A 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a €50,000 robbery investigation. A police bulletin said at around 1:30pm on Tuesday, a 36-year-old man in Limassol met with another individual to buy cryptocurrency. However, the 36-year-old was attacked by the man he met with, along with two other...
The United States wants a swift Israeli investigation into an attack that killed seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza, the State Department said on Wednesday. Israel needs to put in place better deconfliction and coordination measures to protect humanitarian workers and protect...
MPs called for more transparency over the social support fund managed by the First Lady during Wednesday’s House ethics committee. The bill was tabled by Disy MPs Nikos Georgiou and Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis, who argued the support body should keep a register and post a list on its website over its...
Uganda’s constitutional court refused on Wednesday to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions that it said were inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights. The legislation, adopted in May last year, is among the world’s harshest anti-gay laws and has drawn condemnation from rights campaigners and...
Cyprus currently has no firefighting aircraft available to use in case of a forest fire, as temperatures begin to soar, it emerged on Wednesday. The statement was made by senior forestry department official Kostas Papageorgiou who was speaking to MPs during a House environment committee. Deputies however were furious, with...
Cabinet on Wednesday rubberstamped a memorandum of cooperation between Cyprus’ police and the FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation), describing it as a significant development. A justice ministry announcement said the cooperation will strengthen Cyprus’ law enforcement with expertise to combat money laundering. The FBI will assist in investigations on...
The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and explosive ordnance in Myanmar more than doubled last year to 1,052, the U.N. children’s agency said on Thursday, as conflict raged in the impoverished country. Landmines and explosive remnants of war caused a 270 per cent jump in...
Two people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a boat with migrants that arrived to Cape Greco. The two are aged 16 and 25. According to police, the boat was spotted at 12:25pm carrying 22 migrants from Syria. There were 14 men, three woman and five children. Cyprus has...
Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former Spanish football federation (RFEF) chief, was informed by police on his return to Spain on Wednesday that he was a suspect in a corruption probe and told to appear before a local court, a judicial source told Reuters. Rubiales, who has denied any wrongdoing, arrived...
Accept LGBTI Cyprus highlighted the resilience of the queer community on Wednesday as it reports three homophobic attacks took place in the past ten days. The non-profit organisation warned that the rise in hate crimes stem from the surge in hate speech and impunity. The recent attack against a member...
A new season begins for the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra with spring concerts on the horizon in almost every major city in Cyprus. To kick off its spring agenda, the orchestra participates in the Larnaka Festival of Classical Music, presenting the Premiere 5 concert series this April in front of Nicosia,...
MPs on Wednesday repeated a variation of ‘show me the money’ during a House ethics committee discussing the amount of cash flowing into the country, amid fears of ongoing money laundering. Deputy police chief Demetris Demetriou, since August 2023, said there was a lot of activity with large sums of...
A treatment centre to help adults dealing with a gambling addiction will begin operating in Paralimni, the national betting authority (NBA) and addictions authority (NAAC) announced on Wednesday. Named “Kinitro” (“motivation” in Greek), the centre aims to help people with a “problematic or pathological attitude” in the way in which...
The bodies of foreign aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza were brought to the crossing with Egypt on Wednesday as international outrage simmered over an attack that highlighted the dangers faced by humanitarian staff in the enclave. The strike late on Monday night hit a convoy of...
Strong demand helped drive non-oil business activity in Saudi Arabia in March, with output accelerating to a six-month high, a survey showed on Wednesday. The seasonally-adjusted Riyad Bank Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers’ Index stood at 57.0 in March, slightly lower than 57.2 in February, but well above the 50.0 mark...
The interior ministry on Wednesday issued a reminder that asylum seekers are prohibited from taking up work in the first nine months following their arrival in Cyprus. “The increase in the waiting period for the right to work from one to nine months has been in force since last October,...
A meeting at the state Legal Services will be held this week on the potential financial crimes and money laundering at the disgraced Osiou Avakoum monastery, sources confirmed to the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday. Attorney-general George Savvides had said that a meeting would be held without alluding to when it...
The education ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the operation hours of afternoon and summer schools to support working parents. According to the relevant House education decision, optional afternoon schools will start in September and conclude at the end of June. Summer schools will open on the first Monday...
British lenders approved the highest number of mortgages in February since September 2022, when new lending slumped due to bond market turmoil caused by Liz Truss’ premiership, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday. Lenders approved 60,383 mortgages for house purchase in February, up from an upwardly revised 56,087 the...
Developed by one in ten mothers, it really shouldn’t be ignored says DR VASILIOS SILIVISTRIS About one in ten mothers develop postnatal depression, which is defined as depression suffered by a mother following childbirth, typically arising from the combination of hormonal changes, psychological adjustment to motherhood and fatigue. Support and...
The point of contention has been “overcome” regarding the development of the Aphrodite gas field off the coast of Cyprus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, he said the plan for extraction of gas from the Aphrodite field will continue on the basis of...
Attorney-general George Savvides said on Wednesday that if anything arises from the Anti-Corruption Authority’s investigation into allegations concerning former president Nicos Anastasiades then the Legal Service will find ways to respond. Savvides was referring to his friendship with Anastasiades, which could be a conflict of interest if the Anti-Corruption Authority...
The Cyprus church is ignoring government warnings about illegal monastery-building works in the environmentally-protected Cape Greco area while Ayia Napa turns a blind eye, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The construction works by the Constantia-Famagusta Bishopric, which have not ceased despite being served with an order to stop, are...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Cyprus exhibited a yearly growth rate of 1.6 per cent in March, a decline from the 2.1 per cent recorded a month earlier, according to Eurostat’s preliminary estimate, which was published on Wednesday. On a monthly basis, comparing March to February, there was an...
Police in Limassol were on high alert on Wednesday morning following a report from a 65-year-old owner of a car dealership that unidentified individuals opened fire on his business. Officers rushed to the car dealership, located on Omonias Avenue, and secured the scene. Examinations carried out revealed that at least...
