The first weekend of October is here and this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will treat us to Oktoberfests, art exhibitions, street parties, book festivals and flea markets as a new season begins. Kickstarting the weekend is the opening of two new exhibitions on Friday night, both in Nicosia. At the Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, […]
MSCI’s global equities index fell with Treasury yields on Tuesday as investors shied away from riskier assets while oil futures rallied on concerns about supply after Iran launched missiles at Israel. However Wall Street stocks ended above their session lows and Treasuries yields also pared declines on hopes that further escalation of the Middle East […]
A brawl in a Nicosia apartment led to the injury of a 31-year-old, who climbed off a third-floor balcony to avoid being arrested. At around 8.30pm on Wednesday, police were notified that people were fighting in a Nicosia block of flats. Police found three men, aged 31, 27 and 26, in a third-floor apartment, attacking […]
U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday. The 165-page filing is likely the last opportunity for prosecutors to detail their case […]
Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday thanks to a brilliant late Jhon Duran while a Salah assist and goal gave Liverpool a 2-0 over Italian side Bologna. Villa shock Bayern thanks to Duran’s superb late strike With the Germans dominating possession but squandering chances, Duran ran onto a high […]
London’s Canary Wharf financial district wants to convert swathes of empty office space into other uses including hotels, two executives at the landlord told Reuters, as it responds to faltering demand for its sprawl of office towers. Canary Wharf is seen as a test case for re-imagining struggling business districts, after high borrowing costs and […]
The Middle East crisis and the EU’s new institutional cycle are on the agenda of the Med9 ministerial meeting, to kick off at 9.30am at the new Nicosia town hall. Med9 ministers and deputy ministers for European affairs of the nine Mediterranean countries of the EU – Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia […]
Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel said it conducted a precise air strike on Beirut. Reuters witnesses reported hearing a massive blast, and a security source said it targeted […]
The 41-year-old rubbish truck driver, who had been involved in a traffic accident on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, near Moni in Limassol, died of his injuries on Wednesday night. Giorgos Philippou, from Limassol, had been intubated in critical condition at a private clinic in Nicosia. The accident happened shortly after midnight on September 2, when the […]
A car bomb exploded at 3am on Thursday in Limassol. Police said the car was being used by a 78-year-old and was parked in Ayios Athanasios area. The blast was caused by an improvised explosive device and the car was completely destroyed. The authorities began investigations with the first light of the day to find […]
Limassol led the way in Cyprus’ high-value real estate transactions in August 2024, contributing significantly to the total of €20.9 million in sales across the island, according to real estate analytics firm Ask Wire. In particular, the most expensive transaction was a €5.4 million house in Ayios Tychonas, Limassol, as the district dominated the top […]
Low pressure is affecting the region on Thursday, with clouds and isolated showers expected later in the day. Weather on Thursday will start out mainly fine. Winds will be a variable, gentle breeze, 3 Beaufort, gradually becoming southeast to southwest and locally northwest, a gentle to moderate breeze, 3 to 4 Beaufort. The sea will […]
