War-weary Kyiv residents defiant over Russian threat of new strikes
Kyiv residents and foreign embassies are shrugging off Moscow’s threat of a wave of heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital as nothing new after years of war, displaying a ...
Israel pounds Lebanon with strikes, expands ground operations past security zone
Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes on Tuesday in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks, Lebanese security sources said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Government will work with all parties where common ground exists, Papadopoulos says
The government will cooperate with all political parties where there is alignment on its policy agenda, Director of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos said on Tuesday, following the ...
Almost half of voters will not be represented in new House
Almost half the electorate will not be represented in the new parliament, having either abstained or voted for parties that failed to gain a seat in the legislature, an analyst ...
De la Fuente says Spain come before club loyalty after first World Cup squad without Real Madrid players
Luis de la Fuente stressed that Spain’s badge outranks any club crest on Tuesday after naming a World Cup squad with a distinctly Barcelona hue and, for the first ...
Fidias accused of dishonesty after foregoing parliament seat
Former European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on Tuesday accused social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou of dishonesty after he decided not to take the seat in parliament to which he had been ...
Osaka ramps up fashion stakes at French Open before first-round win
Naomi Osaka turned heads with another sparkling Grand Slam fashion statement on Tuesday and the former world number one matched it with striking tennis to dismantle unseeded German Laura Siegemund 6...
Nato to beef up forces assigned to defend Baltics in war, sources say
NATO will strengthen the defence of its eastern flank with a new structure that would facilitate the rapid deployment of forces in Latvia and Estonia in the event of a ...
Alexui says she has evidence deputy police chief was bribed
Allegations against deputy chief Panikos Stavrou resurfaced on Tuesday after social media personality Ioanna Fotiou, known online as Annie Alexui, published references to a decade-old case and claimed she possesses ...
Bank of Cyprus triggers call option on €300 million bond
The Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited has decided to exercise its legal right for the early redemption of its outstanding senior preferred notes totalling €300 million.
The parent entity, Bank ...
‘Europe needs modern space rules to boost competitiveness’
Europe needs a modern regulatory framework for space that inspires confidence among operators, investors and citizens, Deputy Research Minister Nikodemos Damianou said on Tuesday at the opening of the high-level ...
North’s electricity prices rise by 22%
Electricity prices in the north are to increase by 22 per cent from next Monday, the Turkish Cypriot electricity authority Kib-Tek announced on Tuesday.
For residential properties paying the flat-rate tariff, ...
Cyprus shows strong startup intent but faces structural hurdles
Cypriots have strong entrepreneurial perceptions and intentions but have to contend with structural challenges which ultimately limit the creation of new businesses, according to the 9th national entrepreneurship report for ...
Limassol man jailed for 15 years over pharmacy attack
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday by the Paphos permanent criminal court after being found guilty in an attempted murder case linked to an attack ...
India’s prized Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather
In India’s western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India’s online grocers after her family’s three acres of orchards produced ...
Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink
Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognisable may not survive by century’s end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to scientists, ...
Chicks hatch from artificial egg as US company aims to revive extinct species
A US company said more than two dozen healthy baby chickens have hatched from an artificial egg platform it has developed in what it calls a pivotal step in its ...
New Paphos bishop says his doors will be open for all
Archimandrite Gregorios Ioannides was on Tuesday selected as the new bishop of Paphos by the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus.
The vote came after the Holy Synod earlier ...
Customs seize undeclared cash at checkpoint
Customs officers seized large amounts of undeclared cash and cheques at the Ayios Dometios crossing point, the customs department said on Tuesday.
Customs officers carried out routine checks under the ...
€200,000 hidden in socks seized at Paphos airport
Nearly €200,000 in undeclared cash was seized from a Ukrainian passenger at Paphos airport by customs officers after the money was discovered hidden inside socks in his luggage.
The customs department ...
Trump, near 80, to have annual physical amid scrutiny of recent ailments
U.S. President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, arrived on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical, following a year of public attention on ...
Erhurman condemns Israel as a ‘state that kills children’
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman issued strong criticism of Israel and regional security developments on Tuesday, saying he does not trust “any government that kills children” while lambasting the Republic’...
Municipalities agree to moving in unified direction
Local government reform moved forward on Tuesday with the signing of a memorandum establishing new unified plans for municipalities towards modernising and standardising public sector roles.
Following the agreement’s ...
UK tourists continue to choose Cyprus, British high commissioner tells Oev
Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) president George Pantelides met with British High Commissioner to Cyprus Michael Tatham on Monday, in order to discuss the strengthening of economic and trade ...