Arrest after man locks himself in car, bites police officers
A 46-year-old man bit a police officer’s hands to avoid arrest for drug possession late on Thursday in Larnaca.
The drugs squad found the man, who was wanted for ...
President Anastasiades to meet UNSG in Brussels
President Nicos Anastasiades is set to meet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at 11.30 on Friday in the Belgian capital after reiterating on Thursday his determination to work closely with him ...
Nearly 100 people missing at oceanfront Miami-area building collapse
Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors after the collapse of part of an oceanfront apartment tower overnight near Miami, where officials reported at least ...
How to negotiate a better salary in a tech company
The technology industry is known for offering some of the most attractive salary packages in the job market. But research has shown that not negotiating your salary can cost you ...
Visa to buy Swedish fintech Tink for $2.2 billion
Visa Inc (V.N) said on Thursday it had agreed a €1.8 billion ($2.2 billion) takeover of European open banking platform Tink, months after it ditched a planned acquisition of the startup’...
Cyprus workers recovered hours, but lost income last year – Report
Workers in Cyprus have been working harder, with more hours and fewer absences, according to a recent report, but incomes are declining.
And, in spite of all that, economic sentiment ...
UK to publish plans to lift travel curbs for fully vaccinated
Britain will next month publish plans to allow fully vaccinated people to travel unrestricted to all countries except those with the highest Covid-19 risk, in a boost for a travel ...
New project to facilitate integration of migrants
A new EU-funded project has been launched in Cyprus to facilitate the integration of migrants in a range of areas including participation, education, cultural and social life, urban planning, business, ...
Our View: Giving data is a much better way of persuading people than scare-mongering
Health minister, Constantinos Ioannou may be on his way out, but he has not given up his crusade to have the whole population of Cyprus vaccinated. On a visit to ...
EU ‘ready to engage with Turkey’, underlines importance of Varosha
The European Council is set to offer Turkey “readiness to engage” in “a phased, proportionate and reversible manner” while remaining fully committed to a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem ...
UK to add Malta, Balearic Islands to travel ‘green list’ (Update 4)
Cyprus will remain on the UK’s ‘amber’ list of countries for the coronavirus, putting paid to the island’s hankering for an influx of British tourists for July as ...
Canadian indigenous group finds 751 unmarked graves at former residential school
An indigenous group in Canada‘s Saskatchewan province on Thursday said it had found the unmarked graves of 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar ...
Coronavirus: no deaths, 175 people test positive on Thursday (Updated)
Health authorities on Thursday announced 175 new positives to the coronavirus, with the positivity rate from testing remaining stable at 0.51 per cent.
There were no new deaths attributable to Covid-19, with ...
House rubberstamps committee chairmanships
The House plenary on Thursday rubberstamped the chairs and members of the 16 regular parliamentary committees, plus of the ad hoc committee on demographics and a newly created ethics committee for ...
Migrant boat spotted off Cape Greco
Authorities are tracking a boat loaded with about 70 migrants off Cape Greco, it was reported on Thursday afternoon.
A coast guard vessel was dispatched to rendezvous with the boat, spotted ...
17 years for manslaughter in Chlorakas killing
Paphos criminal court on Thursday sentenced to 17 years in jail on the charge of manslaughter the main suspect in the slaying of a 20-year-old Syrian man that took place in ...
Latin Jazz and Afro Funk at The Yurts
If you have been to The Yurts in the Paphos village of Simou you’ll know that visiting these Mongolian-style tents and spending the night under the stars is reason ...
Russia warns Britain it will bomb ships next time (Update)
Russia warned Britain on Thursday that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the coast ...
Spotlight on traditional products with eye on more PDOs
Cyprus traditional products that have secured or are being considered for the EU’s PDO (protected designation of origin) status were in the spotlight on Wednesday evening at a special ...
Britain’s Prince Charles joins insurance firms in climate push
Britain’s Prince Charles and the Lloyd’s of London insurance market launched a task force on Thursday to help the industry make the transition to a net zero economy.
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Oil dips but hovers near three-year highs on recovery signs
Oil prices dipped on Thursday but still held close to their highest in almost three years, supported by drawdowns in US inventories and accelerating German economic activity.
Doubts about the ...
Lidar gains in popularity as Volvo’s electric XC90 to use it as standard
Volvo Cars plans to make lidar sensors standard equipment in a new generation of its XC90 SUV next year as part of a strategy to deploy more advanced safety and ...
UEFA scraps away goals rule in all club competitions
European soccer‘s governing body UEFA said on Thursday it had approved a proposal to remove the away goals rule from all its club competitions involving men’s, women’s ...
Germany, France urge common EU travel line to fight Delta variant
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged fellow EU leaders on Thursday to take a firmer line on travel from countries outside the bloc, such as Britain, ...