Food delivery drivers must park their vehicles in the shade when temperatures reach extreme highs following a cabinet decision on Thursday. In comments to the media following the cabinet session, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou announced the decision, explaining that food delivery with motorcycles will be prohibited between 12 noon and 4 pm on days for
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Police are looking into the circumstances under which a 61-year-old man lost his life after his vehicle overturned and burst into flames outside Nicosia. The incident claimed the life of a 61-year-old Romanian permanent resident on the island, identified as Ion Bordei, following a DNA test. The unfortunate man was burned alive in the fire
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A British pensioner found guilty of killing his seriously ill wife will hear his fate during sentencing at Paphos Criminal Court on July 31. Last week, the court rejected the premeditated murder charge and convicted David Hunter, 76, of manslaughter instead – his defence argued for a suspended sentence during Thursday’s mitigation hearing. The Briton
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Another two people drowned in Cyprus seas on Wednesday, taking the number of deaths to three in as many days. Around 6 pm on Wednesday, a 25-year-old Afghan man was pulled unconscious from the sea in Protaras after going for a swim. According to police, the young man was found floating in the sea and
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Karpasia Bishop Christoforos said the character of the revered Apostolos Andreas Monastery in the Turkish-occupied north should not be altered or partly turned into a Mosque. “Just as we respect the Hala Sultan mosque in Larnaca and we do not want its character as a place of prayer, nor the surrounding area, to become something
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The family of a road victim have consented to the early release of a 44-year-old mother-of-three who was jailed in May for 16 months for causing the fatal traffic accident which claimed their loved one. The accident happened on December 31, 2020, on Makarios Avenue in Aradippou, Larnaca and caused the death of father-of-two army
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EuroAsia Interconnector, operator of the subsea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, said it has written to the Audit Office over comments about a possible review of the project, if public funds are used. In an announcement on Wednesday, EuroAsia said it was ready “to provide any information
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A ceasefire between Halloumi producers and the government agreed upon a year ago has ended, as an agreement over what makes the cheese special is once again questioned by dairy farmers. Some cheesemakers, including Papouis Dairies, one of the largest dairy producers on the island, have filed an appeal before the European Court, demanding the
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A shrinking banking sector has worsened unemployment figures, as 460 of 1,000 former bank staff who took early retirement in 2022 have been unable to find work. According to an analysis prepared by the Human Resources Development Authority of Cyprus, the number of bank employees without a job increased by 64.1% The shrinking sector is
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By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rates by 25-basis points on Wednesday; anything else would be a shocker. The critical question that’s at the forefront of the market’s collective mind is whether this week’s Fed rate hike will indeed be the
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