Archive December 2022

The health ministry announced 11 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, nine of which occurred in the past week while a further 4,011 infections were confirmed. That raises the total number of deaths attributed ...

Hungary remains opposed to a global minimum corporate tax rate, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday, citing concern over jobs in the central European country, which has ...

Culturescope showrunner and presenter PAUL LAMBIS speaks to Anna-Maria Athanasiou, a romance author whose passionate love stories and characters have won the hearts of her readers, catapulting her books into ...

British airline easyJet (EZJ.L) is expected to respond to demands for higher pay from French unions by early next week at the latest, a union representative said on Thursday. ...

German football plummeted deeper into crisis on Thursday after the national team tumbled out of the World Cup in Qatar despite a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica in their final ...

In today’s episode, the HIO has faced renewed criticism for paying extortionate rates on medicines – far more than the government used to before the rollout of the national health ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed group that helped defeat Islamic State jihadists in Syria, has stopped all joint counter-terrorism operations as a result of Turkish bombardment on ...

This December, Alpha Square presents a Pan-Hellenic premiere of a play that pioneered the depiction of gay lives on stage. Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band was first ...

Brazil coach Tite is expected to rotate his World Cup squad for their final Group G match against Cameroon on Friday, with a view to keeping some players fresh for ...

A 24-year-old man was injured on Thursday night after being attacked by five people near Mackenzie, requiring brief hospital treatment. The incident was reported by the victim’s 48-year-old mother ...

A 17-year-old Limassol resident was arrested on Thursday morning for possession of cannabis after Ykan (drug squad) members searched his house. The Ykan officers searched the residence after securing a ...

South Korea let their emotions pour out when they lost a five-goal thriller to Ghana this week, but they can expect no sympathy on Friday from Portugal, who are determined ...

Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widespread ...

National investment agency Invest Cyprus held its annual general meeting on Wednesday, with Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides in attendance, cementing the positive relationship between the government and the organisation. The ...

The presidents of the United States and France said they would hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine and the European Union reached tentative agreement on an oil ...

Cyprus recorded a GDP growth rate of 5.5 per cent in real terms during the third quarter of 2022, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021, according to a report released on Thursday ...

The Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) this week met with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) in order to discuss a range of issues, including the ...

J.P. Morgan Private Bank has invested in two Swiss fintech companies that specialise in software that helps advisers customise portfolios for wealthy clients in Europe, the Middle East, Latin ...

BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Wednesday that there appear to have been “misbehaviours” by the now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange, but that the technology behind crypto ...

More than 80 per cent of businesses with ten or more employees provided mobile devices with access to the internet and business email in 2022, according to the results the survey on ...

The public protest has for years been a popular alternative to political discourse. If an interest group thinks its arguments are not being heard or have failed to convince the ...

Four-time champions Germany sensationally crashed out of the World Cup despite a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica in their last Group E match on Thursday, tumbling out at the first ...

The three main candidates for the presidency sparred in their second televised debate on Thursday evening, where they sought to establish their bona fides as capable leaders on both domestic ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused NATO of whipping up tensions near China in a way that posed risks for Russia. “The South China Sea is now becoming ...