Archive 2022

Turkey’s central bank sent a letter to local lenders on Monday, warning them against conducting forex transactions with foreign banks during “off hours” and offering deposits with very high ...

I may not be forgiven for this, but I didn’t really enjoy Treacle Walker. The weight of evidence is against me: earlier this year, the novel had just made ...

Police arrested another suspect on Tuesday, in an investigated case of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, carrying a weapon to incite terror, and common assault, committed on October 9 ...

The initial shock from a deadly crush among Halloween party-goers in South Korea is turning into public outrage over the government’s planning missteps, as business owners say police were ...

Danes went to the polls on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hoping for a vote of confidence in her handling of the pandemic and for her leadership to overcome ...

How about foreign cinema to spice up November? Cinephiles and language enthusiasts can get ready to enjoy four evenings of Japanese cinema this month as the Embassy of Japan organises ...

Paphos police on Tuesday are investigating the theft of property from a warehouse in Konia. According to police statement the owner of a warehouse reported on Monday that it had ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old man for an attempted street theft committed in Limassol, minutes after the crime thanks to the quick response of a bystander. Around 9 am, a 43...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said a natural gas hub could be set up in Turkey fairly quickly and predicted many customers in Europe would want to sign contracts. ...

In today’s episode, ten people working at the prison have been suspended after a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Nicosia central prisons was beaten to death. In other news, ...

A 55-year-old man was taken to Paphos general hospital following a traffic collision involving two other vehicles, police announced. According police statement, at noon on Monday, the 55-year-old while driving ...

In the world of cryptocurrency, there are always a few coins that stand out from the rest. These are the coins that make headlines and generate a lot of buzz. ...

Nicosia police on Monday arrested a 41-year-old man to facilitate investigations into a case of theft and illegal possession of drugs. The arrest followed a complaint to police that an ...

Tesla Inc TSLA.O boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that ...

Police arrested two men, aged 32 and 40, on Monday night, for illegal possession of property and burglary tools. The suspects were taken into custody to facilitate investigations. Police spotted the men ...

Several Shanghai residents received fresh stay-at-home orders and mandatory testing notices on Tuesday as authorities raced to trace contacts linked to a COVID-positive woman whose visit to the city’s ...

Israelis began voting for the fifth time in less than four years on Tuesday, with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu bidding for a comeback in a race likely to turn on ...

President Vladimir Putin said Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and a decision to freeze participation in a Black Sea grain export programme were responses to a drone attack on Moscow’...

Hope for Children organisation on Monday said it has hosted during the past three years, 257 unaccompanied minors, in its ‘Home for Hope’ shelter, offering them support during their transition to ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Monday released a report on household debt in Cyprus, with the current figure standing at €20.1 billion at the end of June 2022, with the ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Monday warned that soaring energy costs will have an extremely negative impact on the Cypriot tourist industry, stressing that it will severely ...

Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) on Monday unveiled details of its plan to raise 4 billion Swiss francs ($4.01 billion) from investors to support the embattled bank’s bid to tackle the biggest ...

Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now that the social network has passed under his ownership, ...

German-listed shares in Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) slipped more than 7 per cent in early European trade after leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated ...