Using lead shot ammunition in wetlands is now illegal in all 27 EU countries, including Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein, but conservationists say monitoring must be tougher in Cyprus. The law comes into force Wednesday following a 2-year “grace” period given to the EU countries to prepare for the change. With this law in place, the
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DISY leader Averof Neofytou has a fight on his hands to remain at the helm of the island’s largest party following failure in the presidential elections. His leadership is contested by the party’s second-in-command Harris Georgiades and DISY spokesperson Demetris Demetriou. Neofytou’s presidential bid failed in the first round – an unprecedented disaster for the
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian shares flashed red on Wednesday along with US futures as investors evaluated sticky American inflation data and remarks from Fed officials. European futures are pointing to a negative open amid the cautious sentiment and this could find its way back to Wall Street later in the
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Pioneers in cognitive sports training, Israeli technology company i-BrainTech is expanding its operation to Cyprus. “The company’s cutting-edge solutions will be made available to elite young athletes in the region, empowering them to elevate their cognitive abilities and physical performance,” i-BrainTech said. “Already trusted by top professional athletes in the Premier League and MLS, i-BrainTech’s
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The flags outside parliament are at half-mast as a sign of mourning for the 48 Turkish Cypriot victims of the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The decision comes after the last back-to-back funerals for 48 people in the north, including 24 children in Turkey on a school volleyball trip when their hotel collapsed. According
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On appeal, the Supreme Court has extended the sentence of a man earlier convicted for “extremely vile” crimes of sexually abusing three children for another five years to a total of 15. Issuing an announcement on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said that it approved an appeal filed by Attorney General George Savvides, who viewed the
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Police are still searching for a 22-year-old Syrian man wanted for the murder of his 21-year-old compatriot Alsweidani Ahmad in central Nicosia. The drug-related murder took place in the capital on Sunday, 5 February, with police on the hunt for Osama Aldheis, considered to be the main suspect in the shooting. The Nicosia Crime Investigation
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The total number of cryptocurrencies dropped by 1,700 year-over-year, falling to 8,704 as of last week, from an all-time high of almost 10,400 a year ago, according to data presented by BitcoinCasinos.com. For years, the ‘cryptoverse’ has seen a surge in cryptocurrencies, but the prolonged crypto winter caused the biggest drop in their number, and
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President of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO), George Danos, highly doubts that the objects shot down by the US army are of extraterrestrial origin. He told CNA they are most probably objects for research or espionage purposes. Danos said a recent US report suggests increasing sightings of unidentified aerial objects. He said that following
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Cyprus tourism is in recovery mode, following two years of COVID, as Google search metrics recorded a surge in interest from foreign tourists. Despite losing the Russian and Ukrainian markets due to the war in Ukraine, tourism arrivals reached 80% of pre-pandemic levels. The island was around 700,000 tourists short of the record year 2019
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