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1111. Elderly man in midtown accident succumbs to injuries

An elderly man in Nicosia succumbed to his injuries on Friday, one week after he was struck by a car as he was trying to cross the road in the midtown area...

1112. Athens sees Ankara raising tensions

Greek officials expect two moves by Turkey that will ratchet up tensions between the two nominal allies up another notch this summer, to levels not seen since 2020....

1113. 110,000 monkeypox vaccines set to be shipped to the EU

The European Union has reached an agreement for the purchase of 110,000 monkeypox vaccines, the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou announced....

1114. Man on life support after mystery accident

A British tourist found critically injured underneath a motorcycle in Paralimni has been unable to tell officers what happened, with police investigating a possible collision but not ruling out anything else...

1115. Why are we all working so hard?

The idea that technology can liberate us from the drudgery of work is a powerful one. It has also been a powerful disappointment, at least so far....

1116. Researcher's avatar sexually assaulted on the metaverse

A researcher entered the metaverse, wanting to study users' behavior on Meta's social-networking platform Horizon World. But within an hour of her donning her Oculus virtual reality (VR) headset, she says she was raped in the virtual space....

1117. Op-ed: America has more guns than any other country

America has been shaken — once again — by mass shootings. On May 14, a gunman killed 10 people in a supermarket in Buffalo. On Tuesday, at least 19 children and two adults were killed in Uvalde, Texas. ...

1118. New cancer-killing virus injected into human patient for the first time

Scientists have injected the first human patient with a new cancer-killing virus. The virus, known as Vaxinia, has seen successful tests in animals. However, the true test of its efficacy begins with this new clinical trial....

1119. China Eastern Airlines crash intentional

The China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed 132 people is believed to have been caused by an intentional act, according to U.S. officials who spoke to ABC News....

1120. Mitsotakis: 'Don't forget Cyprus'

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked the US Congress not to forget Cyprus, in a historic address, he delivered on Tuesday....

1121. 27 year old sentenced to two years in prison for starting fire

A 27-year-old man was sentenced today to two years in prison in connection with the fire that broke out near a state forest in eastern Limassol, on July 3, 2021, the same day as the catastrophic fire that followed in the mountainous Limassol - Larnaca....

1122. Corporal dies after jeep lands on top of her

A young female corporal was killed in an accident on Thursday morning after an army jeep at a military base in Kornos overturned and landed on her...

1123. EU: Masks at airports and planes no longer mandatory

Passengers traveling by plane in Europe from next week should no longer be required to wear a mask on their flight or at an airport, according to guidance issued Wednesday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)....

1124. Zelensky honors bomb sniffing dog named Patron as Trudeau looks on (video)

President Volodymyr Zelensky has routinely ended his nightly wartime addresses by announcing state awards for Ukraine’s soldiers. On Sunday, he honored a fighter who is perhaps the country’s smallest — a little dog named Patron....

1125. House President concerned over 'shocking' increase in sexual violence incidents

One in three women (33%) in the EU has suffered physical or sexual violence, according to the President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou, stressing that these numbers are "shocking and troubling."...

1126. Metsola: 'Democracy does not exist without freedom of the press'

"Freedom and democracy can not exist without freedom of the press", the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said on Tuesday, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day....

1127. ‘I will visit Athens when we win the war,’ Ukraine’s President tells Kathimerini

Volodymyr Zelenskyy looked worn, he was probably sleepless, but he spoke passionately in his signature husky, nasal voice, stopping often to take a sip of coffee from the cup next to him....

1128. Dozens evacuate Azovstal after UN chief’s visits

Groups of dozens of unarmed civilians left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol over the weekend, after the Secretary General Antonio Guterres visited both Moscow and Kiev to coordinate a UN-backed evacuation from the sheltered underground...

1129. EY Survey: Growing sustainability risks put pressure on law departments

Law departments around the world are facing a rising tide of risks relating to sustainability, but they do not feel that business leadership fully understands the implications, and they require additional resources to manage them effectively, according to a new study from EY Law and the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession....

1130. 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). ...

1131. EIB ready to offer funding to mitigate effects of Ukrainian war on Cyprus

New investment opportunities in Cyprus, as well as funding to mitigate the effects of the war in Ukraine, were discussed on Monday by President Nicos Anastasiadis, Finance Minister Constantinos Petridis and European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer. ...

1132. US tourists flock to Greece

Indications are growing that tourism from the US in Greece this year will approach the levels of 2019, and even exceed them if the international geopolitical uncertainties are lifted....

1133. Op-ed: The fall of the US Republic

Sometimes I am not sure if I became a historian because I am pessimistic by nature, or if I became pessimistic because I am a historian....

1134. CYCLOPS: 'The crown of our security co-operation', says Kasoulides

On Wednesday, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, and Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, expressed their wish that the Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS) will help promote security in the region....

1135. US Undersecretary Nuland in town to inaugurate CyClops

The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security, CyCLOPS, in Larnaka, will be inaugurated today by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides....

1136. K. Treppides & Co Ltd- Cryptocurrencies: Regulating cryptocurrency trading in Cyprus

1137. Wargaming ceases operations in Russia and Belarus

Wargaming has decided that it will not maintain or operate any business in Russia or Belarus....

1138. US Undersecretary of State to visit Cyprus this week (update)

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey, Greece and Cyprus in the coming days....

1139. Cops get new toy to catch speeders

Police patrol cars in Cyprus are now equipped with Doppler radar, making it easier and safer for officers to go after speeding offenders anywhere day or night...

1140. Fed up doctor lashes out at hospital visit ban

A Cypriot doctor who used his medical credentials to tend to a patient in violation of covid protocol says there is no valid basis to keep people away from dying relatives...