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8941. Family businesses should trust next generation leaders

8942. Judge rejects remand for Svetlana

A judge threw out a remand request against a Russian woman, who became the target of a racist rant at a Larnaca parking lot last year, after she was detained by Limassol police on conspiracy charges in a separate case...

8943. High-stakes rape verdict turns political

A prominent attorney in Cyprus says the British teen convicted of fabricating rape allegations should get a presidential pardon, while an experienced human rights lawyer says there is solid ground for an appeal...

8944. Rainstorms sweep parts of Cyprus

Weather officials issued a yellow warning for Friday citing showers and isolated thunderstorms, with rain accumulation expected to reach high levels in specific areas...

8945. Critics pounce on Ayia Napa verdict

The British teen who was found guilty of lying to Ayia Napa police about being raped is determined to take the case to the Supreme Court while the verdict has fueled even more debate in Cyprus and around the world...

8946. Pompeo cancels trip to Nicosia

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has cancelled a trip to Cyprus next week in the wake of protests outside the US Embassy in Iraq, with Department officials vowing to reschedule the visit “in the near future"...

8947. Baker Tilly Cyprus Release New 2020 Tax Guide

8948. London raises red flag over Ayia Napa verdict

The British government is raising red flags over the Ayia Napa rape verdict, after a 19-year-old Briton was found guilty of lying to police about being gang raped by Israeli teens...

8949. Pompeo to visit Cyprus next week

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo is scheduled to visit Cyprus next week where he will meet separately with the two leaders and reaffirm his country’s support for a UN-led effort to reunify the island under a federal roof...

8950. Tough dilemmas in Greek-Turkish affairs

Turkey’s claims in the Aegean were first brought to the table in 1973 and have escalated ever since, reaching successive peaks over 10 to 15 years and multiplying...

8951. Limassol police recover stolen urn

A grieving mother who left Cyprus on Sunday after a brief holiday that had turned into a nightmare was overjoyed after police recovered a stolen urn with her son’s ashes...

8952. Ayia Napa rape accuser found guilty

A British teenager, who says she was gang raped by a group of Israeli teens, was found guilty Monday by a Cypriot court on charges of public mischief...

8953. Severe weather alert issued for Cyprus

A yellow warning has been issued for Cyprus as rain and stormy weather late night Sunday are expected to intensify after midnight...

8954. Visitor begs for thief to return wooden urn

A woman from Poland is pleading for the return of a wooden urn containing her son’s ashes, after her rental car was burglarized in Limassol...

8955. Cypriot FM works the phones over Libya

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has been working the phones Thursday and Friday, discussing with counterparts of other nations the situation in Libya and a need to avoid illegal actions...

8956. Cypriot police zero in on ‘ecstasy warehouse’

Cypriot police were said to be zeroing in on a possible location in Limassol, where 645 kilos of ecstasy are believed to have been stashed inside barbeque grills that were exported and later seized by authorities in Australia...

8957. Athens says Ankara 'playing with fire'

Athens says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “playing with fire” as he seeks parliament approval to send military troops into Libya, following a formal request from Tripoli...

8958. Cars trapped during Troodos snowstorm

Driving conditions were improved in many areas on Friday, while many mountain roads remained slippery a day after many cars were trapped in snow on Boxing Day...

8959. Diplomatic hype over eastern Mediterranean

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias attended Christmas Mass in Istanbul amid diplomatic tensions and power play between Athens and Ankara over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean...

8960. Storms bring White Christmas to Cyprus

Cyprus is having a white Christmas while a yellow warning has been extended through Thursday afternoon due to local showers and thunderstorms spread out throughout the island...

8961. Weather pulls no punches this week

Roads in rural Limassol were affected by rockfall on Tuesday morning, as severe weather continues over Cyprus with rain and heavy winds...

8962. Yellow warning as nasty weather moves in

A low reading in barometric pressure over Cyprus spells some nasty weather in the days ahead, starting Monday night with heavy showers and strong winds but also snow up in the mountains...

8963. EastMed deal to be inked January

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades plans to attend a ceremony in Athens for the signing of an agreement on the EastMed pipeline, after Greece announced Sunday the project will proceed despite the objections of Turkey...

8964. Cyprus hails US EastMed bill signed into law

A new US law geared toward boosting energy and security cooperation in the east Mediterranean is indicative of the significance that Washington attaches to the region, Cyprus' foreign minister said Saturday...

8965. Senate-approved EastMed on Trump’s desk

US Congress’ approval of a spending package that includes the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 signals a “new day in Greek-American relations,” said Senator Bob Menendez, one of the authors of the bipartisan legislation...

8966. Cabinet adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The President’s Cabinet has approved a decision by which the Cypriot Government adopts the definition of anti-Semitism as it has been spelled out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...

8967. Turkey warns US over Cyprus arms embargo

Ankara has warned Washington that an impending lift of a US arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus is a “dangerous escalation” that would hamper efforts to reach a peace settlement on the divided island...

8968. Local teen dies in moped crash

A male teenager was killed in a road accident on Wednesday when his moped collided head on with an oncoming vehicle in Limassol...

8969. Man dies after Vasiliko crane mishap

A local worker died in hospital on Tuesday hours after he was struck in the head by a crane hook during an incident at EAC’s Vasiliko power station in Limassol...

8970. Ecstasy in Cypriot BBQs seized 'down under'

Australian police have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling 645 kilos of ecstasy hidden inside hundreds of aluminium barbecues, the culmination of a six-month investigation spanning three countries ...