Archive 2021

Some U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed taxing billionaires’ unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden’s social-policy and climate-change agenda, according to the top ...

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was felt in Limassol on Wednesday, the second one of the day. According to the geological survey department, the quake was recorded at 4.43pm. Its epicentre was ...

The House justice committee on Wednesday started discussion on the establishment of a commercial and maritime disputes court, in a bid to speed up legal procedures and boost Cyprus’ prospects ...

During a House environment committee on Wednesday, MPs expressed disappointment over delays in the removal of asphalt plants in the Dali area amid constant complaints from locals. Last year, cabinet ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties said Wednesday that the environmentally sensitive Karpas peninsula should not be used for military purposes and expressed concern over the stalemate in the Cyprus ...

Contracts were signed on Wednesday for the revamp of old GSP stadium in central Nicosia, with works expected to kick off on November 10. The budget for the project is just ...

Love is a dog from hell distracting you from the toxic traits of the people closest to you, and any show that quotes Charles Bukowski must be worth your while. ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by the health minister for administering booster shots to people who received the one-off J&J Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 in the ...

Finance minister Rishi Sunak said stronger economic growth and lower borrowing would allow him to increase public spending as Britain emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and he vowed to protect ...

Marie Cohuet hid in a lavatory inside the Louvre art museum for over two hours, plotting her gatecrashing of Louis Vuitton’s Paris Fashion Week show in protest at the ...

West Ham United have been granted planning permission to increase the capacity of the London Stadium by 2,500 seats, the Premier League club said in a statement on Wednesday. The stadium ...

The Bar Association is investigating two law firms included in the so-called Pandora Papers which exposed the offshore financial dealings of many leaders worldwide who allegedly stashed assets in covert ...

Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson says the ability to communicate effectively with the entire dressing room is one of the biggest lessons he learned in management. The 79-year-old retired ...

The RELIONMED-Life project has issued an invitation for people to participate in the eighth and final lionfish removal derby, which will be held in an effort to control the invasive ...

Bayern Munich and France defender Lucas Hernandez has won his appeal against a six-month prison sentence handed down by a Spanish court for disobeying a restraining order following a fight ...

Phil Orlando has not heard this many people mentioning stagflation since he was a financial journalist in the late 1970s, when oil prices were soaring and inflation stood at more ...

In an unprecedented decision, the Larnaca district court on Wednesday found three teenagers guilty in the bullying death of 16-year-old Panayiotis Stefani in 2019 who died from alcohol poisoning. The three, ...

The European Union’s top court said on Wednesday it had ordered Poland to pay a penalty of 1 million euros ($1.16 million) per day for not suspending the disciplinary chamber of ...

The cabinet on Wednesday said it would grant Cypriot citizenship on humanitarian grounds to two children with a Greek Cypriot mother and Turkish Cypriot father who had been deprived of ...

A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The Department of Fine Arts of The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) launches the first International Symposium Performance Dates this November 1-4 focusing on the art of performance. The symposium ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Maari and Maria are very different: Maari is still as flamboyant in manner and mode as she was in the 60s, Maria ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a total of €9 million for the support of animal farmers struggling amid rising grain and feed prices. Concerns have been growing in recent ...

Vegetable prices are surging in China after heavy rain swamped crops this month, fuelling concern over food prices at a time when consumers must brace for a hike in energy ...