Fact: A 52-year-old resident of Limassol was arrested by the police for extorting money from an 83-year-old resident of a village in the Limassol district on 23 separate occasions under false pretenses. The 83-year-old gave a total of €12,830 to the suspect.
Fact: Sotiroulla Charalambous, the general secretary of the Akel union federation Peo, discussed important Marxist ideas such as the exploitation of workers and the class struggle in an interview given on May Day.
Fact: The European parliament greenlighted a Nature Restoration Law in February 2024, setting a target to restore at least 20% of Europe’s land and sea area by 2030.
A team from the Financial Action Task Force held meetings with Turkish authorities to assess Turkey’s progress in curbing money laundering and terrorist financing concerns. The team’s report will form the basis of the FATF’s decision at a June 28 plenary, which Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek has signaled will mark Turkey’s departure from the grey list of countries under special scrutiny.
Cyprus currently has up to eight airborne firefighting means at its disposal, including two helicopters from Jordan.
A municipal councillor and the community leader of Dromolaxia-Meneou, near Larnaca, scuffled at a village café following damage to the former’s car a day ago.
John Swinney was elected as the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and is set to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s first minister.
A 46-year-old man was rearrested by police following evidence related to twelve cases of arson targeting residences and vehicles in the area of Strovolos in Nicosia between July 2023 and February 2024.
The Nicosia town hall and Eleftheria Square will be lit up on Europe Day, celebrated every year on May 9, to mark the beginning of the month-long countdown to the European elections scheduled from June 6 to 9.
High-level guests will attend a celebration in the parliament on Friday during a special session of the House plenum to mark Cyprus’ 20th anniversary since joining the European Union. President Nikos Christodoulides, cabinet ministers, the diplomatic corps, and other officials of the Republic will be present. The event will conclude with an award ceremony for students of high schools and technical schools in the essay competition on “20 years since Cyprus’ accession to the EU.”