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Energy minister says future gas strategy depends on next findings
Cyprus’s future strategy in developing its hydrocarbon industry will depend on the quantities that exploratory drilling in its exclusive economic zone will reveal over the next years, Energy Minister...
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Man gets 16 years in jail for cocaine trafficking
A 40-year-old Cameroonian man was jailed for 16 years on Friday in Larnaca after he was found guilty of trafficking almost 11 kilos of cocaine. Fabrice Vance Tameljong was arrested by the drug squad in...
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No intention of cutting minimum wage, labour minister says
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou made it clear on Friday that it was not the government’s intention to cut the minimum wage, in the wake of a public discussion prompted by a statement of the...
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Professional army era begins
DEFENCE Minister Christoforos Fokaides Friday announced the successful recruitment of 3,000 professional soldiers selected on merit in a transparent procedure within the timeframe envisaged, he said....
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Belgium arrests two men suspected of planning attack (updated)
Police arrested two men suspected of planning an attack in Belgium after house searches on Friday evening, federal prosecutors said on Saturday. The two, named as 33-year-old Nourredine H and his...
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President backs down on confidentiality clause for National Council
President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday backed down from asking party leaders to agree to a confidentiality clause as part of the National Council’s operation, a proposal made after one of them...
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Turkey’s anti-Gulen crackdown ripples far and wide
Barely 12 hours after a failed coup in Turkey, Somalia’s cabinet met in Mogadishu to consider a request from Ankara to shut down two schools and a hospital linked to Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric...
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Turkey expels nearly 1,400 personnel from armed forces -Anadolu
By Ayla Jean Yackley and Seyhmus Cakan The Turkish government dismissed nearly 1,400 military personnel for suspected links to a cleric it blames for an attempted coup, state media said on Sunday,...
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Saipem’s pipelayer platform for Zohr work docks at Limassol, staying six...
Saipem’s pipelayer Castoro Sei (Beaver Six) was fully ensconced at Limassol port on Sunday before starting work on underwater pipelines for Egypt’s giant Zohr gasfield. The Zohr gas field was...
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Yellow alert as temperatures rise
Temperatures are going to be extremely high from Monday until at least Thursday, prompting the met office to issue a yellow alert. On Monday, temperatures will reach around 41C inland, 33C on the west...
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Cobalt Air CEO resigns
By Stelios Orphanides Cobalt Air CEO Andrew Pyne has resigned his post, he told the Cyprus Business Mail on Monday. Responding to a text message, Pyne confirmed his decision to leave the newly created...
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Heatwave set to last all week
Temperatures will remain high until the end of the week the meteorological service said on Tuesday, coupled with rising humidity to add to the discomfort. “We have meteorological data until Saturday...
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Late Bronze Age burial site ‘one of the grandest’ ever found in Cyprus
A large vase depicting a woman clothed in a sophisticated long dress of Minoan fashion and an intact bronze dagger were among some rare finds excavated during the latest dig at the Late Bronze Age...
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Heatwave set to continue
The heatwave is expected to continue until next week, the meteorological service said on Thursday, though temperatures will drop slightly in the next few days. Temperatures inland reached 40 degrees...
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Warehouse owner arrested, importer sought after cocaine haul seized
A 53-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Thursday night in connection with 156 kilos of cocaine found in a customs warehouse in Zakaki, police announced on Friday. According to a police report,...
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Limassol sea filth a growing cause for concern
WHILE the authorities are still talking about how best to resolve the problem of polluted waters, holidaymakers and locals alike are reporting that they suffering from the filth in the Limassol sea....
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Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening
By Mary Milliken and Caroline Stauffer Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic...
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Blunder or tip-off? Police on the spot over Ayia Napa killings
Police on Saturday denied any suggestion that a police officer might have deliberately mishandled a tip-off from Serbian Interpol alerting them to a possible murder attempt on Ayia Napa businessman...
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‘Justice must be seen to be done’
By Evie Andreou When former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash allowed the opening of the first crossing point 13 years ago, it was partly to prove that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots could...
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Ministry to ask police to investigate allegations of missing antiquities made...
The transport ministry on Monday said it was preparing a letter asking the police chief to investigate the allegations of Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos that some of the antiquities department staff...
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