Новости за 12.03.2024

The art of modern storytelling: SARA DOUEDARI speaks a digital content creator in Cyprus about creating a narrative In today’s digital age, where social media platforms have turned everyone into a potential content creator, the infinite volume of content available is overwhelming. However, not all content captures our attention or...

Israeli warplanes struck Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, hitting a facility belonging to Hezbollah and killing at least one member of the Iran-backed group, sources in Lebanon said. Hezbollah announced earlier on Tuesday it had fired more than 100 rockets at Israeli targets, one of its...

The municipality of Paphos has installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance to mitigate future instances of damage at the Park of Colours, it announced on Tuesday. The decision follows numerous complaints lodged by concerned citizens regarding a series of malicious acts targeting the park. In response to the municipality’s concerns, the...

The ecclesiastical court’s investigation into the recent scandals involving cash, sex, and a miracles’ scam at the Osios Avakoum monastery is to begin on Wednesday amid breaking allegations that an ex police chief and the president of far-right party Elam had been present at events. According to information published in...

Myths about the Cypriot dialect were effectively dispelled recently at the Second Science Café, organised by the University of Cyprus (UCY) with the support of the Bank of Cyprus (BoC). The event shed light on this integral aspect of the island’s linguistic identity, on February 29, at Aglantzia’s Caffè Nero....

Injured Gabriel Martinelli missed training ahead of Arsenal‘s Champions League last-16 return leg against Porto at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday but manager Mikel Arteta refused to rule out forward’s availability for the clash. Martinelli sat out Arsenal‘s 2-1 win over Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday after the Brazil forward was substituted...

Lidl Cyprus and Lidl Plus are ushering in spring with a special competition that will offer gifts to 50 lucky Lidl Plus app users. Specifically, until Sunday, April 7, every Lidl Plus user will be able to participate in the competition by filling in the relevant form, thereby automatically entering...

Producer group OPEC and the International Energy Agency, the world’s most closely watched forecasters of oil demand growth, are further apart than they have been for at least 16 years in their views on fuel use, according to Reuters research. The gap between the IEA, which represents industrialised countries, and...

By Richard Boxall The new cricket season had its first classic match when MSN Punjab Lions held on for a 3-run win over Sri Lankans at Ypsonas in the BAOFinancial T20 League presented by HurryCurry. The Lions set a stiff target of 199-6, with skipper Neeraj Tiwari top-scoring on 67...

Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer said he is confident Mauricio Pochettino’s “project” will bear fruit, though fans may have to be patient for a couple of seasons before the club reaps the rewards of his work. Pochettino’s expensive squad have struggled for consistency this season, with some fans turning on the manager and the...

World number one Novak Djokovic was stunned 6-4 3-6 6-3 by lucky loser Luca Nardi in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday, a victory which the 20-year-old Italian described as a “miracle”. Nardi, who grew up idolizing Djokovic and is ranked 123rd in the world, played the match of his life to defeat the Serbian,...

By Simon Demetriou In a recent review, I wrote about how unease and pretty sentences aren’t enough to make a good novel. This week, I find myself reviewing another novel that is packed with even more unease and even prettier sentences. But This Plague of Souls has something more; it...

A group exhibition exploring the otherworldly, the magical and the dreamy in art is set to open this month in Nicosia. Titled Manifestations: Views of the Otherworldly in Painting and Drawing, the exhibition will take place at NiMAC and host a series of parallel activities during its duration from March...

Police on Tuesday are investigating a fire which broke out in a car the early hours of Tuesday in Paphos. According to police, at 3.30am officers received the information about the fire in the car, parked at a garage in Ayia Varvara. Members of the fire service extinguished the fire...

The humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally set sail on Tuesday accompanied by another vessel, inaugurating the operation of the Larnaca to Gaza sea-corridor dubbed as ‘Amalthia’. According to reports, the ship, carrying almost 200 tonnes of food left the Larnaca port shortly before 9am. The trip is expected to...

A total of 458 irregular migrants on six boats, were spotted off the coast of Cape Greco, and taken to the Pournara reception centre on Monday According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), the six boats were first detected by the coast guard radars at noon. The migrants were initially...

A 52-year-old man, named as Panayiotis Andreou, lost his life in an accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Monday in Nicosia. The man had been riding his motorbike on Archangelos Avenue in Engomi, when the bike hit the curb and overturned, flinging its rider onto the pavement resulting in...

Tuesday will be clear and mild with temperatures rising to 23C inland, 22C on the coast, and 16C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north- to south-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort, and the sea will be somewhat rough.  Overnight will be mostly clear. Temperatures will...

Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president. Armed gangs massively grew their wealth, influence and territory under his administration, prompting Henry...

According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) report ‘Registration of Motor Vehicles’ for the period January-February 2024, vehicle registrations increased by 45 per cent. Furthermore, the share of electric vehicles has reached 3.1 per cent, and that of hybrid cars stands at 36.3 per cent. In February 2024 alone, the...

European stock indexes fell from recent record highs on Monday, and Wall Street looked set for losses, as traders grappled with an uncertain economic outlook and waited for U.S. inflation data later in the week. U.S. stocks started to fall from record highs on Friday, in a move analysts attributed...

University of Leicester scientists have rediscovered 46 ancient sites with uncovered evidence of quarries and tombs located within the Dhekelia British military base in Cyprus. Archaeologists from the UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) reported the evidence spans the Bronze Age, Byzantine, Hellenistic and Roman periods. The university aimed to locate...

Much has been said and written about the two-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on an 82-year-old man for shooting and injuring a man who was attempting stealing electricity cable from his property. The general consensus in the newspapers and on social media was that the sentence imposed by the three-judge bench...

A total of 116 irregular migrants were brought ashore aboard three boats on Monday, with three more boats still at sea. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), a total of six boats were spotted off the coast of Cape Greco, with police successfully bringing three of the boats to...