Archive November 2022

Argentina’s Lionel Messi picks out Brazil, France and England as the biggest threats to his dream of finally adding a World Cup winners’ medal to his bulging trophy cabinet. ...

The antiquities department announced the completion of a three-month excavation project on Yeronisos Island off the Paphos coast and Cape Drepanum, located right across the island. The project, which was ...

The dollar on Wednesday traded just above multi-month lows against most majors as flows that had supported the safe-haven currency slowed after Joe Biden said a missile that caused an ...

Barclays economists on Wednesday cut their global economic growth forecast for 2023 as inflation is seen unlikely to fall quickly, forcing monetary policy to be ‘restrictive’. The brokerage warned that 2023 looks ...

His Majesty King Tupou VI held an audience with Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Tonga in Cyprus, Mr. Joseph Borghese, during his visit in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Borghese received ...

Two green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) injured by boat propellers over the summer have been released back to their natural habitat after they received necessary treatment, the department of fisheries ...

A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia was to blame for any “incidents with missiles” after waging war on his country. Mykhailo Podolyak made ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Tuesday that Nicosia is following the alarming developments that saw two people killed in Poland after missiles landed near the Ukrainian border on Monday ...

A dog was shot and killed in Ormidia on Tuesday morning, with the owner filing an official complaint to the police. According to what the owner told the police, the ...

US Senator, Robert Menendez, has stressed the need for every Turkish soldier to leave Cyprus, and reiterated that he will not approve the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey. He ...

On a sometimes dangerous journey through 191 countries that has taken 18 years, THEO PANAYIDES meets an activist on a mission A man on a bike – or actually next to a bike, ...

A 26-year-old was arrested by police, under suspicion of vandalising the Aek Larnaca fan club, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, at 7.20pm on Monday, around 30 people wearing face ...

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca arrives in Cyprus on Wednesday to meet with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Jenca will ...

NATO ambassadors will hold an emergency meeting at 1000 CET (0900 GMT) on Wednesday to discuss the missile strike in eastern Poland close to the Ukrainian border that killed two people on ...

In today’s episode, overcrowding is a perennial problem at the central prison but has grown worse in recent years, the ombudswoman said on Tuesday after completing an investigation, and ...

The two biggest cities of the island welcome new art exhibitions this month featuring local talent. In Limassol, cultural NGO NeMe and curator Irini Mirena Papadimitriou host the exhibition Money, ...

Definition of institutions and acquisition of legal personality By Eleni Louka The term institution is defined by The Societies and Institutions and other related Matters Law of 2017 (104(I)/2017) as the ...

NASA’s towering next-generation moon rocket blasted off from Florida early on Wednesday on its debut flight, a crewless voyage inaugurating the U.S. space agency’s Artemis exploration program 50 ...

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX outlined a “severe liquidity crisis” in U.S. bankruptcy filings, which said the group could have more than 1 million creditors, as regulators opened probes and the ...

Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to ...

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia’s aggression in Ukraine “in the strongest terms” on Wednesday and demanded its unconditional withdrawal in a declaration adopted at the ...

A missile that killed two people in Poland was probably not fired from Russia, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after holding talks with leaders of Western allies ...

Knowledge drives change in people’s perception and attitude Marios Papageorgiou Knowledge is a powerful tool that can shape and change lives and the world around us. In recent years ...

The pay gap between men and women in Cyprus is 9 per cent, meaning that women on the island earn 91 cents for every euro earned by men, Commissioner for Gender Equality ...