Новости за 08.02.2024

By Rony Junior El Daccarche Larnaca municipality is to take part in a pilot programme to identify illegal dumping sites through artificial intelligence and satellite imagery. A conference was held by director of the satellite imagery company Periopsis Ltd, Andreas Kamilaris was held at the municipality where officials from Larnaca’s...

The anticipation is palpable as the Cyprus Chess Federation proudly announces the much-awaited Cyprus Open Chess Championship 2024, to be carried out with the support of Freedom Finance Europe. The tournament will be held from February 9th to March 3rd, at the prestigious venue of Hotel Elias, in the heart...

Jason Jones and Beatrice Trefalt offer an insight into new film on complexity of Japan’s war memories The new hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One – an homage to Honda Ishirō’s original 1954 film Gojira (more commonly known to English speakers as Godzilla) – centres on the human costs of war....

By Rony Junior El Daccache One out of the ten symbolic woodcut engravings Cyprus 1974 by A Tassos has been put on display in the senate’s conference room at the University of Cyprus. “This piece is a monumental part of this artist’s catalogue. It delves into subjects like displacement and...

Registrations of saloon vehicles showed a double-digit increase in January 2024, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Specifically, the report showed that registrations of passenger saloon cars increased by 37.6 per cent in January 2024, with the total number reaching 3,430, compared to 2,493 registrations of...

Decisions on possible electricity price hikes will be taken “responsibly” in the next few days, but a ‘favourable’ decision for consumers now may come back to bite in the future, stakeholders said on Thursday. Currently, there are two requests to jack up the prices – one is at six per...

Cypriot real estate analytics firm Ask Wire on Thursday released a report outlining the performance of the local property market for the fourth quarter of 2023, including property sales and rental values. The company, which monitors transactions, asking prices, and construction activity across Cyprus, noted that rental values rose slightly...

The trial of the four defendants charged with the murder of 55-year-old Thanasis Kalogeropoulos in Limassol has once again been postponed. The criminal court set a new date on March 14. Legal representatives for the four defendants, aged 44, 41, 22, and 21, stated that their clients are not prepared...

Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler signed his first professional contract with Omonia on Thursday. Ozler, 18, is now contracted to the club until the end of the 2026/27 season. He made history in January by becoming the first Turkish Cypriot since 1957 to play for the club’s first team, coming...

City Friends Club (CFC), a non-profit charity, in collaboration with the ARTNOW curatorial team, announce the new edition of the environmental art exhibition RE:SOURCE, whose theme is nature. Prepare for RE:SOURCE 2.0, taking place over May 17-21, 2024, at The Warehouse by ITQuarter. The first RE:SOURCE exhibition in June 2023...

By Rony Junior El Daccache Multiple stray dogs were provided shelter in snowy Troodos on Wednesday, the result of an initiative started by Animal Action Group. The campaign asked members of the public to donate blankets and dog houses for the strays from Feb 1. Several donations were then transported...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week released a statement highlighting the importance of the visit by Pablo Hernandez de Cos, the governor of the Central Bank of Spain, noting that there is a mutual commitment to enhancing cooperation between the two central banks. As part of its ongoing...

The statue found in a sheep pen in Marathovounos was determined to be a “goddess” originating from the late archaic period, between 600 and 480 BC, the north’s ‘antiquities department’ said on Thursday. Should their estimations be correct, that would make it 2,600 years old. Meanwhile, the Turkish Cypriot police...

Vice President and Senior Analyst at Moody’s risk assessment group Haiko Peters this week praised the Cypriot’s economy steady improvement, referencing both its growth and ability to weather a tumultuous global economic environment. In a virtual panel discussion organised by the Cyprus Economic Society, Peters highlighted the country’s upgraded status to...

Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will be rewarded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower, organisers said on Thursday, unveiling the event’s medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the monument. The idea was to link the Games with symbols of France,...

The Cabinet of Ministers, led by Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli, this week approved updated green incentives for the Cypriot shipping sector in 2024, in line with the European Green Deal. The EU’s Green Deal refers to a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission, with the long-term...

Cyprus has been recognised as a priority area for angel sharks, with all three Mediterranean species listed, but facing serious threats, according to Enalia Physis environmental research centre. An announcement said that the research centre collaborates with the Society for the Protection of Turtles (Spot) and the iSea organisation to...

Maersk said on Thursday Red Sea trade disruptions would not be a major boost for the company and an oversupply of vessels would hit its earnings this year, sending its shares sharply lower. The warning, which also led the Danish group to suspend its share buyback programme, is in stark...

Farmers will protest on Thursday in Nicosia and Paphos, following suite with many of their European counterparts that have taken to the streets to air their concerns of EU Green policies. The protests are expected to start at 10am in both the capital and Paphos, where farmers will meet at...

The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in C3S’s records going back to 1950. The exceptional...

Snow in Troodos has reached six centimetres, the met office said on Thursday, as the weather for the rest of the island is expected to be mostly cloudy throughout the day. According to the met office, on Thursday the weather is expected to be mostly cloudy with some scattered showers....

A volcano erupted on Thursday in southwest Iceland for the second time this year, the country’s meteorological office said, making it the sixth outbreak on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021. Live video from the area showed fountains of bright-orange molten rock spewing from fissures in the ground. “Warning: A volcanic...

Another weekend is almost here and this one will be filled with musical performances from young local artists, established Cypriot musicians and international stars. But other events showcase art and video-dance. Here’s what’s on this weekend. The Nicosia International Festival is gearing up for a packed weekend with three back-to-back...

The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (Oev) this week expressed its satisfaction with the approval of the Grants Scheme for Energy Upgrade and Competitiveness Enhancement for Large Enterprises. The proposal, put forward by the Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Industry, gained approval from the Cabinet, marking a crucial step towards...

Britain’s biggest homebuilder Barratt (BDEV.L) will buy Redrow (RDW.L) in an all-stock deal valuing its smaller rival at about 2.52 billion pounds ($3.18 billion), they said on Wednesday, aiming to capitalise on the fledgling recovery in the market. This is the second consolidation in the sector in as many years...