Новости за 19.02.2024

At least two air strikes hit an area near the coastal Lebanese town of Ghaziyeh on Monday, witnesses said, after the Israeli military said it had struck weapons depots near the port city of Sidon. The witnesses heard several loud booms and saw two thick black columns of smoke rising...

A meeting convened by the Paphos Regional Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP) on Monday saw stakeholders and members planning to enhance wedding tourism in the region. Representatives from Paphos, Yeroskipou, Peyia municipalities, along with the Paphos Hoteliers Association and the Paphos Travel Agents Association, gathered to discuss plans aimed...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) on Monday called for transparency on fuel prices, asking the fuel monitoring authority to explain why pre-tax fuel prices from October to December 2023 deviated significantly from the EU average. During the period from October through December 2023, the association claimed consumers paid 4-5 cents...

A 24-year-old was arrested by the police in Limassol on Monday as the prime suspect in the theft of a handbag valued at €500, which contained a cash amount exceeding €2,500, as well as other property valued at around €650. According to the police, last Friday, a 53-year-old woman reported...

Music-filled evenings are coming to Rialto Theatre as local musicians and ensembles put on concertos and performances. Many of them have Cypriot sounds at their core and an upcoming show next week will look at the island’s traditional music through a different lens. On February 21, the Quintus Ensemble and...

A United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan aimed at improving dialogue with the country’s Taliban rulers has ended after the administration’s representatives failed to show up. The Taliban-led foreign office refused to attend the meeting in Doha when the U.N. rejected its demand to act as Afghanistan’s sole official representative, United...

The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would underscore the body’s “support for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza as soon as practicable,” according to the text seen by Reuters on Monday. Washington has been averse to the word ceasefire in any U.N. action...

The relationship between the EU and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cyprus has been instrumental in promoting dialogue, building trust and fostering reconciliation, the head of UNDP Cyprus Jakhongir Khaydarov has said. On the occasion of the two-decade milestone of the partnership, Khaydarov reaffirmed the commitment of the...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Monday signalled that a bill increasing maternity leave from 18 to 22 weeks would soon get the nod from the cabinet and then head to parliament. In a written statement following a meeting of the labour advisory board, which he chaired, Panayiotou said that stakeholders...

A carer who allegedly beat a 100-year-old man who resided at the care home at which she worked in Famagusta was released on bail on Monday. In court in Famagusta, judge Aysu Cakan Alakan ordered that the woman be released on a 70,000TL (€2,106) bail, while two guarantors were also...

The Limassol criminal court on Monday saw a tussle taking place involving a relative of one of the two defendants in the double homicide case in Ypsonas last year. Marios Onisforou, 44, and 51-year-old Michalis Michael were killed on June 29, 2023, According to the police, during Monday’s proceedings at...

Damian Lillard wanted to do something special in his eighth NBA All-Star Game. His pull-up 3-pointer from half court delivered a dazzling highlight. A postgame announcement in which he was named NBA All-Star Game MVP for the first time provided a perfect finish. Lillard scored 39 points and drained 11...

The villages of Paliometocho and Kokkinotrimithia joined the Nicosia water board on Monday. Their collaboration was finalised following the signing of contracts by Nicosia assistant district officer Andreas Hadjipakkos and the mukhtars of both villages, Andreas Kyprianou of Paliometocho and Christakis Meleties of Kokkinotrimithia. Speaking after the contracts’ signing, Hadjipakkos...

Restoration works on former Turkish Cypriot homes on Piale Pasha street in Larnaca have been completed, the town’s municipality announced on Monday. The works pertained to improvements to the fronts of the buildings, which are located on the town’s seafront. “The busy Piale Pasha street, which is frequented by both...

Interest in the subsidy plans for purchasing electric vehicles has surged since the opening of the application process last Saturday, according to data released by the department of road transport. As of Monday morning, a total of 984 applications have been submitted for the purchase of new electric vehicles. Additionally,...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday welcomed the appointment of Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, who is meant to investigate corruption claims against him which were written in a book. The anti-corruption authority is set to announce later this week when McIntyre will be arriving to begin her work. McIntyre is an...

Manchester City head into Tuesday’s Premier League clash against Brentford four points adrift of leaders Liverpool, but manager Pep Guardiola said on Monday that his side do not feel any extra pressure as the title race intensifies. City, unbeaten in their last nine league matches, are third in the standings...

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki demanded an immediate end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories at the start of hearings on Monday into the legal status of the occupation at the United Nations’ top court. More than 50 states will present arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)...

An increasing number of customers are using the Bank of Cyprus’ digital channels, for both banking and insurance products, leading to a large increase in digital sales of insurance plans, according to the bank’s preliminary results for 2023 released on Monday. According to the results, the group’s digital client base...

A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of robbing six asylum seekers who had been smuggled with his help from Turkey to northern Cyprus. In court, police officer Ali Aydoganli explained that six people had arrived on a ferry in Kyrenia from Turkey on February 5,...

A 29-year-old man appeared in court in Paphos on Monday as part of the police’s investigation into a large quantity of drugs found in the village of Emba last week. He is the second person to be arrested in the police’s operation and was remanded in custody for five days....

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Monday released a statement expressing concern about the island’s tourism prospects for 2024, highlighting significant challenges ahead. During a recent session, the statement said, Stek’s board hosted a representative from Hermes Airports for in-depth discussions. “Based on the current situation, particularly in...

Oil prices dipped on festering demand concerns and profit-taking prompted by last week’s gains as conflict in the Middle East showed no signs of easing. Brent crude futures were down 78 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $82.69 a barrel by 1030 GMT. The March contract for US West Texas...

In a flight of imagination, ALIX NORMAN asks what Cyprus’ major districts would look like were they human If Limassol was human, what would we see? For centuries, artists have drawn on imagination to produce just such works. As early as 4,000BC, the ancient Egyptians portrayed the River Nile as...

A Greek anarchist guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Monday for a planned parcel bomb attack against a judge at a courthouse in the northern city of Thessaloniki this month, the third such incident since December. Police last week confiscated the parcel, which was sent to a senior judge and contained...