Новости за 01.03.2024

The UN peacekeeping force’s (Unficyp) 60-year presence in Cyprus serves as a sad and urgent call to “take the courageous steps needed” and move towards lasting peace, the force’s chief Colin Stewart said on Friday. Speaking at an event in Nicosia’s old town hall marking Unficyp’s 60th anniversary on the...

A house was almost completely burned down on Friday afternoon in Limassol, with residents managing to get out unharmed. The home in the St Nicolas area suffered extensive damages and was almost completely destroyed. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said the fire broke out on the ground floor of the...

By Rony Junior El Daccache Applications for ‘Photovoaltics for All’ opened on Friday, making grant schemes for solar panel installations available to those who meet the requirements. President Nikos Christodoulides said within the first few hours, there had been a huge interest in the scheme. Specifically, by 6pm there were 1,220 applications....

Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, asked Mexico for political asylum in December, arguing he is being persecuted by the attorney general’s office. “We confirm that the...

By Rony Junior El Daccache A documentary on Sanna, a language considered ‘severely endangered’ by Unesco since 2002, will have its first screening on Monday. The event aims to support the revival of the Cypriot Maronite Arabic language, and is co-organised by the ministry of education, the Cyprus Radio Foundation,...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Friday played down the potential cost of the green transition for consumers, saying the extra taxes would not pose a threat to households and businesses but people also needed to “change their behaviours”, he said. Keravnos also indirectly confirmed that the current fuel tax subsidy...

Cypriot telecommunications company Cyta this week presented its 2024 budget to the House Finance Committee, underlining its commitment to strategic planning, innovation, and societal impact. Maria Tsiakka, President of Cyta, addressed the committee, emphasising the organisation’s dedication to evolving, reaching new heights, and establishing Cyprus as a telecommunications pioneer on...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Friday denied he had re-opened the case of Andreas Loizou’s death as a result of public pressure. Instead, he said it was because Loizou’s family had sent a letter through their lawyer, requesting the case to be re-examined. “Police carried out an investigation and the findings...

Is there such a thing as medieval graffiti or is street art a more contemporary form of expression? For many, graffiti is considered to be a relatively new movement yet an upcoming lecture at CVAR Severis Foundation will reveal the history of medieval graffiti in Cyprus, what it means and...

Red Bull’s reigning world champion Max Verstappen took the first pole position of the Formula One season in Bahrain on Friday, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc alongside on the front row. Mercedes’ George Russell qualified third and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz fourth. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, both held under floodlights and the first two...

Social trust is Cyprus is low, with 65 per cent of people believing that caution should be exercised in interactions with others, the University of Cyprus revealed on Friday. Citing the European Social Survey (ESS), it described Cyprus as one of the three countries with the lowest levels in trust,...

Drawing defending champions Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals was the last thing Eddie Howe wanted to hear as the Newcastle United manager prepares to face last year’s treble winners for a fourth time this season. Newcastle, who last won the trophy in 1955, will visit City on March...

Eurostat’s latest data reveals a compelling shift in the landscape of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) for heating and cooling within the European Union. The year 2022 witnessed a substantial surge, with RES accounting for an average of 24.8 per cent of energy used for heating and cooling in the EU....

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, saying they abandoned the startup’s original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit. The lawsuit filed late on Thursday in San Francisco puts the billionaire at loggerheads with the startup that he co-founded...

A 69-year-old Greek Cypriot man appeared in court in the north on Friday, accused of sexually assaulting a hitchhiker he had picked up. The man allegedly picked up a 20-year-old male hitchhiker while driving on the Near East Boulevard outside of northern Nicosia, before grabbing the hitchhiker’s hands and then...

Last month was the warmest February on record in England and Wales, the Met Office national weather service said on Friday, pointing to the impact of human-induced climate change on winter temperatures in Britain. England’s average temperature last month was 7.5 degrees Celsius (45.5 Fahrenheit), topping a record of 7 C...

A minor earthquake was detected off the coast of Lefka on Friday morning, according to the north’s met office. The earthquake measured 3.6 on the Richter scale and was recorded at 8.48am. It occurred 148 kilometres away from Lefka at a depth of 38 kilometres.

Construction works for 138 new residences at the Dhekelia British base for the British forces personnel and their families in Cyprus have begun, according to an announcement released on Friday by the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) press office. The statement said that the cost of the project, named Apollo, will...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Friday published the contents of seizures made at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in the space of 24 hours on Thursday. The items were confiscated from vehicles crossing to the north from the Republic. They included 65 soap dispensers, three fans, 70 kilograms of rice,...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) and the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation during a ceremony held in Nicosia. The signing ceremony took place with the presence of CBC governor Constantinos Herodotou and BoG governor Yiannis Stournaras. Speaking after the signing of the memorandum,...

Where do you live? I live with my husband and three kids in Limassol. What did you have for breakfast? My breakfast is usually just a coffee. Describe your perfect day To go on a trip with my kids and husband to the mountains, because it is one my favourite...

Reconstruction of a section of Nicosia’s old city walls which collapsed in 2022 is complete, the Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage announced on Friday. The collapsed section was located at the Quirini bastion, known as Cephane in Turkish, upon which Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence sits. The...

France and Germany joined calls on Friday for an independent inquiry into the deaths of dozens of Palestinians awaiting aid in Gaza, an incident which Israeli media said could weaken Israel‘s international position after troops fired at the crowd. Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces had killed more than 100 Palestinians trying to reach...

Cockfighting, a centuries-old practice steeped in tradition and controversy, has taken on a new form in the digital age with the emergence of live streaming platforms like sv388 and alo789. This article delves into the ethical considerations and societal impact of cockfighting live streaming. Introduction to cockfighting Cockfighting, the sport...

The armed robbery which took place in Limassol on Wednesday night interrupted a gambling tournament, it emerged on Friday. Speaking to CyBC radio, police spokesman Christos Andreou said the police have “received some information that at the given time, there was gambling going on” inside the building. “This is information...