Archive May 2022

Russians lined up in a Moscow train station on Tuesday for what may be their last Big Mac from one of the few McDonald’s restaurants still open in the ...

Britain’s Prince William offered praise and support to Jake Daniels after the Blackpool forward came out as gay, saying he hoped the groundbreaking decision would serve as an inspiration. ...

Dozens of Ukrainian fighters, some apparently unwounded, surrendered on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege ...

People working in the entertainment and hospitality industries on Tuesday said the government failed to support them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the House commerce committee, representatives of the ...

Police on Tuesday gave chase from Paralimni to Ayia Napa before managing to stop and apprehend a 19-year-old driver for a series of traffic offences and driving under the influence ...

The EU’s Spring Forecasts for 2022 and 2023 are in line with the latest projections of the finance ministry and once again demonstrate the resilience of the Cyprus economy in times ...

Cyprus is competing to win two awards at the European Life Awards for the Life-Kedros project which seeks to enhance the habitat of Cypriot cedar trees. The project, which was ...

By Jake Spring The Royal Society scientific academy has elected climate scientist Carlos Nobre, a leading researcher studying the Amazon rainforest, as its first Brazilian member since the country’s ...

A total of 74 bathing areas and two marinas have been awarded the Blue Flag this year, a significant achievement that bestows added value to Cyprus tourism and promotes the principles ...

By David Sherfinski From New Jersey to Georgia, US states thousands of miles from wildfire hotspots in the west face a growing risk from forest blazes as global warming makes “...

By Kate Abnett Germany will oppose European Union plans to include nuclear energy as a sustainable investment in its “taxonomy” policy for labelling green investments, the government said on Monday. ...

By Prudence Wade The Noughties are back in a big way. Y2K-inspired trends have been taking over fashion for a while now, and now our hair and make-up looks ...

Britain’s jobless rate hit a 48-year low in the first three months of 2022 and employers paid bigger bonuses to keep or attract staff, according to data that added to ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would be “outright theft” for the Group of Seven economic powers and European Union to seize Russia’s frozen reserves and spend them on ...

Euthanasia should only be provided only under the strictest of conditions, president of the National Bioethics Committee Dr Constantinos Fellas said on Tuesday as the debate surrounding the introduction of ...

Decisions on 44 cases related to violations of regulatory legislation governing content and processes of radio and television organisations, stations and the CyBC were released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Radio ...

In the post-COVID economic recovery that the U.S. has been experiencing over the past year, several sub-sectors of the economy have demonstrated significant growth in particular. One unsurprising example ...

With a career spanning four decades Monica Demetriades has managed to find and lose herself in art. With a new exhibition, PAUL LAMBIS takes a look Contemporary British Cypriot artist ...

Cyprus marked International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on Tuesday with a clear message that there will be no tolerance of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or ...

In celebration of International Museum Day and honouring the work of a great Cypriot painter, a temporary exhibition will open at the AG Leventis Gallery. Depicting Female Sensuality features work ...

Russia became the fourth-largest oil supplier to India in April, with volumes set to rise further in coming months as low prices spur demand from the world’s No. 3 oil ...

New supreme court judge Stalo Hadjiyianni-Christodoulou was sworn in on Tuesday at a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace pledging to work to resolve long-standing problems that lead to delays ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Wars are highly uncertain events and never go as initially planned. This one in Ukraine is no exception. Russia was surprised by the resistance it met in ...

Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou is stable but remains in critical condition as she receives urgent treatment in Greece on Tuesday, while President Nicos Anastasiades praised her hard work and dedication. ...