Новости за 10.04.2024

Palestinians visited the graves of loved ones killed in the Gaza war and prayed beside the wreckage of a mosque and in shattered streets as the devastating conflict cast a pall over the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Millions of Muslims around the world are observing Eid, marking the end of the...

The Cyprus-based web browser Aloha Browser saw a 250 per cent jump in users in March, according to a Reuters on Wednesday. The stark increase in numbers came after the European Union introduced legislation forcing internet browsers to make it easier for users to switch to rivals. The law, known...

Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each to end a 128-year tradition. Although the concept of purely amateur competition has long since disappeared from the modern Olympics with...

Opposition Disy on Wednesday called for the House of Representatives to immediately discuss the impasse that has been reached in revamp works surrounding the Larnaca marina and port. “The recent developments that have come to light are of particular concern to us. We would like to hope that the government...

Kantina Quality Food & Wine is thrilled to announce an upcoming collaboration in Cyprus with Nicola Olivieri, internationally-acclaimed pastry chef, CEO and head baker of OLIVIERI 1882. Having earned numerous prestigious awards and recognitions, including being listed among the 40 under 40 entrepreneurs and protagonists of the Italian Gastronomic scene...

Tests for people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs will in some cases be carried out by taking blood samples, should a new bill proposed by the transport ministry pass into law. The bill foresees that in cases where the driver to be examined is hospitalised, a blood...

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Arizona’s top court revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women’s suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled 4-2 in favour...

Police have found a car part of a third vehicle possibly involved in a fatal crash earlier in the week that killed a 17-year-old, it was reported on Wednesday. On Monday, a fatal crash occurred on the Palaichori-Nicosia Road killing 17-year-old Alexandros Kashioulis. From what police have so far determined,...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar attended Eid prayers at the Hafiz Ebubekir mosque in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning. “I wish for patience to my brothers and sisters who are suffering greatly in Gaza in Palestine,” Tatar said speaking after the end of prayers, while also hoping for mercy to...

Police in Limassol arrested two people aged 43 and 44 on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the acquisition of a driver’s licence through false representations. Police said on Wednesday that a package containing forged documents and dispatched from a foreign country arrived at a courier company in Limassol....

Traffic arrangements due to the Limassol marathon, scheduled for the weekend of April 13 and 14, have been announced by the event organisers on Wednesday. On April 13, during the five-kilometre road race, set to last from 8am to 11pm, the coastal front of Limassol will be closed from the...

Police need to take further action to protect public prosecutors, attorney-general George Savvides said on Wednesday, following a discussion at the House legal committee on bombings of prosecutors’ cars a few months ago. The committee also discussed the issue of pay rises to public prosecutors on Wednesday, something which Savvides...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a national autism strategy and action plan. The strategy covers the period between now and 2028 and includes a total of 53 actions under seven “thematic pillars”, which the government says will “follow the course of the life of a child and adult...

The Republic of Cyprus is “committed to contributing to the effort to ensure stability and peace in the region”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the joint research and coordination centre (JRCC) in Larnaca at the start of the second phase of the Argonaut 2024...

Consumers are becoming slightly less sceptical about bitcoin, a Deutsche Bank survey published on Monday showed, although just under a third of those questioned still expect its price to drop sharply by the end of 2024. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Although people have poured billions of dollars into bitcoin, hoping for...

The latest evaluation report on Cyprus’ national health scheme Gesy said that in the past three years direct healthcare expenses for patients were reduced from 50 to around 15 per cent. Released by the health ministry on Wednesday, the report provided a comprehensive assessment of the scheme’s performance. It noted,...

Cyprus is in place to become a regional centre for technology and innovation, according to Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nikodemos Damianou said at the 14th Nicosia Economic Congress.  “Today, with the actions we have taken, we are in a better position than ever to be able...

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said playing Paris St-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals is the opportunity the five-time champions wanted in their bid to get back where they belong after crashing out in the group stage two years in a row. Currently in a good vein of form, having won...

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone said his side must prove they are worthy of being among Europe’s top-eight teams as they prepare to host Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash on Wednesday. Atletico, who are all but out of the LaLiga title race in fourth place a...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that he wants his cabinet to “do more” to bring to fruition the government’s “digital citizen” application. Christodoulides had announced the planned application during his “State of the Republic” speech in January, and said it would cover “the entire range of digital services a...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) on Wednesday suspended a doctor after patients alleged that he was registering their names on Gesy for services he never provided to them. As a result, the doctor, an orthopaedist, was allegedly receiving financial compensation for the non-existent services. In the first report filed against...

Greece rescued 14 migrants including eight children from a rocky shore on the island of Chios, the coastguard said on Wednesday, adding that search-and-rescue operations were ongoing. The migrants were believed to have reached the island in the Aegean Sea near Turkey on a dinghy, a coastguard official said. It...

Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh said. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research centre near Geneva...

Have you ever found yourself driving past a restaurant on an almost daily basis and wondering why you’ve never stopped to try it out? This was the case with WOKnROLL. Located in a very central location in Limassol, WOKnROLL is a charming restaurant which I can see myself adding to...