Новости за 10.04.2024

Police investigations are underway on Wednesday at the location where a man died this morning, after officers raided an apartment on the fifth floor of the building in Limassol. According to reports, eleven Bangladeshi nationals lived in the building in central Limassol. Head of Limassol CID, Lefteris Kyriakou told media that nine...

Cyprus is set to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) meeting of the small countries initiative (SCI) in the European region, it was announced on Wednesday. According to to information from WHO, the initiative was established in 2013 as the forum through which member states in European region with populations of...

Influential newspapers in Switzerland on Wednesday criticised a climate change ruling against the Swiss government by Europe’s top human rights court, saying it risked undermining democracy and the political clout of environmental groups. Tuesday’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in favour of over 2,000 Swiss women who...

In today’s episode, the appeals court on Tuesday reserved its decision over an 82-year-old grandfather jailed for shooting a man who was attempting to steal electricity cables. Elsewhere, the Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, is to continue despite Israel’s “reprehensible attack” on aid workers, President Nikos Christodoulides...

The second edition of LPF – Limassol Photography Festival – is about to launch, dedicated this year to sports. Titled Athlos, the festival starts on Thursday and runs until May 7. On the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in 2024 in France, this year’s LPF focuses...

What should you do when your government assures you that everything is under control and says there is no need to buy generators, stock up on food and withdraw money from the bank? You should immediately get your money out of the bank, stock up on food, and buy a...

Journalists need better wages and working conditions, the Cyprus journalists and editors’ union (Esk) said on Wednesday. Announcing the start of a campaign with the general slogan “Journalists have a voice”, Esk said the aim is to highlight the urgent need for decent wages for journalists, better working conditions, renewal...

Police arrested a 20-year-old man Larnaca on Tuesday night for an investigated case of drugs possession. The case concerns the discovery of approximately 5.5 kilos of drugs on Saturday in Larnaca. According to police statement, the 20-year-old was arrested around 8.30pm on Tuesday, after police obtained a warrant against him...

Paphos on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an illegal employment case, while his employer was also accused. According to the police, officers of the immigration service located the illegal worker at 11am at a restaurant in the Peyia area. Police identified the 28-year-old man who appears...

Addressing the humanitarian consequences of the Turkish invasion is an imperative, President Nikos Christodoulides said. Speaking at a commemoration event in Voroklini on Tuesday, Christodoulides said that the drama of the missing persons and their families constitutes the most tragic aspect of 1974. The president assured attendees that the state...

Police arrested two persons, aged 26 and 23, on Tuesday in Paphos, for investigated car arson case. A 19-year-old Paphos resident was also arrested on March 30, for the same case. According to the police, the arson was committed on March 28 in a village in the district. The fire,...

Wednesday will see isolated morning showers, mainly in the east and north, with rains or storms are also expected in the afternoon, mainly in the mountains, south, east, and in the interior. Temperatures will rise to 23C in the interior and the coasts and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds...

An early Easter boosted food spending in Britain last month, lifting retail sales by the most since August, but the broader picture remained subdued as wet weather dampened demand for other goods, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday. Britain’s economy entered a shallow recession in the second half of...

By Martin Clark When it comes to getting the message across about environmental damage and decline, we need to use every opportunity and method that we can. Visual art presents us with such an opportunity and Cyprus has some good examples to learn from. The late, great Stass Paraskos (1933...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ impromptu visit to Lebanon on Monday appears to have been dictated more by the need to be seen to be doing something about the increased flow of Syrian refugees to Cyprus in the last weeks than by a specific action plan to deal with the problem. There...

Real Madrid and Manchester City slugged out a thrilling 3-3 draw in a rip-roaring Champions League quarter-final clash in the Spanish capital on Tuesday, leaving the tie between the last two holders of the trophy wide open for the second leg next week. The Madrid crowd were left stunned two...

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane returned to north London to score his customary goal against Arsenal as the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie ended 2-2 on Tuesday. The former Tottenham Hotspur player, so often Arsenal’s nemesis in north London derbies, stroked home a penalty in the 32nd...