Arrest after 16kg of cannabis found
Limassol drug squad found around 16 kilos of cannabis in the Limassol house of a 41-year-old man late on Friday.
The search was carried out on Friday afternoon at the request ...
MED 5 call for increased migrant checks on EU’s borders (Updated)
Enhanced surveillance of the EU’s external borders with a special provision for the Green Line in Cyprus was the focus of the joint declaration of the MED5 summit of ...
Chefs on the dish that makes them feel most nostalgic
Few things can evoke memories like food. Even just a whiff of a certain dish can take you back in time, and have the potential to make you feel all ...
Mind REset again to support youth eco-entrepreneurship
Returning for its second edition, the Mind REset programme will be implemented as a collaboration between Junior Achievement Cyprus, the Education Ministry and Lidl Cyprus.
The programme was designed by ...
Award-winning Cyprus film on dogs goes global
Huge populations of stray animals are a problem around the world. Alix Norman meets the woman behind a new dogumentary that tracks volunteers in the sector to show the depth ...
Saints braced for hurricane Haaland at Man City
Southampton’s biggest challenge, and maybe mission impossible, will be to keep Erling Haaland off the scoresheet when they visit Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday.
Short of slipping ...
Putin marks low-key birthday as Ukraine pressures mount
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 70th birthday with little fanfare and a decree targeting a crucial Western energy investment, as signs grew that key parts of his Ukraine invasion ...
‘If territory is lost, everything is lost’, Famagusta mayor says after new Varosha moves
Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou is seeking urgent meetings with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council after Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar announced on Friday ...
Our View: Government is correct to end its funding of Cyprus Rally
It was about time the finance ministry ended the state funding of the Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA), a private entity, for organising the Cyprus Rally. There was no transparency in ...
Authorities investigate cause of small wildfire in Paphos on Friday night
A small area of thick, wild vegetation and dry grasses burnt in a fire that broke out on Friday evening on the borders of the community of Droushia in the ...
Liverpool picked to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest
The northern English city of Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, on behalf of this year’s winners Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict there.
Liverpool edged out the ...
Exclusive: U.S. Navy jet flew across Baltic hours after Nord Stream burst
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed ...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in the West Bank, health officials say
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
One teen, 14, was shot in the city of ...
Czech Republic to support Cyprus financially with migrant flows
The Czech Republic will provide €1 million in financial aid to Cyprus to assist the island with voluntary migrant deportations.
The island’s interior minister, Nicos Nouris, and the Czech Republic’...
Cement factory donates land for conservation, a first for the island
Vassiliko Cement Works donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000 square metres, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria on Friday.
The land, which falls within a Natura 2000 ...
Kyriakides stresses importance of dealing with cancer on holistic level
Ways in which Cyprus and the EU can work together to improve the quality of care for cancer patients on the island were discussed during EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ ...
Chile’s Easter Island ‘Moai’ statues face irreparable damage after wildfire
A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai’ stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s mayor told Reuters on ...
Anastasiades: EU should adopt clear line on Turkey’s behaviour
The need for the EU to act in such a way as to send a clear message to Turkey that its behaviour is unacceptable was emphasised on Friday by President ...
U.N. working to expand, extend for a year Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his team are working to expand and extend for a year a U.N.-brokered deal allowing Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports, which could ...
Danish police arrest knife-wielding man at Iranian embassy
Danish police early on Friday arrested a 32-year old man after he had entered the grounds of the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen carrying a knife, it said in a statement.
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France’s Macron says still can’t attribute blame for NordStream attacks
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Nordic leaders had told their European partners it was still impossible to say at this stage who was behind attacks on the ...
Macron says to discuss Pyrenees gas pipeline with Spain next week
French President Emmanuel Macron said in Prague that he will meet with his Spanish and Portuguese counterparts next week to discuss the cross-Pyrenees MidCat gas pipeline project and reach a “...
Live music events return to New Division
Local favourite bar, New Division has been serving drinks and good vibes for years. The pandemic enforced numerous changes, from a booking system, totally unlike its style, to a renovation ...
EU leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, squabble over gas cap
European Union leaders on Friday agreed to give more financial and military aid to Ukraine, but a full day of talks in Prague’s ornate royal castle seemed to bring ...