A 26-year-old was caught driving under the influence of drugs, without a driver’s licence and without insurance, police said on Wednesday. He was caught the previous night in Paphos where police officers pulled him over. The 26-year-old was found to have 2.2g of cannabis, 1g of white powder believed to be cannabis, as well as […]
A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Limassol after attempting to break into a house, according to police reports. Authorities received a tip about a suspicious individual seen walking around Limassol and entering the yard of a residence. Upon arrival at the scene, officers found the suspect trying to break into the main entrance […]
A 29-year-old man has been charged with public mischief after he injured himself multiple times but then blamed his flatmate, it emerged on Wednesday. The incident unfolded in Paphos according to the city’s deputy police operations chief Michalis Nicolaou. He told CNA that on Monday, the man was spotted by police officers in an unspecified […]
Turkey’s talented team are in a strong position to put past disappointment behind them and qualify for the Euro 2024 knockouts if they can avoid defeat by the Czech Republic on Wednesday to finish as Group F runners-up. With the likes of 19-year-old forward Arda Guler and playmaking captain Hakan Calhanoglu, 30, at their disposal, […]
Every Monday and Wednesday, the Larnaca Cinema Society hosts outdoor film nights screenings of remarkable films. Local productions alongside foreign films will entertain cinephiles all summer long – for free – and besides the screenings at the Pierides Museum, the series also takes the film nights to rural locations around Cyprus. In July, Troulloi, Vavla […]
A 27-year-old man was arrested as a suspected for causing a fire in Aradippou, which burned one hectare of land, police said on Wednesday. The fire burned a building in a field and hay bales of as well. Police said that during their investigations they found that the fire was arson, since there were six […]
The weather will be mostly clear on Wednesday with temperatures set to rise prompting a yellow weather warning, the met office said. Temperatures are set to rise to 40 degrees C inland, 32 on the western coast, 34 on the coasts, and 33 in the mountains. In the evening, the temperatures will fall to 23 […]
Police are searching for a murder suspect in Ormidia on Wednesday, after a man was dead and shot and in the head in the night. The incident is being investigated by the British Bases police and the Cyprus police. SBA police said that the incident occurred around 11pm on Tuesday night at a garage in […]
Ugne Buraciene is leading the charge in transforming Cyprus tech scene. As the Group CEO of payabl., a leader in European fintech and a key player at TechIsland, she’s reshaping digital payments and nurturing a thriving tech ecosystem on the island. With her dual roles, Ugne is perfectly positioned to blend innovative financial services with […]
By Anastasia Korae The Paris Olympic Games are approaching with world records expected to be broken by elite athletes. A number of other positive records are also expected to be broken since, for the first time, there will be equal places for male and female athletes, 100 per cent renewable energy, half the carbon footprint […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday from a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. His release ends a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in […]
British manufacturing orders contracted in June at a reduced pace compared with a month earlier, despite a sharp drop in export orders, according to a survey from the Confederation of British Industry. Its monthly gauge of new manufacturing orders rose in June to -18 from -33 in May, a three-month high, while expectations for output […]
Hit with Chinese tariffs, Australia’s wine industry struggled to offset the impact of falling exports despite scrambling to build new markets, source grapes from elsewhere and seek government help, industry executives said. That indicates what may be to come for food- and drink-producing sectors caught up in an EU-China trade dispute that threatens to complicate […]
Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection last week, the latest electric-vehicle startup to succumb to fundraising difficulties, slow sales, as well as supply chain and distribution challenges. Demand has been weak for Fisker’s flagship Ocean electric SUV. The company cut jobs and paused investments to slow cash burn, partnered with dealerships to boost sales and desperately […]
The lone remaining pupil in the village of Kambos and her teacher have earned the distinction of the “smallest school in Cyprus” it was reported on Tuesday. Nine-year-old Demetra Panayiotou, whose three schoolmates graduated last week, will be starting fourth grade in September. The school will remain in operation thanks to the intervention of Education […]
On Tuesday the Association of Hotel Managers was the first sector of the tourism industry to express concern over escalating rhetoric, speculation and reports as regards a potential expansion of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Last week when Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to drag Cyprus into the conflict if it deemed the island […]
No human trafficker in the north was investigated or prosecuted in 2023, nor was any victim offered any shelter, a US State Department report published on Tuesday revealed. It identified a huge spike in the number of women who were deported after they spoke up after their treatment, which shot up from 11 in 2022 […]
