Archive December 2022

The justice ministry and police will work closer together to combat violence in stadiums, as the two announced they are spearheading collective efforts to tackle the issue. On Tuesday, Justice ...

The development of the port of Larnaca will help create the conditions to attract more cruise ships to Cyprus and give more options to companies, deputy minister of shipping Vasilis ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Tuesday proposed using the proceeds from taxing bank deposits to beef up the Solidarity Fund, set up to provide relief for people ...

Doctors in Paphos’ general hospital A&E department will stage a three-hour strike on Friday over problems the state health services (Okypy) are blatantly ignoring, Pasyki union said on ...

Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday blasted the education ministry after a line in a play with an LGBTI+ message was removed, calling it unacceptable and saying it ...

German automakers and Asian battery suppliers are getting together in Hungary in a multi-billion-dollar marriage of convenience to drive their electric ambitions. The companies are flocking to central Europe, where ...

The ultimate goal for the island’s tourism industry is to be ranked in the world’s top 30 countries, deputy minister of Tourism, Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday. Outlining the ...

France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sent a text to England striker Harry Kane after his Tottenham Hotspur team mate blazed a late penalty over the crossbar in his side’s 2-1 ...

Business and the economy were the main focus of an election debate held on Tuesday among the three leading presidential candidates, the first of its kind held in English. Disy ...

Market leaders in health and beauty products, C.A. Papaellinas Group launched the new Nannys Fresh Eco line of environmentally-friendly baby wipes at a recent event held at Nicosia’s ‘...

Cyprus’s securities regulator plans to extend the suspension of the licence of FTX EU and will meet to discuss the matter next week, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. “CySEC ...

Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, said on Tuesday it had “temporarily paused” withdrawals of the major stablecoin USDC. “On USDC, we have seen an increase in withdrawals,” Binance’...

A 35-year-old man who crashed into a car that led to the death of a 62-year-old woman, did not respond to the charges read out against him at Limassol district ...

The council of ministers on Tuesday approved the issuance of title deeds for state housing units, a new board for the organisation for standardisation, and the membership of Cyprus to ...

David Hunter, the 74-year-old Briton who admitted to killing his wife suffering from leukemia, on Tuesday had his trial postponed for the seventh time this year. The move came after ...

By Daisy Chung, Gloria Dickie and Simon Scarr Ben Nyberg stood on a knife-edge ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali Coast, his eyes scouring the leafy recesses of the neighbouring ...

By Daisy Chung, Gloria Dickie and Simon Scarr Nearly 800 plant species have disappeared since the 18th century, while thousands more are considered functionally extinct – no longer playing a role in ...

By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga Lying in his cage near a busy Tirana road, Mark the brown bear nibbles listlessly at a pile of bread and lettuce as, just ...

A 63-year-old man accused of attempting to murder his wife in October was on Tuesday released on strict conditions ahead of his scheduled trial in February. Paphos criminal court said ...

Sam Bankman-Fried indicated in a Bahamas courtroom on Tuesday that he would fight extradition to the United States, hours after U.S. prosecutors accused the founder and former CEO of ...

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other’s forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv’s allies meeting in Paris pledged just over one ...

Jeanne Dielman is a masterpiece of slow cinema that richly details life’s quiet intricacies says ALISON SMITH Every ten years the British Film Institute’s (BFI) in-house magazine, Sight ...

Plucky bitcoin’s been holding steady since seeing off the chaos of the FTX collapse, gathering its strength to rally towards the dizzy heights of $30,000 in 2023. Battered bitcoin’s been ...

But this TikTok trend got one thing right says EMMA BECKETT If you follow health trends online, you might have heard about “chlorophyll water”. Claims range from clearing your skin, ...