Новости за 24.01.2024

A company in Limassol on Wednesday fell victim to an online scam of over €16,000. According to a police report, an employee of the company disclosed that in December 2023, management entered into an agreement to purchase products from a foreign business with which they had been collaborating for several...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday urged the Lebanese government to take its own measures to control the flow of migrants leaving for Cyprus from the shores of Lebanon. His comments came on the back of an incident that took place on the same day, when 60 migrants were rescued after...

The Cyprus Cup football derby between Apollon and Ael, scheduled to begin at 7pm at Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, was cancelled due to incidents involving both sets of fans. Following the decision to cancel the game, President Nikos Christodoulides also commented on the incidents, saying “they cannot be tolerated any...

The Nicosia district court on Wednesday found a doctor guilty of indecent acts against a patient who filed an official complaint against him back in the summer of 2020. Following a hearing, the court deemed the doctor’s recollections and side of the story unreliable, instead considering the complainant’s testimony credible....

February’s live music scene in the capital will commence with an extraordinary concert by the Apple Hill String Quartet at The Shoe Factory. Four remarkable musicians – Elise Kuder and Jesse MacDonald on violin, Mike Kelley on viola and Chelsea Bernstein on cello – will present a programme of string...

Singer-songwriter Raye led nominations for the BRIT Awards on Wednesday, setting a new record with seven nominations, while the Rolling Stones and Blur were also recognised for Britain’s pop music honours. Raye was nominated in the annual awards’ top categories – artist of the year, album of the year for...

British billionaire Joe Lewis pleaded guilty to U.S. insider trading charges on Wednesday after being accused last year of a scheme that prosecutors said was designed to enrich friends and associates, and apologised to a judge for his conduct. Lewis, 86, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit...

Yemen’s Houthi authorities have ordered U.S. and British staff of the United Nations and Sanaa-based humanitarian organisations to leave the country within a month, a document and a Houthi official said on Wednesday. The decision follows strikes by the United States and Britain, with support from other nations, against military...

A relative of one of the members of the independent police complaints authority is “involved in organised crime”, it was heard at the House ethics committee on Wednesday. The committee was subjected to a convoluted episode of “he said, she said”, as all parties pointed fingers at one another regarding...

The charge sheet against law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou has been filed to court, where a district judge will have to sign it off before a hearing is set, it emerged on Wednesday. Police told the Cyprus Mail the charge is refusing/avoiding to give a sample for an alcotest. The...

The Paphos criminal court sentenced two individuals to seven years in prison on Wednesday after finding them guilty in a case of illegal drug possession with the intent to supply and money laundering. The convicted individuals, a 36-year-old resident of Paphos and a 21-year-old resident of Nicosia, were apprehended last...

The attorney-general has advised the Registrar of Companies to extend the deadline for businesses updating the records with their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) until the end of March. Under a directive issued by the Registrar of Companies, all corporate entities should have filed their updated UBO data by December 31,...

In a strategic move, Island Petroleum, a subsidiary of Island Oil (Holdings), has announced the acquisition and utilisation of the vessel M/T ASTRAIA, dedicated to providing physical supply services of marine fuel oils in Limassol. With a carrying capacity of 6544 tonnes DWT, the M/T ASTRAIA surpasses the size of...

The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre (CaSToRC) at The Cyprus Institute organised an important ‘industry day’ on January 16, 2024, as part of the EUROCC2 project, according to a statement released on Wednesday. Under the guidance of CaSToRC Director Constantine Dovrolis, the event aimed to incorporate advanced digital technologies...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application to annul an arrest warrant in a case involving violence during a football match. According to the decision, the case pertains to events that occurred on December 17, 2023, at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, during the football match between Apollon and...

Germany’s Alexander Zverev stunned second seed Carlos Alcaraz to reach the Australian Open semi-finals as a sublime display of serving took him to a 6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 victory on Wednesday. Zverev made a flying start on Rod Laver Arena, dropping just two points on serve as he raced through...

The Famagusta district court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison sentence on a 46-year-old man found guilty of involvement in the illegal trafficking of migrants. According to the court’s findings, the 46-year-old provided assistance to migrants in unlawfully entering the territory of the Republic for financial gain. The case...

The legal service is hiring 17 lawyers to handle asylum-related matters, it emerged on Wednesday. In a statement, the legal service said it was inviting expressions of interest for the positions. The deadline is February 7 at 1pm. More information can be found at www.law.gov.cy .

The European Commission is to finance a project in Cyprus aimed at “strengthening the mental resilience” of youth in Cyprus, it was announced on Wednesday. In addition to €500,000 in financial support, they will also provide technical assistance to the project alongside the health ministry and Unicef over the course...

Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its first alcohol store in the capital Riyadh which will serve exclusively non-Muslim diplomats, a source familiar with the plans and a document showed on Wednesday. Customers will have to register via a mobile app, get a clearance code from the foreign ministry, and...

THE WAY THINGS ARE ‘It wasn’t just the pain of violent penetration when I was dry and ignorant of what was happening, it was also constant fear when he threatened to beat me if I told someone what he’d done.’ This admission from a childhood friend came many years after...

House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that lifetime benefits for the president and the House speaker need to be abolished. “I have the personal opinion that these lifetime benefits should be abolished, and all regulations should be placed in a different, transparent and rational framework,” she told the House...

Israel and Hamas have made some progress toward agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released, sources told Reuters, as Israel pressed ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city. Qatar, the U.S. and Egypt have for weeks shuttled between Israel...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed once again on Wednesday. The trial had initially been scheduled to begin on October 6 last year, but proceedings will now start on March 4 at the...

The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday. “This announcement was made by the minister. These are vacant positions existing within the force, and the plan is to...