Cyprus’ Met office issued a yellow warning for near gale-force winds, which is expected to mostly affect Limassol and Paphos. The yellow alert issued lasts until Thursday 3 pm with south-westerly to westerly winds affecting mountainous and inland areas. Winds are expected to range between 6 to 7 points on the Beaufort scale, while more
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Russian troops have seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a devastating week-old war that has already created one million refugees. The capture of the Black Sea city of 290,000 people, which just last year hosted NATO-supported war games, appeared a significant boost for Moscow as it readied for potential ceasefire talks
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Any move by Israel to improve stressed ties with Turkey won’t be at the expense of its “strategic relationship” with neighbouring Cyprus, the Israeli president assured. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, speaking after talks with President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday, said he’s aware next week’s visit to Turkey has touched a raw nerve in Nicosia, which
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The absence of an international authority to enforce international law is all too evident in the Republic of Cyprus. The United Nations behaves like Pontius Pilate regarding the invasion and occupation of the north, the European Union systematically turns a blind eye to Turkish violations of Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as defined and recognised
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, daily cases rose above the 2,000 marker to 2,109 pushing the infection rate to 2.44%, as the rate of hospitalisations dropped marginally to 145 and 28 critical cases, three less than the previous day. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that the latest victims were two
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Russian forces shelled several Ukrainian cities on Wednesday as troops battled in the streets of Kharkiv, and Ukraine’s president accused Moscow of wanting to “erase our country”. Russia also said it had captured the Black Sea port of Kherson on the seventh day of Moscow’s invasion, while Russian artillery massed outside the capital Kyiv — raising
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Larnaca-based TUS Airways is to expand its flight schedule from Cyprus, including additional destinations such as Brussels, Paris, and Beijing. Presenting TUS’ new flight plan on Wednesday, General Manager Michael Weinstein said the airline’s additional destinations: “Offer multiple benefits to passengers, while facilitating the transportation of cargo with multiple benefits for the economy”. According to
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The EU on Wednesday excluded seven Russian banks from the global SWIFT network, as sanctions were ratcheted up over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The banks immediately cut out from the secure interbank messaging network that permits transactions are Russia’s second-biggest lender VTB Bank and Bank Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Rossiya Bank, Sovcombank and VEB (Vnesheconombank), according
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The three biggest container shipping groups in the world announced they were suspending non-essential deliveries to Russia, adding to the country’s economic isolation following a raft of sanctions by the West. Danish shipping giant Maersk, Switzerland-based MSC and France’s CMA CGM all announced that they would no longer take bookings for goods from Russia and
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TUI, the world’s largest tour operator, may have a Russian oligarch problem, as its main shareholder Alexey Mordashov met with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin last week amid the invasion of Ukraine. With the West hitting Russia with sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, TUI will have to address the matter, as having
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