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Nicosia town hall to be ‘greened’ for St Patrick’s Day News Nicosia town hall to be ‘greened’ for St Patrick’s Day For the second year, Nicosia is taking part in global celebrations to mark the March 17 St Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s national day, by lighting the capital’s town hall green for three nights, Tuesday, Wed...
February was one of the warmest and driest on record News February was one of the warmest and driest on record February this year has been one of the warmest and driest on record, the met service said on Tuesday. According to preliminary data some of the maximum temperatures recorded last month were extreme for this time of the ...
Women praised in International Day addresses News Women praised in International Day addresses International Women’s Day was marked by officials around the island on Tuesday with speeches and positive words for the island’s female population. President Nicos Anastasiades on Twitter dedicated the day t...
Laiki loans given out without enough collateral says report News Laiki loans given out without enough collateral says report Significant discrepancies existed between loans paid out by now-defunct Laiki Bank in Greece and collateral backing them, according to a 2012 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), with losses estimated at least to &eur...
Cyprus can be a model for religious coexistence News Cyprus can be a model for religious coexistence Cyprus can be a model for coexistence between Muslims and Christians for this entire region, US Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs Shaun Casey said on Tuesday. Casey was speaking during a news confer...
Taxpayers paid out €3.2 million for unusable Cyprus Airways tickets News Taxpayers paid out €3.2 million for unusable Cyprus Airways tickets The taxpayer footed a bill of €3.3 million paid out to those who had booked tickets with now-defunct Cyprus Airways, after the national carrier was wound down in January last year, state treasurer Rea Georgiou told ...
Entries invited to Commonwealth essay contest News Entries invited to Commonwealth essay contest Entries to the annual Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, won last year by a Cypriot, are being invited from school pupils around the island. Open to people under the age of 18 from or living in a Commonwealth...
Cyprus mulls ‘parcels by drone’ News Cyprus mulls ‘parcels by drone’ The thought of parcel delivery by drone would have been unheard of a few years ago, but the Cyprus Postal service has said it is now seriously mulling the idea. The director of the Cyprus Post recently told state radio ...
Cyprus golf tourism is par for the course News Cyprus golf tourism is par for the course A group of professional golfers from Austria were in Cyprus recently to learn more about the country’s sporting facilities. According to the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) the visit’s success has led to p...
Property sales up 54% in February News Property sales up 54% in February Annual property sales were up by an impressive 54% in February compared to the same month in 2015, according to Land Registry data published on Monday. In particular, data relating to sales contracts submitted to t...
Minister lists renal objectives ahead of World Kidney Day News Minister lists renal objectives ahead of World Kidney Day A total of 57 people are currently awaiting a kidney transplant, of which three also need a pancreas transplant, Health Minister George Pamborides said on Monday. Cyprus ranks fifth among the countries with the most liv...
Floors cleared as Ledra Street’s Debenhams prepares for closure News Floors cleared as Ledra Street’s Debenhams prepares for closure Goods were loaded into trucks parked outside Debenhams department store in Ledra Street in Nicosia on Monday morning, and by lunch time the beauty department, as well as another floor containing clothes, had largely been...
Central Bank objects to proposal to make banks liable for loan-sharking News Central Bank objects to proposal to make banks liable for loan-sharking A legislative proposal tabled at the House finance committee aims to make commercial lenders criminally liable for loan-sharking, but the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) is advising against it. MPs want to amend the crimin...
Celebrating women News Celebrating women A Paphos-based mosaics artist is celebrating the lives and acts of renowned and ‘unknown’ women in the community with an exhibition of mosaics produced especially for the project. The ‘Female Heroes of...
Larnaca listed number 9 in Europe’s 16 oldest cities News Larnaca listed number 9 in Europe’s 16 oldest cities Out of Europe’s 16 oldest cities which have been continually inhabited, Larnaca ranks at number nine, according to an article published by British newspaper The Telegraph. The earliest inhabitants settled in ancie...
Marathon flame arrives in Paphos News Marathon flame arrives in Paphos The historic marathon flame arrived in Paphos harbour on Saturday, despite the windy weather, brought in by a 64-year-old Paphos runner, who was overcome with emotion and described performing the last leg of the run as a...
Tributes paid to well-known Paphos journalist News Tributes paid to well-known Paphos journalist Tributes poured in during the week for well-known Paphos journalist Athos (Arthur) Tilley who died in hospital in Finland after a short illness, aged 58 and who will be buried on Monday in Kouklia. Paphos Mayor Phedonas...
More than seven drivers an hour booked in Paphos in 14 hours News More than seven drivers an hour booked in Paphos in 14 hours The police motorcycle unit booked 104 drivers in the Paphos area on various traffic offences between 2pm on Saturday and 4am on Sunday, around seven every hour, they said. The clampdown was focused in the areas of Yeros...
‘End the stigma’ of Alzheimer’s News ‘End the stigma’ of Alzheimer’s The disappearance earlier in the week of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer in Paphos has prompted a new call both for state help, and an end to the shame and stigma attached to dementia in Cyprus. Latest figures...
Why do we pay so much for milk? News Why do we pay so much for milk? Members of the public are paying dearly for the monopolies which dominate the milk and bread industries it emerged this week, as MPs discussed high prices in Cyprus compared to other EU countries. For starters, the supp...
Man charged for a grave plot he will not use News Man charged for a grave plot he will not use A Larnaca man who is refusing to pay his village cemetery levy because he will not be buried there has been taken to court by his local authority, which said it was simply enforcing the law. Andreas Gregoriades, 71, is ...
EasyJet flies 3 million passengers to and from Paphos News EasyJet flies 3 million passengers to and from Paphos The airline EasyJet is celebrating flying three million passengers to and from Paphos since 2008. Easyjet said Paphos was an important destination for the airline since its first flight in 2008 and connects the cit...
Ayia Napa municipality well into the black in 2015 News Ayia Napa municipality well into the black in 2015 Three years after Yiannis Karousos was elected mayor, the municipality of Ayia Napa has a surplus of more than €2 million, he announced on Thursday. “After my election to the office and with the cooperation o...
Cyprus celebrates ‘Stinky Thursday’ News Cyprus celebrates ‘Stinky Thursday’ Cyprus was celebrating ‘Stinky Thursday’ today with songs, meat on the spit and plenty of drinking while schoolchildren played games.  Tsiknopempti or Stinky Thursday, which marks the beginning of the Ca...
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