Archive February 2022

In today’s episode, the government said yesterday it will use any safeguards in the contract governing the long-awaited liquefied natural gas import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any ...

Internet users in Cyprus were the least likely among their counterparts in the EU 27 member states to change their internet browser settings to prevent or limit cookie use, according to ...

The Egyptian authorities are investigating possible murder following the death of Cyprus News Agency (CNA) correspondent Nikolaos Katsikas in Cairo. The alleged murder happened on Saturday and Egyptian media reported ...

The Greens on Tuesday called on authorities to investigate the deaths of turtles which have been recorded at three beaches across Cyprus in the past two weeks. Ormidia, Oroklini and ...

Mark Zuckerberg is acting like a startup founder again. Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) is spending like a newbie company on nascent virtual- and augmented-reality worlds. It has already ...

Singer-songwriter Neil Young has asked employees of Spotify Technology SA to quit their jobs while urging people to withdraw their money from big American banks, in protests over coronavirus misinformation ...

Thousands of children had the opportunity to attend lessons in person thanks to the Test to Stay policy, the health ministry said on Tuesday in response to secondary teachers’ criticism ...

A young man is under arrest in connection with the theft of a bag with €5,900 in cash from a parked car in Paphos, while police also investigate a second theft ...

Paphos police are still on the hunt for the two escapees who fled the district’s central holding cells on Saturday, with checks being carried out at key locations. Deputy ...

The United States has approved a possible $100 million sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to “sustain, maintain, and improve” its Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon said on Monday, ...

China will invite more spectators to attend the Winter Olympics as the COVID-19 situation is under control within the “closed-loop” bubble, which separates all event personnel from the public, an ...

A teenager, permanent resident of Paphos, is under arrest for burglary and theft after a man spotted him wearing a watch and sunglasses that had been stolen from his home, ...

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and in the interests of promoting Gender Equality in Research, The Cyprus Institute is organising an online ...

Limassol court has handed down a two-month jail sentence to a 46-year-old man after finding him guilty of employing illegal workers, police said on Tuesday. Another man, aged 37, was jailed ...

Police handed out fines totaling €6,000 to six businesses for violating health protocols to contain the spread of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 6.00 am Tuesday, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The ...

A 75-year-old woman was duped into giving €7,000 to a man who claimed a relative of hers needed urgent surgery, the second victim of such a scam in the past few ...

Britain’s National Grid ESO (NG.L) has for the first time awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the power network stable, ...

Austria’s Matthias Mayer became the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games after winning the super-G at the Beijing Games on Tuesday. ...

Police in Canada‘s capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day ...

Bahrain on Monday introduced a new permanent residency visa to attract talent and investment, part of a trend in Gulf states to offer more flexible and longer-duration visas amid regional ...

Restaurants and other hospitality venues in Paphos are struggling to find the workers required to keep their businesses in operation, Paphos Leisure Centre Owners Association (Sikap) president Angelos Onisiforou said ...

The volume of credit card transactions rose by 72 per cent between September and November of 2021, according to data provided by credit card processing company JCC to the Cyprus News Agency (...

High-tech cameras have been installed by Nicosia municipality along key urban arteries under the “Smart Cities” plan, which will record average vehicle speeds, pedestrian flows and “prevent vandalism”. Monday’s ...

On the day primary school teachers held a one-hour work stoppage because they were not satisfied with the government’s response to their demand for full-time replacement staff, nursing unions ...