Archive June 2021

Federal Reserve officials signaled on Wednesday that they expected to raise interest rates from near-zero levels sooner than they had previously forecast. The euro and the pound both fell sharply ...

Agriculture minister Costas Kadis on Thursday highlighted the importance of the new Mammari firefighting aircraft base in Wednesday’s efforts to extinguish a fire in the Ayia Marina Xyliatos area, ...

German supermarket chain Lidl captured a new record market share of 6.2 per cent across Europe during the previous year as the entire sector bucked wider retail trends for a strong ...

China on Thursday successfully launched the crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, which is expected to send three astronauts to its space station core module Tianhe for a three-month mission. It is China’...

Cyprus has only managed to reduce its road deaths by 20 per cent in the past ten years, the seventh country that has been least effective in helping the EU reach ...

At around the time of the 2004 referendum on the Annan Plan, Nicos Anastasiades, as Disy leader wrote to the European Commission to report then President Tassos Papadopoulos for the way ...

By Paolo Gentiloni Global crises often pave the way for major reforms. The agreements that regulate the monetary system and global trade were reached in the wake of the Second ...

Manuel Locatelli bagged a brace of goals for the first time in his career as imperious Italy defeated Switzerland 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday to become the first ...

Felix Auger-Aliassime enjoyed a landmark victory against 10-time champion Roger Federer at the Halle Open. The 20-year-old, who is 19 years younger than his opponent, rallied from a set down to ...

With political will and commitment, and with flexibility and creativity, the two sides in Cyprus can find the necessary common ground to build a common future, British High Commissioner Stephen ...

Wales captain Gareth Bale set up Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts to score for a 2-0 victory over Turkey in their Group A match at Baku’s Olympic Stadium on ...

The health ministry announced 68 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Wednesday. There are 38 coronavirus patients in hospitals, 12 of whom are in serious condition. Six of the 12 patients are ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to hold arms control and cyber-security talks, recording small gains and big differences at a first summit ...

Efforts to extinguish a fire that started around 2.55pm on Wednesday in Ayia Marina Xyliatou are still ongoing and will continue through the night, the forestry department said. Forestry department ...

Afternoon teachers in state schools will not give up until their demands are met, trade union Sek said during another protest by striking teachers on Wednesday morning. Teachers working in ...

Anthemic rockers Bon Jovi will hit the big screen in Cyprus for one night on Friday presenting a concert from New Jersey. Never seen before, Encore Nights is being recorded ...

Limnes migrant detention centre in Menoyia on Wednesday received a donation of 80 housing units from the Polish embassy to help speed up processing asylum applications. Polish ambassador Irena Lichnerowicz Augustyn ...

A goal in first-half stoppage time by Aleksei Miranchuk got Russia’s Euro 2020 campaign back on track as they beat Finland 1-0 in Group B on Wednesday. Joel Pohjanpalo thought ...

Bryson DeChambeau has dismantled courses with his prodigious length off the tee and on Wednesday said to expect more of the same from him this week at Torrey Pines, where ...

Who wouldn’t want to live a summer full of adventure, exciting views, endless swims, unique flavours and memories that will stay etched in their brain forever? For many, summer ...

A group of demonstrators on Wednesday gathered outside the offices of the legal service to protest against a decision by the attorney-general not to prosecute 15 police officers named in an ...

In this video, Grand Luxury Hotels co-founders and brothers, Ivan and Rouslan Lartisien, take us on a vicarious experience of the Royal Mansour Marrakech hotel, situated in the kingdom of ...

No major bank in the eurozone meets all of the European Central Bank’s expectations in assessing climate-related risk and they should expect increased pressure from their supervisor to adjust, ...

After the blow inflicted by the UK’s decision to delay the easing of coronavirus measures in England, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios reiterated on Wednesday that Cyprus deserves to ...