HUSEYIN VEDAT WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH VARIOUS OFFENCES

 30/1/26

Huseyin Vedat, 55 years old, Turkish Cypriot, from Nicosia, is wanted for facilitating the investigations regarding the ongoing cases of burglary of two buildings and theft, burglary of a building with the intent to commit a felony, malicious damage to property, possession of burglary tools during the night, and conspiracy to commit a felony, offenses that according to the information under consideration were committed between the dates 25/12/2025 and 21/01/2026, in the Nicosia district.

Anyone who knows anything that may help in locating him is asked to contact the Nicosia Police Station on 22-802222, or the nearest Police Station or the Citizen's Hotline on 1460.

Paphos pioneers: Creation of 7 new Gravel cycling routes 680 km long

 

PAFOS LEADS THE WAY - CREATION OF 7 NEW GRAVEL CYCLING ROUTES EXCEEDING 680    km IN PAFOS DISTRICT

The Pafos Regional Board of Tourism (ETAP Pafos) announces the completion and official mapping of six (6) new Gravel Cycling routes, along with one (1) long-distance circular route, in the wider Pafos region.

Specifically, two routes start from Pafos–Yeroskipou, two from Akamas Municipality, and two from Polis Chrysochous Municipality, while the seventh long-distance route forms a circular itinerary covering more than 40 communities and exceeding 310 km in length. The six routes collectively cover over 370 km and pass through four municipalities and more than 35 communities across the entire district.

US ‘POSITIVE’ TOWARDS ERHURMAN'S FOUR POINTS FOR CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS

 Cyprus Mail 30 January 2026 - by Tom Cleaver

The United States’ government is “positive” towards Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four stipulations which he says must be met for negotiations on the Cyprus problem to recommence in earnest, according to reports on Friday.

Veteran journalist Ulas Baris wrote that Erhurman’s office received a telephone call from “one of the highest-ranking representatives of the US state department” last month, and that the official said they wished to meet Erhurman.

CYPRUS IS DROWNING IN DUST - RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE VULNERABLE AND EMPLOYERS

 Filenews 30 January 2026

High concentrations of dust are recorded in the atmosphere on Friday, according to the measurements of the ground stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network of the Department of Labour Inspection.

An announcement states that because the dust contains small respirable particles, which may have a negative effect on human health, the public and especially vulnerable population groups (children, the elderly and patients) are urged to avoid moving in open spaces until the phenomenon has passed.

FOR A ONE YEAR CONTRACT ON THE EXISTING PAPHOS-POLIS ROAD, A SIX MONTH EXTENSION WAS REQUESTED

 Filenews 30 January 2026 -by Vassos Vassiliou

The contractor, who undertook the improvement of the existing Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road with a one-year contract, has requested a time extension and financial compensation of 6 months.

The request has been examined on December 15, 2025 and the Sectional Committee for Changes and Claims (TEAA) decided to approve the granting of a justified extension of 28 days, without financial compensation.

The above is recorded by the Minister of Transport, Mr. Alexis Vafeadis, in response to a relevant question by the MP of Paphos of AKEL, Mr. Valentinos Fakontis.

TRUMP'S MISTAKE - THE DOLLAR'S FALL IS CATASTROPHIC

 Filenews 30 January 2026

By Steve Forbes

President Trump said on Wednesday that the dollar's decline is positive. Wrong. It means that problems await us.

The U.S. economy is in pretty good shape, especially compared to the rest of the global economy. But this increasingly beautiful economic picture will suffer disastrous consequences if we do not support the sinking dollar. A volatile dollar means inflation in the future. And that means political disaster for President Trump and the Republican Party. The definition of inflation is the fall in the value of a currency.

THE CARDS IRREVOCABLY WON THE CYPRIOTS

 Filenews 30 January 2026 by Theano Thiopoulou

The ways to pay without the use of cash are nowadays several and accessible to most. But the use of the card remains the most widespread method of cashless payments in EU countries, according to the European Central Bank's new quarterly data for the first half of 2025. According to these data, Cyprus and Portugal hold the lead in the Eurozone in terms of card use for payments.

Portugal had the largest share of card payments as a percentage of the total number of non-cash payments, in the first half of 2025, at 75.7%.

Cyprus comes second, with a marginal difference, at 74.5%, marking an increase of 1.4% compared to the first half of 2024

In third place is Greece with 73% and fourth is Lithuania with 72.8%.