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Plan underway to save rodent-eating barn owls
The government is about to prepare a national action plan for using barn owls to control rodents, the agriculture ministry announced on Tuesday. The plan was decided on at a meeting held at the...
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UK’s PM May vows to fight on, warning Brexit is in peril
British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed on Wednesday to fight a challenge to her leadership of the Conservative Party, saying a change now would delay or even imperil Britain’s planned divorce from...
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Cyprus ‘staunch supporter’ of stronger, more democratic more united Europe
European defence, migration, Brexit and regional cooperation were raised by President Nicos Anastasiades during a speech he gave on Wednesday to the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. He first...
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New Mazotos finds shed fascinating light on ancient seafaring
Latest discoveries from the 4th century BC Mazotos shipwreck off Larnaca could be part of a ‘missing link’ in the development of ancient Eastern Mediterranean naval technology after indications were...
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Six cents per litre shaved off car and heating fuel tax (Updated)
The parliament plenum on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to reduce the tax on motor and heating fuel by almost six cents per litre The reduction will come into effect on December 18. In an...
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Final witnesses testify in last day of Co-op inquiry
The end for the Co-operative Bank was sealed when the European supervisors lost their confidence, the lender’s former CEO said on Wednesday, in what was likely to be the last hearing of the four-month...
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Halloumi is safe but trademark loss a blunder, says minister
Cyprus has not lost halloumi in the UK, nor has anyone else won the trademark, Commerce Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis told MPs on Wednesday, conceding however, that an important tool that helped defend...
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Leaders take to the floor in state budget debate (Updated)
The House of Representatives in a plenary session on Wednesday night started its three-day discussion on the state budget for 2019. A total of 48 government amendments have been submitted for the state...
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British PM May survives party confidence vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a confidence vote by the Conservative Party on Wednesday, but a mutiny by more than a third of her lawmakers indicated parliament was heading towards...
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Bicommunal committee marks 10 years of fixing heritage sites
The bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH) on Wednesday celebrated 10 years of working with the European Commission and the UNDP to preserve the island’s heritage. The successes of...
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Snow expected in Troodos
Snow could fall on Troodos on Friday morning as rains and storms are set to return to the island. On Thursday the weather will be mainly fine with a few clouds, although the temperature is not expected...
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AG appeals lenient sentence for sexual assault on underage girl
The state legal service confirmed on Thursday it has appealed a court decision sentencing a 48-year-old man to four years in jail for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl with mild mental...
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Healthy dialogue can solve Cyprus problem, Turkish FM says (updated)
Only a healthy dialogue on the Cyprus problem would make settlement possible, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday following a meeting with UN envoy Jane Holl Lute in Ankara. In a...
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Food inspections stepped up for Christmas, offending producers on notice
Authorities on Thursday said they seized over four tonnes of peanuts ridden with high levels of aflatoxins and around 300 kilogrammes of dried apricots found to contain large quantities of...
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North contractors threaten yellow-vest demo over high-rise restrictions
By Evie Andreou Contractors in the north have threatened to react with a yellow vest-style protest unless a decree they see as hindering development in the areas of Famagusta, Trikomo and Ayios Sergios...
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MPs show they’re the ‘champions of the poor’ during budget debate
By Elias Hazou Opposition politicians on Thursday harangued the government for operating in a bubble and focusing on lifeless economic data while the real situation was grim, with thousands of people...
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Living in air-polluted Nicosia will cost residents on average a year of their...
By Lizzy Ioannidou AN AVERAGE of one year is cut from the lives of every Nicosia resident due to high levels of air pollution, which is linked with 400 premature deaths a year islandwide, an...
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Court acquits former Bank of Cyprus executives
The Nicosia criminal court on Friday acquitted two former bank executives of charges relating to market manipulation but a trial will take place for five others implicated in the same case. The court...
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Limassol port workers threaten indefinite strike
Workers at Limassol port threatened on Friday to go on indefinite strike if their demands over collective agreements were not accepted within the next eight days. The latest threat came after Friday’s...
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Public in trouble for badgering Larnaca’s flamingos
Larnaca municipality and the Larnaca tourist board on Friday expressed their disappointment that the public is ignoring their appeals not to disturb the flamingos on Larnaca salt lake. They said they...
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