Archive December 2022

The U.S. State Department on Friday launched its long-planned “China House” unit, an internal reorganization to help expand and sharpen its policymaking toward its top geopolitical rival. Secretary of ...

By Sarah Ktisti New turmoil and serious problems are afoot at Limassol port due to the tariff increases that the port’s managing companies have decided to impose, with exports ...

France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of ...

European shares slid on Friday, ending the week sharply lower after major central banks flagged further rate hikes, while economic activity data from the euro zone failed to assuage concerns ...

International rail operator Eurostar on Friday said that it would not operate services on Dec. 26 between Britain and France due to a national rail strike that impacts the British rail ...

The island’s Finance Ministry on Friday said it will introduce a 15 per cent minimum corporate tax rate on multinational and domestic groups or companies with a combined annual turnover ...

Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo on Friday lifted the state of emergency it declared earlier in the day after Russian missile strikes cut nationwide energy consumption by more than 50%, it ...

A dinner between President Nicos Anastasiades and Ersin Tatar is scheduled to take place at the end of January as Anastasiades’ term in power comes to a close and in ...

US basketball star Brittney Griner, who on Friday left an Army medical center where she had been recuperating following her release from a Russian penal colony as part of a ...

An episode of Masterchef Turkey was filmed in the ghost town Varosha, where contestants were asked to cook Cypriot dishes, reports in the north said on Friday. The episode featured ...

One more Open Mic Night is taking place at Yfantourgeio theWorkplace just before the year ends. On December 27, the Third Open Mic event organised by Queer Collective CY will welcome ...

Turkish Cypriot pharmacies are the latest victims of the Turkish lira crisis as medicine shortages in the north have spiked in recent weeks, dangerously affecting patients who depend on certain ...

The state health services Okypy is doing everything possible to tackle the increasing number of children in hospital during the winter period, it said on Friday amid increasing unrest across ...

Coal has made a comeback in Germany this year, as Europe’s largest economy turns to the dirty fuel to power it through an energy crisis. More than a third (36.3 ...

Outgoing US ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber on Friday presented House President Annita Demetriou with a lunar sample collected 50 years ago during the United States’ Apollo 17 mission. The rock was ...

Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for and coached numerous Italian Serie A teams, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer. Mihajlovic, 53, was sacked as manager of Serie A club ...

A group of media companies is set to argue on Friday to the US judge overseeing the FTX bankruptcy that they should be allowed to request that the collapsed crypto ...

Several France players have caught colds, the French Football Federation said, as they prepare for the World Cup final against Argentina, with Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate the latest to ...

Where do you live and with whom? I live in London, UK with my boyfriend. What did you have for breakfast? Today I had a yoghurt with banana chocolate flakes. ...

The public has been urged to register and get out to vote in the upcoming February presidential elections, as four candidates jointly issued the call. On Friday, four candidates – Nikos ...

The Qatar World Cup kept political messaging away from the football so that fans could enjoy “a little moment of pleasure and joy”, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Friday. ...

War is hell, but Stephen Knight’s latest offering is anything but. The Peaky Blinders creator is back on the BBC, this time tracing the origins of the Special Air ...

Everything is ready for Sunday’s archbishop elections, the general commissioner for them Ioannis Charilaou said on Friday. Earlier in the day, ballot boxes were turned over those in charge ...

We all get to that point during the holidays: becoming frozen in thought while browsing shops trying to find the ideal gift for our loved ones. Even if you think ...