Archive August 2022

As the island slows down and enters its official holiday month, so does Rialto Theatre. After an eventful summer with back-to-back shows going on inside the theatre and outdoors, Rialto ...

Another extreme high temperature warning is in force on Tuesday, while the forestry department has issued a red alert urging extreme caution because of the risk of forest fires. The ...

In today’s episode, we hear that the president has sent back to parliament three bills which had already passed – two on VAT and electricity, the other on extending a ...

The United States has accused Russia of using Ukraine‘s biggest nuclear power plant as a “nuclear shield” by stationing troops there, preventing Ukrainian forces from returning fire and risking ...

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a “precision” strike in the centre of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the ...

U.S. President Joe Biden said he is ready to pursue a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and called on Moscow to act in good faith as his Russian ...

The House plenary is holding an extraordinary session on Tuesday after President Nicos Anastasiades sent back three bills approved by MPs recently – two relating to VAT on electricity and fuel ...

Russian jeweller Sokolov is still planning to hold an initial public offering (IPO) in the next two years, the TASS news agency quoted the company’s co-owner as saying on ...

Insignia Ventures Partners has raised $516 million for its latest funds as the Southeast Asia-focused early stage tech venture fund doubles down on the region’s digital economy. “We could have ...

The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) on Monday said that global tourism continues to bounce back from the adverse effects of the coronavirus outbreak, even with a number of more recent ...

Turkey’s newest drillship has set sail, with destination unknown, a week earlier than previously intimated by the Turkish government. The Abdulhamid Han (ex Cobalt Explorer) is a seventh-generation ultra ...

PwC Cyprus on Monday said that its specialised seminar on headquartering, titled ‘Headquartering in Cyprus: The why and the how’, attracted a great deal of interest. The seminar, which took ...

Could there have been any doubt that the president would send back the bills by which VAT on fuel and electricity bills would have been scrapped until the end of ...

Aeva Technologies Inc (AEVA.N) on Monday said it has reached a deal with a German firm to sell its sensors for industrial uses such as automating manufacturing lines with ...

The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago left the port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe ...

The polio virus was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health officials there announced a confirmed case of the disease last month, state health ...

The supreme court rejected an appeal against the conviction of a shepherd sentenced to two years in jail after he set fire in Limassol claiming it was to kill a ...

Cyprus’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.1 per cent in June 2022, lower than the 6.6 per cent in the Euro area and 6.0 per cent in the EU, Eurostat data showed on ...

South Africa has seen an increase in the number of rhinos illegally killed for their horns in the first half of 2022, as poachers shifted to hunting in private parks, the ...

Representatives of two groups supporting the rights of children with disabilities on Monday walked out of an education ministry conference which was discussing proposals to improve special education, to protest ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no such war should ever be started. The Kremlin leader made the comment ...

A public body on Monday called on all individuals designated as Publicly Exposed Persons (PEPs) to file their wealth declarations no later than August 31, warning that otherwise they would be ...

Before the pandemic each week or so, local bands and musicians were invited to perform at the Home Café’s veranda or rooftop which looks out on the whole of ...

The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Serbia on Monday condemned unilateral actions and stressed the need to respect the sovereignty of all states, while confirming the excellent relations between their ...