Archive August 2022

Facing an unprecedented drought, Portugal’s government recommended that 43 municipalities temporarily increase water prices for their biggest consumers and suspend street cleaning and watering in public parks and gardens. All ...

Russia’s record employment signals a surprisingly smooth decoupling from the West. Its rapid replacement of McDonald’s and Starbucks says business as usual. Yet pressures are building inside its ...

The Italian government will update its gas emergency plan next week, a government source said on Thursday, adding Rome will not resort to rationing since it has reduced its dependence ...

The European Central Bank needs to take climate change into account when making decisions as it has a clear impact, especially on inflation, the chief of the European Central Bank ...

Sony Group Corp (6758.T) said on Thursday it was hiking the price of its PlayStation 5 games console in markets including Europe, Japan and Britain following economic pressures including rising interest ...

With summer in full swing, there has been a steady flow of friends and family visiting Cyprus for their holiday. Hand-in-hand with this is their desire for a traditional, home-cooked ...

Police on Thursday said they were investigating theft by deception after receiving complaints that culprits obtained over €14,000 from shops in Limassol and Famagusta. In both cases, police said the perpetrators ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister, said it was a mistake to have “empowered” scientists during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology may have started so many years ago, today digital assets have refined traditional payment systems and financial institutions. Despite regulatory crackdowns in different parts of ...

The idea of Blockchain that can lead to several developments of unpopular crypto can get its origin in the early nineties when the internet came. In 2008, we saw Satoshi coming ...

Cyprus is set for a clear and calm Thursday but isolated showers can be expected by Friday in the mountains and some inland areas. The meteorological office said on Thursday ...

Four-time U.S. Open winner John McEnroe said it would be “a joke” if Novak Djokovic is unable to compete at the U.S. tournament starting later this month due ...

Rangers returned to the Champions League group stage for the first time in 12 years with a 1-0 win at PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday while Dinamo Zagreb also qualified with an ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the row at the English School is rumbling on as protests continue over the dismissal of three unionised teachers. There’s also the ...

Exhibit 8 Gallery in Limassol and Paphos Women Artists are getting ready to host a multidisciplinary exhibition dedicated to immigration. Titled Boundaries: External & Internal Impact of Immigration, the showcase opens ...

Three journalists from Finland’s largest daily are expected to appear in a Helsinki court on Thursday, suspected of publishing classified defence intelligence in an unprecedented case for the Nordic ...

The US state department has reiterated its support for Cyprus to develop the resources within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and that they must be shared fairly between the two ...

Ykan (drug squad) members busted a home growing cannabis operation as they searched the house of a 40-year-old in which they found 28 plants. The raid took place on Wednesday with ...

The federation of independent trade unions (Poaso) this week called for an increase in salaries and for the cost-of-living-allowance (CoLA) in Cyprus to be fully reinstated. CoLA, which refers to ...

Thieves stole over $100 million worth of non-fungible tokens in the year to July, blockchain research firm Elliptic said on Wednesday, as the fast-emerging digital asset became a new front in ...

Financial technology startups are facing lean times. Klarna set the tone last month by raising cash at an 85 per cent discount to its previous funding round. The Swedish buy-now-pay-later group ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios on Wednesday said that two major schemes are being prepared that aim to upgrade Cyprus’ tourism product. These include improving and upgrading services, with ...

Part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how to settle the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion was published in Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday. ...

Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela declined to lift the mandate requiring masks to be worn in all indoor spaces. “The experts are clear that ...