Prisons governor Anna Aristotelous has accused investigators looking into inmates using drugs and mobile phones of colluding with police to fabricate testimonies against her. The accusations come under another wave of recent scandals shaking Nicosia’s central prisons. Talking to CyBC radio, Aristotelous said that two independent investigators tasked with producing a report on drug and
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To mark International Equal Pay Day, Commissioner for Gender Equality, Iosifina Antoniou highlighted the long-standing struggles to achieve parity between men and women at work, noting the wage gap in Cyprus is 9%. International Equal Pay Day was established by the UN General Assembly in 2019 and is celebrated every September 18. Antoniou stated that the
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The island is slowly leaving behind the hot summer weather, as average temperatures are expected to drop by three to four degrees Celsius by the end of the week. In comments to the Financial Mirror, weather observer Eric Kitas of KitasWeather said Cyprus can expect cooler temperatures, while nights will feel chilly as autumn draws
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President Nicos Anastasiades is attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, along with dozens of foreign leaders and heads of state. The First Lady, Andri Anastasiades, accompanies the President. London is feverishly preparing for the first public funeral since the one for Winston Churchill in 1965. The ceremony attracts distinguished guests to
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Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar is in Cyprus for direct talks with her Cypriot counterpart, Natasa Pilides, to resolve a dispute over exploiting a joint gas reservoir. The meeting takes place after failed attempts by companies tasked by the two governments to reach an understanding over the “Yishai” natural gas field, which is adjacent to
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A decision by Washington to lift a decades-long arms embargo imposed on Cyprus means the country is better defended but not a threat to anyone, said Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides. He said it is a “positive development” that highlights the good relations between Cyprus and USA. Kasoulides is in New York, where appointing an envoy for
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The partners in exploiting Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas field have approved a $192 million investment to begin drilling and cover other development costs for the offshore project, Israeli firm NewMed Energy said. Most of the investment is for drilling a well that will first confirm the size of the gas deposit, estimated to be 124 billion
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Over the years, tech giant Amazon has acquired or invested in more than a hundred companies, helping diversify its core revenue and moving deeper into several sectors. After the company announced it’s making a new push into healthcare with its $3.9 bln acquisition of One Medical, the price tag of Amazon’s biggest takeovers got even
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We are wanton to believe that justice exists to protect the weak from the strong, law-abiding citizens from the rule breakers. An idea of natural justice among us boils to the surface when a public scandal or unspeakable crime is uncovered. Once we lose our sense of justice being done, that right is always greater
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It was back to primary school for children after the gymnasiums and lyceums opened last week, with politicians and wannabe presidential candidates blurting out bright ideas about education reform. This is the first school year post-Covid, as students return to some sense of normalcy, picking up where they left off, with buildings needing repair and
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