Archive November 2022

Republicans made modest gains in U.S. midterm elections but Democrats performed better than expected, as control of the Senate hinged on three races that remained too close to call ...

One more art showcase opening soon in Nicosia presents the works of three Cypriot visual artists at The House of the Citizen. Titled Common Ground, the contemporary art exhibition is ...

Port workers continued to strike for a second day on Wednesday in Larnaca over a docking agreement which they say the management company has failed to implement. Unions PEO and ...

Secondary school pupils will no longer be held back a year due to low performance, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday after the cabinet approved his ministry’s proposals. ...

Tasos Christofides was named as rector of the University of Cyprus for a second term on Wednesday following elections. This is the eighth elections for the position of rector, and ...

A 46-year-old man is the second to be arrested on suspicion of assisting irregular migrants enter the country illegally, after a boat arrived last Friday with 17 men onboard. The police ...

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, in one of the year’s biggest layoffs as the Facebook parent battles soaring costs ...

Turkey jailed a bakery union head for “publicly insulting the Turkish nation” on Wednesday, state media reported, after he said society’s “stupid” fondness for bread explained why it had ...

Cyprus and Bahrain signed an intergovernmental agreement on Wednesday, aimed at boosting flights between the two countries. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos who was in Manama, Bahrain met with his counterpart ...

Russian authorities last week transferred U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from a detention centre outside Moscow and she is now on her way to an undisclosed penal colony, her ...

In Stavros Flatley, PAUL LAMBIS finds two men glad for the ride their TV talent show appearance has taken them on who now enjoy life on the island When father-and-son ...

Under heavy security, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay arrived in the north on Wednesday to visit the construction site of the controversial ‘Kulliye’ project, warning dissenters are at odds with ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced it will further promote anti-covid vaccinations for the elderly amidst a rise in infections and hospitalisations. The decision was announced by Health Minister Michalis ...

A 74-year-old who was arrested on Tuesday after crashing his car into a parked car in Kolossi, Limassol, injuring three people, including two minors, pleaded not guilty to the charge ...

Wealthy countries – like poorer ones – stand to reap huge economic, social and environmental gains by swiftly ramping up renewable energy and other climate action, the new U.N. climate chief ...

Eastern European countries are preparing for a possible wave of Ukrainian refugees as Russia targets power and heating plants ahead of winter, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying about 4 million people ...

Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging inflation, as Europe’s soaring energy prices and living costs trigger industrial action and ...

Residents living at high altitudes will be given an extra one-off grant on top of their existing yearly benefits, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. According to the President’s Undersecretary ...

Even though home and school are undoubtedly the two biggest influences in our childhood, film aficionados will firmly believe that cinema has influenced their lives and the decisions they have ...

President Nicos Anastasiades received Israel’s presidential medal of honour on Wednesday in Jerusalem during a ceremony hosted by President Isaac Herzog – after which bilateral issues were discussed. He also ...

The number of employed people working from home in 2021 in Cyprus amounted to 6.7 per cent of the working population, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. In 2019, before the ...

Nicosia municipality announced that municipal parking within the city’s walls will be free on Saturday to ease people’s attending the funeral of the Archbishop Chrysostomos at the archbishopric. ...

The interior ministry sought to defend itself on Wednesday after it emerged it ordered the deportation of Mohamed Kamara – a footballer from Sierra Leone who has lived in Cyprus for 20 ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested as the second suspect in connection with the attempted murder of a man in Larnaca last month. For the same case, police had arrested ...