Archive December 2022

The European Commission on Friday announced that the EU Scholarships programme for the Turkish Cypriot community is offering scholarships for postgraduate European studies at the College of Europe, which is ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a necessary condition to strengthen the cooperation of the nine Mediterranean states, in order to turn the region into an area of ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Mindanao region of the Philippines early Saturday morning, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 60 km (37.28 ...

The leaders of the nine Mediterranean countries in the EU agreed on Friday to push for a dynamic cap on gas prices rather than a fixed ceiling, Spanish Prime Minister ...

The island’s central bank governor Constantinos Herodotou on Friday stressed the need for a prudent provisioning policy for bad loans in the midst of negative macroeconomic developments. Herodotou made ...

The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic ...

An underwater pipeline to carry green hydrogen between Spain and France will cost about 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion), Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, adding he hoped the European ...

Civil society should be involved in the dialogue on the political future of the country, the moderator of a bi-communal group of Cypriots who formulated a detailed solution to the ...

The Cyprus Planetarium in Tamasos is expected to open its doors to the Cypriot public, school students and tourists in the middle of the new year. According to information released ...

Strengthening the operational capacity and deterrence capability of the National Guard is a “key priority”, said the Minister of Defence, Charalambos Petrides, on Friday. Speaking at the passing out ceremony ...

Croatia battled past tournament favourites Brazil 4-2 on penalties on Friday to reach the World Cup semi-finals following a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes. The 2018 runners-up came through their second consecutive ...

The Akamas Landowners Association on Friday said it expects the auditor-general to call them to hand over evidence it has in its possession of what it says is a “scandal” ...

Given that our planet is at a dangerous crossroads and there is little time left to save it, we must take drastic individual action. Each of us can help limit ...

Remember the days when people used to avidly send Christmas cards and postcards to friends and relatives? Pen on paper, stamps from the post office and wishes from the heart – ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia’s near-total loss of trust in the West would make an eventual settlement over Ukraine much harder to reach, although contacts between ...

President Xi Jinping told Gulf Arab leaders on Friday that China would work to buy oil and gas in yuan, a move that would support Beijing’s goal to establish ...

The European Union’s health regulator on Friday raised concerns over the decreasing effectiveness of COVID-19 antibody therapies to treat patients as emerging virus variants are challenging treatment approaches. The ...

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte said on Friday she is willing to discuss early elections with the country’s political and civil organizations, but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for ...

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the ...

The European Union was haggling with Hungary on Friday over releasing billions of euros in aid in exchange for Budapest revoking its veto on extending a joint loan to Ukraine ...

A former Minneapolis police officer is expected to be sentenced on Friday for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed when a ...

A charity-run rescue boat carrying 33 migrants was allowed to dock and disembark on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa early Friday, while two more NGO vessels with more than 500 people ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told an anti-corruption conference on Friday that there was too much tolerance for corruption in Cyprus, a phenomenon that is a “monster which cripples societies”. He said ...

Turkey was forced to fold over strong reactions it faced from members of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) after Ankara attempted to gain membership or observer status for the ...