Portugal demolish England at u17 Euros
Portugal demolished England 4-1 at the Ammochostos Stadium in Larnaca on Friday night to maintain their perfect start to the Uefa under 17 championship.
England did have the better of the ...
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Arikli to sue farmer over ongoing protest
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli announced on Friday he will sue the north’s animal producers’ and breeders’ union chairman Mustafa Naimogullari over what he described as “slander” ...
Four arrested for crossing attempt from north with fake ID cards
Four people appeared in court in the north on Friday, accused of having attempted to coordinate a crossing to the Republic using counterfeit German identity cards.
Two of the detainees, ...
North ‘wishes’ it could send humanitarian aid to Gaza
The north wishes it could send humanitarian aid to Gaza, ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore said on Friday.
Deputising for Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at a ceremony for members of ...
Social workers ‘indefinitely suspend’ on-call service
Social workers announced on Friday they had indefinitely suspended their on-call service.
The service will not be resumed until every social worker who has been seconded from the social welfare ...
Transfer of Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes
The United Nations has resumed the transfer of humanitarian aid arriving by sea at the temporary jetty off the coast of Gaza, it emerged on Friday.
Deliveries had been halted ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, an “unprecedented mass claim” of Laiki Bank and Bank of Cyprus depositors and bondholders amounting to 600 million dollars was dismissed at the International Arbitral Tribunal of ...
Cyprus has repatriated 4,491 migrants so far this year
Cyprus has repatriated a total of 4,491 migrants who were staying in Cyprus without residence documents so far this year, the police said on Friday.
This figure is more than 1,000 more ...
Christodoulides to meet Voivode of Lesser Poland
President Nikos Christodoulides will on Friday hold a working lunch with the Voivode of Lesser Poland Krzystof Kieczar.
A voivode is a government-appointed governor of a voivode, which is the ...
Cyprus ponders selection of next EU commissioner
The Cypriot government is pondering its selection for the next European Union Commissioner to be nominated to serve after June’s European elections, according to news website Politico.
Each national ...
Cyprus crash out of u17 Euros
Cyprus crashed out of the Uefa under 17 championship on Thursday night after being beaten 3-1 by Serbia despite having initially taken the lead at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.
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General strike threatened over north meat imports
Turkish Cypriot trade unionists on Thursday threatened a general strike, should the ‘government’ not withdraw its decision to import meat from the Netherlands by Friday.
Farmers’ protests entered their fourth ...
North clamps down on foreigners buying property
The north’s ‘parliament’ on Thursday passed a law clamping down on foreigners buying property.
Foreigners are now only allowed to buy one house or apartment each, provided that it ...
Bike police arrest man with fake ID and knife
Bicycle-mounted police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man in Limassol after he was found to be in possession of a counterfeit identity card and a knife.
Police said ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, answers will be given for several stalled infrastructure projects within the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, none of the aid unloaded from the jetty constructed off the ...
Cyprus UN ambassador says situation in Gaza is ‘deteriorating’
The humanitarian situation in Gaza “is continuing to deteriorate”, Cyprus’ ambassador to the United Nations Maria Michael said on Wednesday night.
Speaking to the UN Security Council’s annual open ...
Two years in prison for migrant boat captain
A 51-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in prison after having been found guilty of captaining a boat full of irregular migrants which arrived in Cyprus in ...
Man arrested for possessing cocaine and ketamine
Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old man after they found cocaine, ketamine and other drugs in his car and in his apartment.
The man’s car was pulled ...
Severed foot found on beach belonged to adult
The severed foot found on Lara Bay beach in Paphos on Sunday belongs to an adult, according to an anthropologist commissioned to investigate it.
Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis ...
Troodos residents ‘should not be second-class citizens’
People living in the Troodos mountain area “should not be treated as second-class citizens”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday.
He was speaking about the state of the Troodos ...
Insults fly between Elam and Diko leaders
Elam leader Christos Christou on Wednesday insinuated that Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos “attends LGBT fiestas” during a televised interview with the pair.
They were debating various matters on Sigma TV, ...
Palestine corrects name slipup for Cyprus as it lists those recognising its state
The Palestinian president’s office on Wednesday swiftly corrected an announcement after it had initially made reference to the “Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus”.
The office had put out a ...
Turkish Cypriot farmers smash gate of second ‘govt’ building
Turkish Cypriot farmers on Wednesday smashed the gate of the north’s ‘transport ministry’ building, with the gate being the second in two days to be smashed in protest.
Wednesday ...
None of the aid sent from Cyprus has been delivered to Palestinians
None of the aid unloaded from the jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza has yet been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder ...