Archive February 2022

Oil prices jumped on Friday by nearly 3 per cent on concerns of global supply disruptions from the impact of trade sanctions on major crude and fuel exporter Russia after it ...

Cyprus’ Nissi beach, located in the resort town of Ayia Napa was named the fourth-best beach in Europe and 22nd overall by popular online travel website Tripadvisor. The website released ...

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday the option of cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system remained open, but that he viewed this only ...

Fieldwork by BirdLife Cyprus shows worrying signs of a big increase in trapping levels, the NGO has said as it called on the state to restore higher fines. “Our latest ...

Ukraine wants peace and is ready for talks with Russia, including on neutral status regarding NATO, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters on Friday. “If talks are possible, they ...

Secondary school students staged a two-hour boycott of classes on Friday on the instructions of students’ union Psem. Banners reading “Take them back Minister,” referring to the twice-yearly exams, which ...

UEFA has moved this year’s Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European soccer’s governing body said in ...

Limassol police arrested a man and a woman as they investigate a case of illegal possession of drugs, possession with intent to supply and money laundering. The two, aged 22 and 32 ...

The Consumer Protection Service on Friday urged people to refrain from shopping from the website https://sneakaddict.wixsite.com/website under the section “All Luxury For Her” after receiving multiple ...

European Union foreign ministers will thrash out details on Friday of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine after leaders of the bloc agreed on a robust package of ...

The CovScan Cyprus application has been adapted following the latest health ministry decrees to automatically check compliance with regulations for specific places or premises, the deputy ministry of research, innovation ...

Russia has spent the past seven years building up formidable financial defences, yet in the long run, its economy is unlikely to withstand the onslaught of coordinated sanctions from the ...

New world number one Daniil Medvedev defeated Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-3 in Acapulco on Thursday to storm into the semi-finals of the ATP 500 event, where he will take ...

Cyprus had the lowest rate of young people aged 15-29 living in overcrowded households in the EU in 2020, a Eurostat report published on Friday revealed. A person is considered as ...

Barcelona hit top gear to trounce Napoli 4-2 away from home on Thursday and sail into the last 16 of the Europa League 5-3 on aggregate. Jordi Alba gave Barca the ...

By Michele Kambas and James Pearson A 24-year-old videogame designer who runs his small business out of a home next to an old Cypriot church in a quiet suburb of ...

The Arboreal Collective, in collaboration with the Lab for Animation Research, is presenting its first project titled The Forest at the NeMe Arts Centre in Limassol, a group exhibition that ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

A 16-year-old girl has been admitted to hospital with head injuries after the car she was in was involved in a collision with another vehicle, police said on Friday. Her ...

RCB Bank announces a change in its shareholding structure. On February 24 2022, a 46.29 per cent stake in the share capital of RCB Bank held by VTB Bank (PJSC) was acquired by ...

As from February 28, coronavirus vaccinations in Larnaca will no longer take place at the port but will be carried out at the conference room located in the old Larnaca hospital, ...

Russia intends to take the whole of Ukraine but the Russian army failed to deliver it main objectives on the first day of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, British Defence ...

In today’s episode, the House of Representatives has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for an immediate ceasefire there and urging Russian troops to depart Ukrainian territory. President ...

Police are investigating a burglary and arson at a boat rental business in Paralimni, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. It said that at around 2.05 am on Friday, the ...