Новости за 25.03.2024

A Cyprus-based company was sanctioned on Sunday by the US for its links with Russia’s financial sector. Tokentrust Holdings with a registered Limassol address was added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list of designated entities. The company is listed on OFAC’s list at Limassol address Lara Court,...

A new project by Larnaka 2030 brings together musicians and curious music lovers as they embark on a mysterious exploration of the Larnaca region. Secret live performances in undisclosed locations take place within the Follow the Music project and the next event is coming up on Friday. “The idea emerged...

A fire that broke out between the villages of Ayios Ioannis and Salamiou was extinguished five hours later, the fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Monday. The fire broke out at 12.52pm and burned around one hectare of land. Kettis said that extinguishing the blaze was difficult due to...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was received on Monday, during his official visit to Kazakhstan, by the country’s President Qasym-Jomart Toquayev. Kombos said in a post on platform X that their discussion focused on Cyprus – Kazakhstan bilateral relations and EU-Kazakhstan relations. Earlier, he met with his counterpart Murat Nurtleu in Astana....

Cyprus aims to conclude construction works for the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Vasiliko by the end of 2024 as this would assist the efforts to reduce electricity generation costs Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Construction works for the LNG terminal was halted in the end of January,...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that he is planning and discussing with the cabinet about new measures or extending measures in place already to deal with inflation. He added that decisions on these measures will be made by the cabinet. Responding to a journalist’s remark that on April 1...

Police and an off-duty nurse helped rescue a baby, whose parents were found in distress on the side of the Larnaca-Nicosia highway, authorities said on Monday. The infant was found on Sunday and is currently being treated at the Makarios Hospital, with his health condition being stable. According to a...

‘Change is in the wind for Cyprus! It will come not from the politicians, but the people.’ ALIX NORMAN meets a woman who, after half a century of division, has achieved the impossible On September 21, 2023, the impossible was achieved. Setting out from Larnaca, sailing clockwise around Cyprus, one...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has some thoughts that could pave the was for the resumption of Cyprus talks, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. He said: “Our response to them [Guterres’ thoughts] was positive and we expect to see the response of the Turkish side.” In statements to the press,...

Let the screen take you back to a time when you didn’t have a care in the world says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES   Nostalgia sells. It makes the viewer forget all about the problems of adult life and magically transports them back to a time when their biggest concern was whether...

Israel’s military killed dozens of people in new attacks in Gaza, Palestinian medics said on Monday, and its forces maintained a blockade of two hospitals where they say Hamas militants are hiding. As Israel pressed on with its offensive, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there was a growing international consensus around telling...

The pound was little changed on Monday, hovering near its lowest level in a month after investors last week ramped up their bets that the Bank of England will cut interest rates in June. Sterling was flat at $1.2608, not far off Friday’s one-month low of $1.2576. The euro was...

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had conveyed his intention to meet the North Korean leader, state media reported. But Kim said that improving relations between the two countries will depend on whether Japan, which occupied...

Police on Monday arrested a 43-year-old in Paphos, suspected of being involved in an accident that injured a 54-year-old motorcyclist in Kissonerga. Since the accident on Sunday morning, the 54-year-old man has been in critical condition at Paphos General. The 43-year-old was arrested as part, after police received an arrest...

Police said on Monday a 25-year-old man has been arrested, as a suspect for possession of child pornography. The man was arrested on Sunday just after noon, after police received a court ordered arrest warrant. The tip that the man is allegedly involved came from Europol, who said that a...

A competitive motorbike driver is in critical condition at Paphos General on Monday, following an accident during a competition in Makounta, police said. According to police, the 39-year-old man was injured at around 11.15am on Sunday. Police said that under circumstances that are being investigated, a 55-year-old competitive driver fell...

Cyprus will be celebrating Greek Independence Day on Monday, with a host of parades, events, and church services. At 10am, a church service will be held at the Panayia Faneromeni church in Nicosia’s old town, led by Archbishop Georgios, and attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, House...

Bringing art, music and life to the streets of Limassol is the newest edition of the Street Life Festival. Art corners, cultural interventions and groovy city vibes are about to burst in the heart of Limassol so mark your calendars for April 27. For the past 17 years, the festival...

Gated housing projects are a relatively recent development in Cyprus, which has come as crime, particularly thefts, has increased and people want to feel more secure in their homes.  The need for this kind of protection started approximately 25 years ago and as time passes, there have been more and...

With the race to build a new generation of computers heating up, European companies are eyeing the game-changing opportunities. By Tom Cassauwers At some point in the future, the medicines that people take for everything from a simple cold to a complex disease like Parkinson’s might result from a discovery...

Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements. By Jessica Berthereau In France’s southwestern Gironde department, where half the area is covered by forests, authorities in 2022 built a secondary school with wood from local pine trees. The Pian-Médoc...

Cellulose fibres are emerging as a sustainable option for wrapping everything from foods to electronics. By Helen Massy-Beresford Attention supermarket shoppers in Belgium, France and Luxembourg: a test to cut waste from plastic packaging of foods is coming to nearby stores. Retailers Carrefour and U-Group plan to sell yoghurts, cheeses,...

IT services provider Accenture cut its fiscal-year 2024 revenue forecast on Thursday, as an uncertain economy prompts clients to curtail spending on its consulting services, sending its shares down around 5.6 per cent in premarket trading. Accenture now expects full-year revenue growth in the range of 1 per cent to...