Новости за 06.05.2024

The Home for Cooperation marked 13 years since its opening on Monday. The building, which is located in Nicosia’s buffer zone opposite the Ledra Palace hotel, was opened as a community centre in 2011 by the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research with the aim of bringing Cyprus’ communities closer...

In his second article, looking at the Cyprus problem from the viewpoint of a career diplomat, Andreas Pirishis, challenges the popular claim that foreign governments were always working against the Greek Cypriots Cyprus is a small country with a young democracy. Until recently, the expertise for scientific analysis and prudent...

Road safety was on the top of the north’s ‘parliament’s’ agenda on Monday as it convened for the first time since the death of Greek Cypriot Photis Photiou on Thursday. Photiou died after his pickup truck collided with a bus on the road between Komi Kebir and Dhavlos, while his...

Two children were arrested on Monday in connection with an arson attack on a house in the Larnaca village of Kiti on Saturday night. The pair, aged 14 and 16 years old respectively, were among a crowd of 70 youths who attacked the house and police who had been called...

Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering. Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel,...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday there may be “no Turkish Cypriots left” in some areas of the north in five or ten years’ time due to the lack of land quotas or property planning in the north. Speaking in ‘parliament’, he explained that the...

Shots were fired at a parked car in Zakaki on Monday, police said. The shots were fired shortly after 3pm, with police currently believing they were fired from a small motorcycle. Police rushed to the scene, and their investigation into the matter is ongoing.

The depletion of equity through a dysfunctional banking system leads to a separation of ownership from entrepreneurship and by the relentless pursuit of the wealthy of a return without the risk towards a rentier economy By Savvakis Savvides Whether we realise or not we all have a Balance sheet at a specific point in time and an...

A man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday, accused of having stolen copper coils from a water tank on the roof of his own father’s house. The man was living in the house, which is located in northern Nicosia’s Ortakoy suburb, at the time, and reportedly initially stole...

More than 1,200 people have signed up to participate in the government’s “e-Kofini” channel on the communication app Viber, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday. The Viber channel was created in tandem with a platform of the same name set up by the government, which lists prices for locally...

Sefa Karahasan, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s Cyprus correspondent, was arrested in the north in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” and appeared in court on Tuesday. Karahasan’s arrest was related to his doctorate, which he obtained from the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou...

Oil futures climbed on Monday after Saudi Arabia hiked June crude prices for most regions and as the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire deal appeared slim, renewing fears the Israel-Hamas conflict could still widen in the key oil producing region. Brent crude futures gained 73 cents, or 0.9 per cent,...

A woman from Kyrenia was arrested for practicing “witchcraft” and for taking money in exchange for promises of a Republic of Cyprus passport, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Tuesday. The woman, aged 43, reportedly told two people she had “acquaintances” on the Republic and that she could provide them...

The disruption to container shipping traffic in the Red Sea is increasing and is expected to reduce the industry’s capacity between the Far East and Europe by some 15-20 per cent in the second quarter, shipping group Maersk said on Monday. Maersk and other shipping companies have diverted vessels around...

Two firefighting helicopters and a total of 18 crew members arrived in Cyprus from Jordan with the aim of boosting Cyprus’ firefighting capabilities ahead of the summer, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. The crews were welcomed on Monday at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos by Agriculture Minister...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin is set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and begin her latest round of meetings. She is expected to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, with her meeting with Tatar reportedly scheduled to take place at his official residence...

McLaren’s Lando Norris capitalised on a bit of good fortune to win the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen for his first Formula One victory. It was a long overdue triumph for the Briton who held the record for most podiums without...

Leventis Gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary this year by expanding its horizons with specially designed programmes that enhance accessibility. Several events and actions are planned for the upcoming months, both at the gallery and other locations, each with something to offer for people with special needs, the elderly and the...

A 30-year-old man from Limassol has died after being involved in a road traffic accident on the road between Kalo Chorio and Limassol on Easter Sunday evening. The man, named as Eftychios Charitou, was riding a motorcycle towards Limassol when he collided head-on with a car. The car was being...

Easter Monday’s weather will be mostly clear and sunny but tempered by the possibility of isolated rain and even isolated storms in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 25 degrees Celsius inland and on the west and southwest coasts, 26 degrees Celsius on the rest of the coasts, and 15...

Strong demand for its retro-style Gazelle and Samba sneakers helped drive Adidas’ strong first-quarter growth, especially in its home market of Europe, the company has said, as it moves on from its damaging break-up with rapper Ye. While its home market saw growth, North America was a weak spot as...

Two of Europe’s top airline groups, Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), have announced cost cuts after labour disputes and high customer payouts linked to flight disruptions deepened first-quarter losses. The first quarter is often a loss-making one for airlines, with fewer bookings, but this year’s was worse than expected...

Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years into expanding cloud services and artificial intelligence in Indonesia, including building data centres, according to chief executive Satya Nadella. Jakarta is Nadella’s first stop on a trip to Southeast Asian countries aimed at promoting the US company’s generative AI technology....

Exhibition illuminates Cyprus’ environmental consciousness through art An upcoming five-day art show is more than just an exhibition organisers say, it is a social event that puts Cyprus’ environmental crisis in the spotlight. The Re:Source 2.0 exhibition is set to open in Limassol later this month, featuring the works of...