CRIME ROUND UP

 Filenews 6/4

The Police arrested six young people, four of whom were minors, during the checks for the lamps, as they were found with dozens of firecrackers, aggressive instruments and drugs.

With intensified patrols and controls in all provinces, the actions of the Police continued yesterday, as well as during the night, to prevent the use of firecrackers, the lighting of lamps and phenomena of juvenile delinquency.

GREEK FRIGATE ELLI DEPARTS FOR CYPRUS

 

GREEK FRIGATE ELLI DEPARTS FOR CYPRUS - Cy Mail 6/4 by Eleni Panayiotou

The Greek navy frigate Elli has departed from the Salamis naval base bound for Cyprus, according to Greek Navy sources, in a move linked to ongoing regional security cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Elli, an S-type frigate, left earlier on Monday morning.

LAW ON DISABILITY - THE GOVERNMENT BILL WAS PASSED WITH CHANGES - THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO INCREASE BENEFITS - DISCONNECTION FROM THE GMI

 

LAW ON DISABILITY - THE GOVERNMENT BILL WAS PASSED WITH CHANGES - THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO INCREASE BENEFITS - DISCONNECTION FROM THE GMI - Filenews 6/4 by Marilena Panayi

The law on disability was unanimously passed by the Plenary Session of the Parliament, thus paving the way for the decoupling of the disability allowance from the Guaranteed Minimum Income and the inclusion of thousands of people with disabilities, who until now did not enjoy the relevant support, in the various state plans.

THE WEATHER IS DETERIORATING - NEW YELLOW WARNING FOR STORMS AND HAIL IS IN EFFECT - 6 April - 1pm-5pm

 

THE WEATHER IS DETERIORATING - NEW YELLOW WARNING FOR STORMS AND HAIL IS IN EFFECT - 6 April - 1pm-5pm - Filenews 6/4

A new yellow warning was issued by the Department of Meteorology

It will come into force from 13:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon of the same Monday.

Clouds that will develop are expected to give local clouds and thunderstorms, while hail is also expected to fall.

CYPRUS HOUSING DEBATE RIKS TARGETING THE WRONG CULPRIT

 

CYPRUS HOUSING DEBATE RIKS TARGETING THE WRONG CULPRIT - Cy Mail 5/4


By Yiannis Misirlis

In every housing cycle, markets search for a villain. Today, in Cyprus, the spotlight has turned toward foreign, particularly non-European, buyers. The policy response now under discussion, namely stricter limitations on property sales to non-Europeans, reflects a familiar instinct: when prices rise and affordability tightens, constrain demand.

It is an instinct that is politically understandable but economically misguided.

CYPRUS STRENGTHENS AIR DEFENCE AS HAI UNVEILS 'SHIELD OF ACHILLES' VISION

 

CYPRUS STRENGTHENS AIR DEFENCE AS HAI UNVEILS 'SHIELD OF ACHILLES' VISION - Cy Mail 5/4 by Eleni Panayiotou

HAI CEO: we view the security of Greece and Cyprus as part of an indivisible strategic space

Cyprus is moving to bolster its air defence capabilities amid rising regional tensions, with Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) positioning its systems as a cost-effective response to the growing drone threat.

In an interview with the Cyprus Mail, vice admiral (retd), executive chairman and CEO of HAI, Alexandros Diakopoulos said recent events in the Eastern Mediterranean, such as the drone attack on Akrotiri at the beginning of last month, had exposed what he described as the “economic paradox” of modern warfare.

WHAT'S ON - 6-30 APRIL

 

WHAT'S ON - 6-30 APRIL