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3301. Building land for sale by AstroBank

AstroBank is selling building land in various districts of Cyprus such as Paphos, Larnaca, Famagusta, and Nicosia....

3302. Davis Cup playoffs return to Cyprus

The Cypriot Davis Cup Team will fight in Cyprus for qualification at the European Zone Group B promotion play-offs....

3303. US returns over 80 Cypriot antiquities

More than 80 Cypriot antiquities will be repatriated to Cyprus from the US. To this end, a ceremony has taken place in Washington in the presence of the Director of the Department of Antiquities, Dr. Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou....

3304. The ''other side'' 20 years later

I first saw the queue at the Agios Dometios barricade in February 2004, while serving my term in the Greek Cypriot Force, when a good friend took me to see the point where Greek Cypriots were passing through to go to their villages and towns....

3305. The unintended consequence: How Our online history built the AI industry

The AI boom is built on data, the data comes from the internet, and the internet came from us....

3306. Nicosia to take up resolution on Soviet famine in Ukraine

Cypriot House Speaker Annita Demetriou told her Ukrainian counterpart over the weekend that Turkey ought not to assume any mediator role in international conflicts, as Kiev continues to call on EU capitals to stay the course against Russia...

3307. Raab resigns, Oliver Dowden takes his place as Deputy Prime Minister

British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned from the government on Friday after an independent report found he had bullied officials, the latest scandal to force out one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's top ministers....

3308. Four people die from Covid, including a 19-year-old

Four deaths due to COVID-19 - including a 19-year-old with underlying health conditions - and 1,546 new cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on Friday for the period between April 7-20....

3309. EU lawmakers pass proposals to address migration crisis

European Union lawmakers on Thursday approved a series of proposals aimed at ending the yearslong standoff over how best to manage migration, a conundrum that has provoked one of the bloc’s biggest political crises....

3310. 'The goal is 1,000 voluntary returns per month,' says Ioannou

The government of Cyprus has outlined a four-pillar plan to address immigration issues, according to Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou. The first pillar is to limit the flow of asylum seekers entering Cyprus, followed by managing asylum applications and reception areas more efficiently....

3311. 'Everything is a party'

Well, well, well, if you have a seat and some showmanship experience, apparently everything becomes a piece of cake and the gold dust blinds you from reality. ...

3312. The value of authenticity

Easter always goes hand in hand with the search for authenticity. For the authentic Epitaph procession, good company for the subsequent authentic feast, the authentic Greek landscape, the authentically spiritual experience of the Resurrection service. ...

3313. NBA to open basketball school in Costa Navarino

The National Basketball Association announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with TEMES to run a Basketball School at the resort of Costa Navarino this summer....

3314. Trickier travel looms as Eurostar ends direct trains from London to Disneyland Paris

Families that plan to go to Disneyland Paris from the United Kingdom this summer will have to rethink their plan of how to get there as Eurostar is set to end its direct trains from London to this destination....

3315. Cyprus extradites Kenan Agias to Germany

A Larnaca District Court approved the extradition of Kenan Agias, a 49-year-old Kurdish man, to Germany over his alleged involvement in a terrorist organization. ...

3316. Ideal real estate investment opportunities for sale by AstroBank

Commercial, industrial, and residential listings in various districts...

3317. FBI arrests 2 for running Chinese police station in NY

Two men have been arrested by the FBI for allegedly running a covert station for China’s police force in New York. The station, which was allegedly set up in February 2022 in Manhattan’s Chinatown, was operated by Beijing’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and used as a base to track Chinese dissidents living in the US....

3318. Elon Musk plans to create 'TruthGPT', a non-Liberal AI

Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity — and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation....

3319. Air guardsman caught applying for hitman job on rentahitman.com

An Air National Guardsman was arrested and charged Thursday with applying to be a hitman on a parody website, officials say....

3320. Cyprus tops EU in granting temporary protection to Ukrainian refugees

According to data released by Eurostat, in February 2023, Cyprus recorded the highest ratio of Ukrainian citizens granted temporary protection per thousand people (1.1) among the EU member states with available data, followed by Czechia (0.9)....

3321. From chocolate bunnies to souvla

As an American Roman Catholic, I thought I had the whole Easter celebration thing down pat. I mean, I grew up with the Easter bunny and chocolate eggs, and I knew all about the Stations of the Cross and Good Friday services. ...

3322. Easter Table: Lamb and Flaounes more expensive

The price of lamb has skyrocketed to an average of 11.5-12 euros per kilo this year, while last year it was 8-8.5 euros per kilo on average. At the same time, the price of another Easter product, flaounes, is also high, specifically 18 euros per kilo on average, while last year it was 14 euros....

3323. F1's Leclerc chases watch thieves in custom Ferrari, caught on video

3324. Altia: New Portfolio under Management

Altia, the fastest growing property company in Cyprus, officially announces the management of a new real estate package known as "Starlight" which will be added to the existing portfolio managed by the company....

3325. From troublesome youth to social responsibility

In my youth, I was what you would call a troublesome young man who loved firecrackers. It wasn't just because of where I grew up in my mother's village in Greece, where military history was celebrated, and almost all of my family's ancestors had died for faith and country, from Orlofika to the Korean Expeditionary Force....

3326. Higher prices for Easter meat: Lamb sees a 25% increase, beef up by 15%

A year ago, reports described Easter dinner as the most expensive in four years. This year's prices are expected to surpass that record, according to the first data from the Easter Price Watch gathered by K and soon to be published by the Consumer Protection Agency....

3327. Italy declares state of emergency

To deal with the recent influx of migrants arriving on the southern shores of Italy, the country's right-wing government has announced a six-month nationwide state of emergency....

3328. Bookings for Cyprus countryside accommodation rise during Easter holidays

According to official data released by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, bookings for countryside accommodation in Cyprus increased during the Easter holiday season....

3329. Rome reportedly okays Lukoil sale to Cypriot firm

Italy gave conditional approval on Tuesday to the sale of the Lukoil-owned refinery in Sicily to Cypriot private equity firm GOI Energy, people familiar with the matter told Reuters...

3330. EU calls on aspiring journalists to train in Brussels

The European Commission has announced that it has launched a call for journalism students and young journalists to participate in Youth4Regions, an EU program for budding journalists that includes a week of training in Brussels....