbers generated by Greece’s expanding tourism market, officials are calling for additional air traffic controllers to ensure safe travel....

549. Poor maintenance suspected in EAC fatal accident

Officials are not ruling out poor maintenance of equipment in the death of an EAC worker, who was killed in a boom lift accident Monday while trying to cut tree branches...

550. 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...

551. Hot weather and clear skies on the horizon

Hot temperatures are making their way back on the island with Monday starting off in the mid to upper 30’s and rising over the next few days...

552. Co-Op deal with Hellenic still up in the air

The government is running against the clock with bad loans legislation, which would include a bill approving state guarantees for Hellenic Bank to absorb potentially high-risk loans in co-op takeover...

553. Police criticised over woman’s arrest in hit-and-run murder

Police are pushing back on criticism over the arrest of a 23-year-old female in Sunday’s hit-and-run murder, where a Briton was run down moments after stopping the woman’s boyfriend from abusing her at a bar in Coral Bay...

554. Upper 30’s could climb even higher

Tuesday weather will be mostly clear with temperatures climbing in the next couple of days but expected to take a step back before the week is out...

555. Mixed weather as temperatures pick up midweek

Monday weather will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers later in the afternoon, with maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30’s expected to pick up by mid-week...

556. Clear weather won’t last through weekend

Cloudy skies and a chance of rain are in the weekend forecast, with Friday temperatures in the mid-30’s expected to take a dip before the weekend is out....

557. Hellenic moments away from CCB offer

The privatisation deal for Cyprus Cooperative Bank could be moments away, with Hellenic Bank putting the finishing touches on the final makeup of its new shareholder base...

558. Officials say hot weather manageable so far

Officials say a yellow weather warning on Saturday played a role towards helping reduce heat stroke incidents, with Sunday temperatures rolling back and a chance of rain showers Monday and Tuesday...

559. UN sounds out both sides on July envoy visit

It appears that the United Nations have sounded out both sides in Cyprus regarding a UN special envoy, but sources say it is still unclear whether Turkey gave the nod...

560. Back to warm weather, no more rain

The recent mixed weather appears to be over, with a forecast for the next few days being mostly clear, relatively calm seas, and temperatures reaching mid-30’s...

561. Government and Co-op begin consultations with bidders

562. Funeral for nine Syrian refugees held in north

The funeral of nine Syrian refuges, whose bodies washed up on the northern shores of the island, was held in Lefka on Saturday, with their relatives living in the south crossing the checkpoints to pay their final respects...

563. 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...

564. Two men set off bomb in Canada restaurant wounding 15

Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing,...

565. With eye on re-election Tsipras rolls dice on Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking a big gamble in trying to settle a decades-old name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia which could backfire in a pre-election year among voters already jaded by his economic austerity policies...

566. Greek village ‘lost for words’ over news of Texan shooter

The family of the Texan teen gunman were “quiet, peaceable people” who never raised eyebrows in the Greek village where his father spent his youth...

567. Cyprus energy search – averting a US-Turkey crisis

Cyprus continues to proceed with offshore oil and gas projects despite Turkey's opposition...

568. 'Bonfire of the Vanities' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88

Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of “new journalism” who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” “The Right Stuff,” and “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” has died at the age of 88...

569. Brexit-hit EU staff ditch UK passports

About one in 10 British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion...

570. Trump seeks 'very meaningful' summit in with N. Korea

US President Donald Trump has high hopes of “doing something very meaningful” to curtail North Korea’s nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoner...