Source: in-cyprus.com A 31-year-old man who was the main suspect in the death of Lesya Bykova at Petra tou Romiou was released from custody today. Police said that a new autopsy on Bykova’s body found that her death was not caused by a criminal act, therefore exonerating the 31-year-old. Bykova fell to her death off […]
Source: Financial Mirror A second autopsy on the body of Lesya Bykova found that the woman’s death was an accident, disputing the findings of a first autopsy carried out by state pathologists which pointed to murder. The 28-year-old Ukrainian woman had been found dead at the bottom of a cliff near tourist attraction Aphrodite’s Rock […]
Source: Cyprus Mail Through dance, the new generation of Cypriot and Greek members of the diaspora are being introduced to their culture finds PAUL LAMBIS Called the Mother of Hellenism by Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria Theodoros II, South African Greek dance teacher Mary Vassiliou died in 2015 at the age of 94, but her […]
Source: in-cyprus.com The Stelios Philanthropic foundation awarded ten teams, consisting of 10 Greek Cypriot and 10 Turkish Cypriot people, at its bicommunal awards in an online ceremony on March 21. The winning teams of the “Stelios Bi-Communal Awards for Business Co-operation 2023” received a cash prize of 10,000 euros for each team member. According to […]
Source: Financial Mirror Philanthropist Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou awarded 10 bicommunal teams, consisting of Greek and Turkish Cypriots, who stood out in business cooperation. Each team member wins a cash prize of €10,000. At the online award ceremony to announce the ten winning teams, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou congratulated the winners via zoom. Some 46 groups of Greek […]
Source: in-cyprus.com President Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest test of his 20-year rule in May elections that will decide not only who leads Turkey but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. The presidential and parliamentary votes are […]
Source: in-cyprus.com Greece reopened some train routes on Wednesday, three weeks after a deadly train crash forced authorities to suspend all rail service across the country over safety concerns. All passenger and freight services have been halted since a passenger and a cargo train carrying more than 350 people collided head-on on Feb. 28 on […]
Source: Financial Mirror Cyprus joined EU member states as a signatory to a project led by the European Defence Agency for the collaborative procurement of ammunition. The collaborative procurement of ammunition includes the possibility of sending it to Ukraine, but Cyprus will not be sending munitions to the country. Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas participated in […]
Source: Financial Mirror Petrol station owners warn of strike action if President Nikos Christodoulides does not respond to their calls to discuss what they call the “unacceptable and illegal” purchase of petrol from the Turkish-occupied north. Spokesperson for the Petrol Owners Association, Christodoulos Christodoulou, said the President has yet to reply to a letter sent […]
Source: Cyprus Mail Paphos district court on Tuesday renewed the remand of the 31-year-old suspect in the case of Lesya Bykova’s death for three more days, pending the outcome of a second autopsy performed on the body. The 28-year-old Ukrainian woman was found dead near Petra tou Romiou (Aphrodite’s Rock) on March 11. Her partner […]