Turkish Cypriots “cannot be linobambaki”, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking on the 453rd anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571, he described August as “the month of the Turks”, and said, “the month of August is as if it were created for our nation”. “I do not know […]
Signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany and Slovenia on the other, multiplied on Thursday but there was no official confirmation of what may be the biggest swap since the Cold War. Fox News reported that jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was […]
Andreas Angelides, lawyer and former Diko MP, died on Thursday. His funeral will be held on August 2 at the church of God’s Wisdom in Strovolos, at 4.30pm. Angelides was born in Larnaca on December 12, 1946. He was a lawyer since 1971 and served as Diko MP from 2006 till 2011. In 2013 he […]
Investigations into the two charred bodies found in a burnt-out car in Limassol continued on Thursday, with Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis and police chief Stelios Papatheodorou briefed over developments at the city’s central police station. Officers are turning their eye to people reported as missing after information was being evaluated that an individual who had […]
Larnaca and Paphos airports saw a 4.5 per cent rise in passenger numbers in the first half of 2024, compared to last year, according to Maria Kouroupi, Director of Aviation Development and Communications at Hermes Airports. Kouroupi said that July alone saw approximately 1.5 million passengers, marking a 1 per cent increase from the previous […]
Palestinian health authorities say Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 39,000 people, mostly civilians, and driven most of the enclave’s 2.3 million people from their homes. The war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants stormed across the border into Israeli communities. Israel says the militants killed more than 1,200 […]
Costas Antoniou, 45, accused of shooting dead 52-year-old Charalambos Constantinides on June 25 in Ormidia, did not admit to premeditated murder in court on Thursday. Antoniou has already confessed to the murder but said it was not premeditated. Antoniou was brought before the British bases court in Dhekelia, which heard that the defendant had opted to […]
The Bank of England cut interest rates from a 16-year high on Thursday after a narrow vote in favour from policymakers divided over whether inflation pressures had eased sufficiently. Governor Andrew Bailey – who led the 5-4 decision to lower rates by a quarter-point to 5 per cent – said the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee […]
Steve McClaren was hired as head coach of Jamaica’s men’s national soccer team on Wednesday, the Jamaican Football Federation (JFF) said. The former England national team and Premier League manager joins the “Reggae Boyz” after head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson abruptly resigned last month following Jamaica’s poor showing at the Copa America tournament. McClaren, most recently an assistant […]
A Lufthansa flight from Munich to Tel Aviv landed in Larnaca, Cyprus, Israeli press reports said on Thursday. Times of Israel said the airline told Channel 12 that the plane landed in Cyprus “as a precautionary measure due to security activity”. The crew said it was not prepared to fly to Israel. According to the […]
A total of 43 per cent of Cypriots believe the rise of Elam is “dangerous for democracy” while 58 per cent said there was a need for new parties, according to a survey conducted by consultancy group Cypronetwork. Sixty-three per cent of respondents, meanwhile, viewed the recent election of social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou as […]
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The head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said on Thursday, a day after the group’s political leader was assassinated in Teheran. “The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) announces that on July 13th, 2024, IDF fighter jets struck in the area of Khan […]
The ‘goat plague’ killing off sheep and goats in Greece and Romania is not affecting Cyprus’ small ruminants, however neither the island nor the EU as a whole are turning a blind eye. Director of the Veterinary Services Christodoulos Pipis told the Cyprus Mail that an epidemiological survey is being carried out to determine how […]
Eurobank announced on Wednesday evening that it had successfully completed its mandatory public offer to acquire up to 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Hellenic Bank. This resulted in Eurobank increasing its direct stake in the Cypriot lender to 55.886 per cent, which was rounded up to 55.9 per cent in the […]
A European arrest warrant has been issued for the mother of a three-month-old infant who died in horrific conditions, infested with insect bites and severely malnourished. Police confirmed on Thursday they are in touch with authorities in Greece where the mother is believed to have gone. Both parents of the child are facing charges of […]
Eurobank this week posted an adjusted net profit of €732 million for the first half of 2024, an increase of 22.2 per cent year-on-year, while reported net profit stood at €721 million. In addition, the bank’s financial results for this period showed that earnings per share stood at €0.20, while the return on tangible book […]
The Customs Department made seven big busts in July, confiscating duty free tobacco products, mainly brought illegally from the north to the south, with the biggest haul being 4,082 cartons of 200 cigarettes. The duty and taxes for these exceeded €190,000. On July 1, a ‘taxi’ registered in the north, driven by a Turkish Cypriot […]
Simone Biles will be chasing a sixth Olympic gold medal and her second of the Paris Olympics when she competes in the women’s gymnastics all-around final on Thursday in what she has called her “redemption tour” after her withdrawal from the Tokyo Games. Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time, made her much-anticipated return to […]
A 59-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after being spotted by an off-duty police officer holding a stolen gallery gun while walking around a residential area. The man, who Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou described to the Cyprus Mail as “well known to the police as he has engaged with us […]
Turkish Cypriot opposition politicians reacted furiously after TMT veterans were invited by ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore to meet inside the ‘parliament’s’ chamber on Wednesday ahead of the 66th anniversary of TMT’s founding on Thursday. Tore had invited around 150 TMT veterans to meet inside the chamber, with TMT veterans’ association chairman Cemal Bayar among those […]
A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Nicosia on suspicion of having robbed three bakeries. The first robbery took place at 11pm, with the man entering a bakery with his face covered and with a sharp object in hand, threatening the workers, before taking money out of the till and making off with it. […]
The north’s ‘government’ on Wednesday night announced that it would privatise the operation of the landfill site in the village of Koutsoventis. The north’s central tender commission said plans for the site to be privatised had been accepted, and that as such, bids can now be submitted to the ‘finance ministry’ until midday on September […]
Hello August, hello new weekend of events. We’re not going to lie, August tends to be a little quiet events-wise as many (cultural producers and businesses) go on their much-need summer holidays. Thankfully, there is always something happening somewhere on the island. This weekend carries with it July’s busy agenda and has epic festivals returning […]
Temperatures on Thursday are set to reach a whopping 40 degrees Celsius inland, with temperatures on the southeast and east coasts, 34 degrees Celsius on the north coast, 33 degrees Celsius on the west coast, and 30 degrees Celsius in the mountains. Skies will be clear for the most part, but clouds are expected to […]
