The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) said it was investigating allegations that two drunken British soldiers sunk jet skis and misbehaved on a beach in the Turkish-held north of the divided island. According to Turkish Cypriot media, two British members of UNFICYP damaged two jet-skis they had rented from a water sports operator at
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Cyprus police have arrested four people onboard a boat carrying a total of 61 Syrian migrants on suspicion of people trafficking after a police patrol boat spotted them off Cape Greco, Paralimni. The four men arrested face numerous charges, including helping third-country citizens to illegally enter Cyprus for financial gain and transporting people on unsafe
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The Auditor General has called on tax officials to do all they can to collect overdue taxes, reaching a whopping €2 bln, following the report on the Tax Department. In its report, the Audit Office points out that the failure to appoint a Tax Commissioner and Assistant Tax Commissioners has cost the state dearly as
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Cyprus will be in a position to export natural gas in the next four to five years, said the island’s Energy Minister Natasa Pilides in an interview with a Greek newspaper on Sunday. She told “To Vima” that Cyprus is waiting on the Eni/Total consortium to submit a specific exploitation roadmap for the gas fields
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President Nicos Anastasiades is seeking a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General in September in New York as Cyprus talks remain deadlocked after fives years of limbo. “There are already steps being taken for a meeting with the Secretary-General, and of course, the purpose of the meeting is only to convey the need to implement
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Ignore the risks that inflation, recession and possible stagflation pose to your money, and it could be a very costly mistake, according to the chief executive of a leading financial advisory and fintech. However, you don’t have to “admit defeat and only seek capital preservation” as capital growth is highly achievable too, even in these
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Streaming accounted for 34.8% of TV screen time in the U.S. in July, with cable and broadcast (traditional linear TV) at 34.4% and 21.6% of total viewing time, respectively. According to data from StockApps.com, this is the first time streaming surpassed cable and broadcast since the viewership tracking began. The data also revealed that Americans
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The cost of government intervention to deal with the energy crisis rises daily as gas and electricity prices across Europe lose touch with reality and move into unchartered waters, a senior finance manager of a Greek energy firm said. “Any prediction as to their future direction is too risky to formulate,” the source told the
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The latest gas find off Cyprus is insufficient for Nicosia to join the EU’s energy plans to become less reliant on Russian supplies, as Moscow threatens to turn off the taps, says industry expert Charles Ellinas. The Senior Fellow at the Global Energy Centre, Atlantic Council, admitted that recent findings had bolstered belief in the
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Authorities are stepping up efforts to repatriate failed asylum seekers to alleviate pressure on reception centres and social welfare. According to police data, this year (up until August 19), 3,680 foreign nationals seeking asylum were either deported or returned to their countries voluntarily, compared to 2,320 in 2021 and 1,272 in 2020. In 2019, deportations
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