Новости за 23.02.2024

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Friday that a fight which broke out in the old town’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday night was a “mafia exercise”. A brawl broke out between two large groups of men during the evening, with eyewitnesses saying the street “turned into a...

The fast-paced digital era has set the scene where job descriptions change and some roles quickly become irrelevant, even as new skills are constantly in demand. While this labour transition certainly stimulates a deep sense of endless possibilities for development and growth, more often than not, it also comes with...

As the current bull run slows down, investors are looking for projects to take their returns to the next level. According to current market trends, Stacks, Fetch.ai and Meme Moguls could do just that. Stacks and Fetch.ai have seen significant returns in February, while Meme Moguls is expected to soar...

Germany’s parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated to use the drug. Under the proposals brought by the Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling three-party coalition, cultivating up to three...

Cypriot real estate market analytics firm Ask Wire on Friday released a report on the ten most expensive property transactions completed in Cyprus during January 2024. The report also provided additional information on the local real estate market, including the highest property sales and their overall value across Cyprus. According...

TLDR Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs witnessed a surge in demand, attracting a record $2.4 billion out of the $2.45 billion entering digital asset investment products. Newly approved U.S.-based ETFs like Fidelity’s FBTC and BlackRock’s IBIT outpaced outflows from Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust. NuggetRush (NUGX) is a rising player in the competitive world...

Three of Cyprus’ beaches were ranked in Europe’s top 25 beaches for 2024 by travel giant Tripadvisor. Highest ranking on the list was Nissi beach in Ayia Napa, in seventh place in Europe, and in 22nd globally. Tripadvisor says it “is a beautiful sandy cove with powdery white sand, bright...

The academic staff and student unions of the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) were set to strike on Friday, mainly over budget concerns. The strike will begin at 1.30pm in the forecourt of the university rector’s building. According to a related announcement, the goal of the event is to send...

Hellenic Bank on Friday released its preliminary group financial results for 2023, posting a full-year profit of €365.4 million, while profit for the fourth quarter alone stood at €124.8 million. Commenting on the group’s financial results for 2023, Antonis Rouvas, the group’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, stated that “in 2023,...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to hold his next meeting with United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on March 11, he said on Friday. Speaking to journalists, he said that on March 11, “everything will be as it should be.” “We have one single goal, which is nothing more than...

The building which exploded in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi on Tuesday had not obtained the requisite permission to be converted into its current form, Engomi Mayor Zacharias Kyriakou said on Friday. Speaking to CyBC, he said no application had been filed to convert the ground floor of the building...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) this week hosted a meeting with a number of foreign ambassadors, focusing on the symbiotic relationship between technology, innovation, and sustainable economic growth. This gathering, co-organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, aimed to explore how advancements in technology can...

Charlie Woods was unsuccessful in his first attempt at qualifying for a PGA Tour event. The 15-year-old son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods carded a 12 at the par-4 seventh hole and finished 16-over 86 on Thursday at Lost Lake Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. The pre-qualifying event was one...

Dinner options  Ajem Pilaf 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 200g lean beef, cut into small cubes 1 onion, finely chopped 1/4 tsp salt 50g vermicelli 300g parboiled rice 1 small cinnamon stick 1 bay leaf 700ml hot beef broth 50g raisins 50g pine nuts 1 teaspoon pepper   In a medium...

According to a recent announcement from the Uniswap (UNI) Foundation, the official deployment of the Uniswap v4 protocol now has an official date set to be deployed after the upcoming Ethereum (ETH) Dencun upgrade. This anticipated upgrade has sparked significant interest within the cryptocurrency community, particularly as Uniswap continues to...

At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain, local authorities said on Friday, while at least 19 people remained missing. Television footage showed the entire facade of the building ablaze as burning segments fell to the pavement below and...

In today’s episode, legislators dubbed the commercial development done in a protected area in Ayia Napa “a classic crime“. Meanwhile, the auditor-general will report the Cyprus Broadcasting Cooperation (CyBC) to the anti-corruption authority on suspicion of “abuse of power”. Elsewhere, Morphou Bishop Neofytos said he “honours” Russian President Vladimir Putin...

GlobCom Company, in collaboration with SEGULA Technologies, is conducting tests on Mercedes-Benz vehicles’ ADAS/AD sensory equipment on Cyprus public roads, over February 12-March 25, 2024. This project marks an important and necessary step towards the development of future automated driving functions, contributing to safer roads and an expected reduction in...

This Saturday, a guided walk around old Nicosia will examine the city’s public squares and how place, memory and power are connected in a divided city. Participants will be led by facilitators Loizos Kapsalis and Esra Plümer-Bardak on a route that will cross checkpoints in the old city, exploring public...

Imperio remains steadfast in its commitment to promote the green transition of Cyprus’ real-estate sector – a development that will greatly benefit the sector’s businesses, society, economy, as well as the environment itself, in multiple ways. As a pioneer of sustainable development in Cyprus, the Company has laid the foundations...

A total of 140 kilograms of beef smuggled from the Republic were seized by police in the north on Thursday, with two arrests made. The first arrestee, a 55-year-old man, was caught while attempting to drive into the north at the Pergamos crossing point. A search of his vehicle found...

“I refuse to quit. I feel no need to kiss the ring,” said Nikki Haley defiantly. She was talking about Donald Trump’s ring, of course, because she is predicted to lose the Republican presidential primary vote on Saturday in South Carolina, the state where she was once governor, by a...

Renovation works have started on Kyrenia’s sea promenade, the town’s mayor Murat Senkul announced on Thursday evening. In a post on social media, Senkul said the area has been “waiting for years to be rebuilt,” and that “when the works we started are completed, our country will gain a very...

Another dead body was found off the coast of Cyprus on Thursday night, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Ayios Amvrosios. The body, a male, was found by the Turkish Cypriot coastguard. The police have launched an investigation into the incident. Dead bodies washing up on or being found...

Police in Limassol on Friday arrested a man for having written death threats and trafficked drugs. They said the man, aged 43, had written death threats and other threats of violence during the summer of 2022, and that he had illegally possessed drugs with the intent to supply during November...