The European Parliament is willing to play a role in the Cyprus problem, Roberta Metsola said on Tuesday after being re-elected as its president. President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Metsola and said he fully shared the goal to end Cyprus’ division. Addressing the parliament, Metsola referred to the 50 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. […]
The House commerce committee on Tuesday decried a “falsification of the truth by certain circles” over a bill aimed at setting a maximum price of bottled water at certain points of sale. Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis called on the consumer protection service “to dedicate itself to its mission without falsifying the truth […]
A 24-hour strike scheduled for next Tuesday at public hospitals may be called off, but this depends on the state health services (Okypy)’s reaction to discussion that were held on Tuesday. Okypy is expected to make its positions clear on Wednesday. Trade unions Sek and Peo discussed abolishing procedures for hiring seasonal staff and instead […]
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has reported a deceleration in the House Price Index (HPI) for houses and apartments in the first quarter of the year 2024. This trend is anticipated to continue, attributed to a significant slowdown in sales documents, which has yet to impact on the index. According to the CBC, several […]
A citizen complaints department has opened at the Municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia, it announced on Tuesday. The new service, which will receive complaints and requests from residents, was created to maximise the “efficiency of the municipal services.” It had promised to provide “the best and fastest service to the citizen” as well as save time for […]
Britain’s deputy prime minister on Tuesday played down comments by U.S. vice presidential contender J.D. Vance that Britain was an Islamist nuclear-armed country, saying he had a history of making “fruity” remarks. Britain would work with whoever won November’s U.S. presidential election, Angela Rayner added. At a conference earlier this month, Vance, who Republican presidential […]
British recruiters warned of tough hiring market conditions in the near-term as workers avoid switching jobs and employers take longer to fill vacant positions due to economic and political uncertainties exacerbated by elections in Britain and France. Robert Walters (RWA.L) this week joined bigger peers PageGroup (PAGE.L) and Hays (HAYS.L) in reporting a fall in […]
Farmers are preparing to protest next Monday over the ongoing water shortage, demanding more be allocated to farmland. There will be two simultaneous protests taking place, one in Paphos and one in Xylophagou. Potato farmers’ representative Andreas Karios said told newspaper Phileleftheros on Tuesday that the protest “will be peaceful” but that if farmers’ demands […]
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou called for the European Union’s common agricultural policy to be “enriched” to support small and medium-sized farms, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the European Union’s 27 agriculture ministers, she said many rural areas’ main source of income is agricultural production, and that for this reason, there […]
Projects worth €141 million are set to transform the Polis Chrysochous area in the coming years, said the mayor Yiotis Papachristofis. Among these developments is the €60m expansion of the harbour at Latchi, described as “one of the most important tourist hubs of the municipality”. In an interview with CNA, Papachristofis spoke about several key […]
The air in Nicosia is thick with history and memory, the scars of past conflict visible in the divided cityscape. The city, the last divided capital in Europe, is the poignant setting for the installation Cyprus Memory, a collaborative effort between Italian artist Laura Mega and Cypriot artist Vassilis Vassiliades. The installation explores themes of […]
Four British tourists were arrested on Monday night at Paphos Airport after officers discovered 280 boxes of cigarettes in their luggage for which tax had not been paid, police said. The four suspects, aged 59, 54, 53, and 52, were on a flight from the UK. Officers found 70 boxes of cigarettes in each individual’s […]
Vaughan Gething said on Tuesday he would step down as first minister of Wales, after four ministers resigned from the devolved Welsh government in protest over his leadership. “Having been elected as leader of my party in March, I had hoped that over the summer a period of reflection, rebuilding and renewal could take place under my leadership,” […]
The north’s ‘education ministry’ on Tuesday reacted with “deep sorrow and concern” over images drawn by children depicting Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974. The images appeared on social media last week and appear to have been drawn by children from at least one primary school in the Republic after ministry instructions handed down […]
Prepare to dive into the forefront of AI technology and explore groundbreaking topics such as running large language models (LLMs) on local machines, mass AI adoption, AI in Rust, and homomorphic encryption in AI. The AI Hack Lab, set to take place on July 17, 2024, from 18:00 to 22:00, at BrainRocket in Limassol, Cyprus, […]
Gareth Southgate announced on Tuesday he is leaving his role as England manager after they lost to Spain in the European Championship final, their second straight loss in the final of the continental tournament. Southgate took charge in 2016 and oversaw 102 games, leading the team to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018 as well […]
Close to a hundred people have complained they were victims of the pyramid scheme Metamax, Limassol police said on Tuesday. According to deputy police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou, 90 people have been conned by the pyramid scheme, which promised them earnings of €3,000 per day. Vasiliou added that he expects the number of complaints related to […]
Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several areas across Gaza on Tuesday, while Palestinian health officials said at least 13 people were killed in Israeli bombardments in southern and central areas of the enclave. In Rafah, a southern border city where Israeli forces have been operating since May, five Palestinians were killed in an air […]
A yellow weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms in the mountains on Tuesday, the Met Office said. The warning will be in effect from midday until 4 pm. According to the Met Office, there will be isolated storms in the mountains and some inland areas. Rainfall is expected to be 35-55 mm per hour, […]
The transport sector has witnessed a decline in turnover, according to the latest data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The turnover index for transport and storage in the first quarter of 2024 stood at 115.0 points, based on 2021 as the base year (100). This marks a decrease of 1.9 per cent compared […]
Upgrades to the anti-flood channel in Livadia “will be complete in the second half of 2025”, the Livadia Borough said on Tuesday. Work on the anti-flood channel began at the beginning of the month, with the borough saying it is “an important project which is expected to make residents’ daily lives in the Livadia Borough […]
Health campaigners have written to U.S. regulators accusing Philip Morris International PM.N of misrepresenting past regulatory decisions, seeking to disrupt the launch of its flagship heated tobacco device IQOS in the United States. The world’s biggest tobacco company by market value has spent billions of dollars developing the product, which investors see as key to […]
A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with a case of knife possession, it emerged Tuesday from police reports. Two other suspects, aged 20 and 22, are already in custody for the same case. Police announced that the third and most recent arrest would help “facilitate the investigation”. The arrests followed a complaint about stolen […]
France’s left-wing parties fought bitterly on Tuesday over who to put forward as prime minister, leading Communist party leader Fabien Roussel to warn they were risking a “shipwreck” despite their election success. President Emmanuel Macron was likely to accept the resignation of his current government, led by centrist Gabriel Attal, to enable ministers who were […]
Representatives of Cyprus’ Research and Innovation Foundation (RFI) and of the Japan Science and Technology Organisation (JST) recently met in Nicosia, to establish collaborations in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, energy, space research, and biotechnology. The RFI was represented at the meeting by its Chief Scientist, Demetris Skourides and Director General Theodoros Loukaides, […]