Archive August 2022

Public sector unions have always been strike-happy, but the two-hour work stoppage at the Limassol general A&E, which also sparked a sympathy strike by the Paphos hospital staff, ...

Thailand’s oldest lender, SCBX Pcl (SCB.BK), said on Thursday it was pulling out of a $500 million deal to buy crypto exchange Bitkub, saying the start-up needed time to ...

The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant resumed electricity supplies to Ukraine on Friday after two of its six reactors were reconnected to the Ukrainian grid, state nuclear company Energoatom said. ...

Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology ...

Stockholm police on Friday arrested several people after explosives were found in a park in the Swedish capital last week, and said investigations would continue. The police gave no detail ...

Russian forces based in Syria on Friday said four Israeli jets had launched a total of four cruise missiles and 16 guided aerial bombs against a research facility in the city ...

Paphos police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old man for arson of a boat. The suspect was taken into custody pending investigation. According to police information, around 2 am on Friday, a ...

The arrest of a Turkish pop star over a quip she made about religious schools has drawn a fierce response from critics of the government, who see it as bent ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with an ongoing investigation into a case of theft by deception committed last Wednesday in Limassol. Evidence also emerged against another suspect for ...

The US Justice Department on Friday released a redacted version of the legal document that allowed the FBI to seize classified government records from former President Donald Trump’s Florida ...

Nestled in a railway arch in Brixton, south London, a large studio hosts a colourful array of elaborate costumes and flamboyant feathers, all designed to bring to life a Mas ...

The Italian navy ship Mimbelli was spotted sailing near the ENI drill ship, in Block 6 of Cyprus exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Friday. In a post on twitter, the Italian ...

The Czech Republic will propose an extraordinary meeting of the EU Energy Council as soon as possible to deal with soaring energy prices, Czech government officials said on Friday as ...

Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro has been hit by an “unprecedented” cyber attack and timely measures have been taken to mitigate its impact, authorities said on Friday. “Certain services were ...

Pressure rose on the Dutch government on Friday to tackle what refugee advocates have called “inhumane” conditions at its main shelter for asylum seekers as humanitarian group Medecins sans Frontieres ...

A van struck a cafe terrace in central Brussels on Friday, leaving six people needing treatment for light injuries and shock and investigators trying to determine whether it was an ...

The Limassol criminal court on Friday imposed a prison sentence of 18 years on two persons in connection with a case of importing and possessing cannabis, weighing 72 kg, for the purposes ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nick Theodoulou Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides in a rare outburst on Friday said the public debate surrounding the citizenship by investment scheme revealed “political hypocrisy exposed ...

The National Guard on Friday completed an international joint exercise ‘Tams-Heracles’ in Egypt, it said. In addition to the host country and Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and ...

More live music nights are coming up in September with bars around the island bringing back their weekly programme. In Nicosia, Sarah’s Jazz Club is re-opening after a short ...

Vasiliko and Mitsero area community leaders have agreed to allow the government an extension until October to come up with a solutions to the controversial relocation of asphalt plants to ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament on Friday the phone tapping of an opposition leader by the EYP intelligence service was wrong, but did not disclose the reason behind ...

Egypt’s new central bank governor, Hassan Abdalla, faces a daunting task as he tries to repair an economy derailed by an overvalued currency, rampant inflation and a banking system ...

An 18-year-old man without a travel history has tested positive for monkeypox, the fifth case seen in Cyprus so far, the health ministry said on Friday. The patient is being ...