Archive May 2022

It was good to see the House education committee starting a debate about public school opening hours and plans for all-day schools. This is an initiative of the committee chairman, ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine in a phone call on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said, adding that Erdogan congratulated Macron on ...

At least three people were killed in an attack in the central Israeli city of Elad on Thursday, health officials said. Police said the incident, which occurred as Israelis celebrated ...

Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and children were trapped on Thursday in underground bunkers at a steel works in the ruined port city of Mariupol, although President Vladimir Putin ...

The House of Representatives has voted to amend the constitution, allowing for the use of the English language in certain court proceedings. To date, Greek was the only language used ...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told ...

Main opposition Akel on Thursday took a big step toward deciding who will go on their ticket for the 2023 presidential elections – narrowing down their options to attorney Achilleas Demetriades and ...

The finance ministry has asked parliament to green-light an additional €102 million in government spending to deal with the continuing economic impact of the Covid situation and the fallout from the ...

A 25-year-old Briton has been remanded for six days following a hit and run accident in Ayia Napa in which a 46-year-old woman died as her young daughter played at ...

The police have handed over to the attorney-general two cases involving the now-defunct ‘golden passports’ scheme – one of them relating to the reveals made by the al Jazeera network. Speaking ...

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of Covid-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look ...

It is an eventful month at Nicosia’s popular jazz venue Sarah’s Jazz Club with musicians from all around the island set to take the stage as well as ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said they have a “score to settle” with Real Madrid after the Spanish side set up a repeat of their 2018 Champions League final by securing a ...

The Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel said on Thursday his country is looking forward to deepen its relationship with Cyprus in the fields of energy and space and lauded ...

In April 2022, inflation was 8.8 per cent in Cyprus, with the Consumer Price Index increasing by 2.58 units to 110.36 units, compared to 107.78 units in March 2022, according to data published by the Cyprus ...

Blockchain-based payment protocols are some of the most promising projects within the crypto space, for the simple reason that payments are such an omnipresent component of society, enabling transactions between ...

A poll has found that Cyprus is the only EU nation where an absolute majority disagrees or tends to disagree that Russian authorities are first and foremost responsible for the ...

By Damon Smith How do you greet a gentleman from London? The playful inquisition, posed by a bodacious 150-year-old sea turtle with hypnotic emerald eyes, is directed at me – “the ...

The production and distribution of halloumi had not been affected by the war in Ukraine, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday. He admitted, however, that many companies were trying ...

Given how seriously it takes its interaction with people and the environment, Lidl Cyprus has launched #LidlEcoHacks – a new digital initiative within the framework of the #ProjectZero actions. The #LidlEcoHacks ...

Former political prisoner Christina Bawagan was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the brutal martial law of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. I still have the clothes I was ...

BMW (BMWG.DE) posted a rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday, boosted by a reevaluation of the German car maker’s stake in its Chinese joint venture and strong pricing, ...

Colombia has extradited Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, an accused drug trafficker and leader of the Clan del Golfo criminal group to the United States, President Ivan Duque said. ...

New cryptocurrencies are constantly being introduced to the market. While some deserve attention, others are only ‘another brick in the wall.’ In this regard, Logarithmic Finance (LOG) is establishing itself ...