Crucial meetings to be held for energy link
Officials of the European Investment Bank (EIB) will be in Cyprus next month for talks with the government concerning the EuroAsia Interconnector project, the finance minister told MPs on Tuesday.
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‘Unacceptable small groups taking law into their own hands’
Cyprus’ two largest political parties on Tuesday further condemned the violence in Chlorakas after a second night of clashes between Greek Cypriots and migrants, as Akel argued the government has ...
Hollywood star to headline Cyprus Comic Con
The headline guest at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con is the charismatic and versatile actor Tom Wlaschiha, best known for his recent portrayals of Jaqen H’ghar in the ...
FM to brief counterparts about Pyla incident
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday he will inform his EU counterparts on the situation in the buffer zone near Pyla, where scuffles broke out between UN peacekeepers in ...
Wagner’s Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg cemetery
The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, was held privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St ...
Eminem asks Ramaswamy to not use his music in presidential campaign
US rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed this ...
Russian nationalist Girkin loses appeal against detention
Prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin failed in an appeal on Tuesday against his pre-trial detention on charges of inciting extremism, a Moscow court said.
Girkin, also known as Strelkov, has ...
Plant-based meat sales are stagnating
Playing down its green benefits could attract more consumers
By Jennifer Yule
It’s difficult to tell if the recent wave of anti-vegan sentiment has affected the plant-based meat market, ...
London’s contentious clean air zone extends to entire city
By Sachin Ravikumar
A London scheme to cut traffic emissions by imposing a daily charge on the most polluting vehicles expanded to the whole of the British capital on Tuesday, ...
Plastic levels in Swiss-French lake as high as world’s oceans
Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new research has found that its plastic pollution levels are ...
Two arrested after ID sold
Two men have been arrested in the north after one bought a ‘TRNC’ identity card from the other, before sticking his own picture on it and using the card he ...
16 remanded for involvement in Chlorakas violence
Sixteen people were remanded in police custody for eight days by Paphos district court on Tuesday following their involvement in the violent incidents seen in Chlorakas for the past two ...
Greek and Turkish Cypriot unions to unite for peace
Greek and Turkish Cypriot trade unions are to hold a joint event at the Home for Cooperation in the buffer zone in Nicosia to mark World Peace Day on Friday.
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Your body can be younger than you are
RICHARD FARAGHER explains how to understand (and improve) your ‘biological age’
The saying goes that money can’t buy you love. But can it buy you time? This is what ...
Tornado and intense weather causes power outages (updated)
A total of €19,00 of damage was caused by a tornado which struck in the community of Kelia on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
Larnaca district officer Odysseas Hadjistefanou said “crews ...
Majority of migrants at notorious complex were legal
The majority of the migrants registered to have been living at the infamous Ayios Nikolaos development in Chlorakas, Paphos are legally residing in the Republic of Cyprus, press spokesman for ...
Cyprus sees decrease in deposits and loans in July 2023
After experiencing a notable increase over the past two months, both deposits and loans in the Cypriot banking system witnessed a decline in July 2023.
According to data released this week ...
National Guard officer dies of his injuries
A 54-year-old National Guard officer who was seriously injured doing maintenance work at the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during the accident earlier this ...
Ukraine mourns ace fighter pilot ‘Juice’ killed in collision
Hundreds of Ukrainians attended a church ceremony on Tuesday to pay their last respects to a celebrated fighter pilot with the callsign Juice who was killed in an air disaster ...
Collaboration aims to boost tourism and extend tourist season
The Cyprus Association of Tourism Enterprises (Stek) and the Crete regional authority joined forces on Tuesday in an effort to enhance and diversify their tourism product while extending the tourist ...
Pope did not aim to glorify imperialism in remarks on Russian tsars – Vatican
Pope Francis did not intend to glorify Russian imperialism when he extolled tsars that expanded the Russian empire, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after remarks last week that were criticised ...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan’s graft conviction suspended, but no quick release
A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release ...
September spectacular
ELENI PHILIPPOU takes an overview of the festivals on the horizon, even though the summer is largely behind us
A new month awaits, bringing with it events that celebrate local ...
‘Hundreds of thousands’ trafficked into SE Asia scam centres – UN
Hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have sprung up across Southeast Asia ...