MEPs in Cyprus on Predator spying mission
The European Parliament on Monday confirmed that a group of MEPs will this week visit Cyprus and Greece to investigate the development and use of spyware in these member states.
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Our View: Football clubs are to blame for all the violence
There was violence at two matches at the weekend, exposing the ineffectiveness of the measures taken by the authorities to quash hooliganism and highlighting the need for new thinking.
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Italy’s Meloni picks Nazi-armband lawmaker as junior minister
Galeazzo Bignami, a lawmaker of the rightist Brothers of Italy party who sparked outrage in 2016 after a newspaper published a picture of him wearing a Nazi swastika on his left ...
UK home secretary complains of asylum seeker ‘invasion’
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the country faces an “invasion” from people travelling in small boats crossing the English Channel as she fought back against mounting pressure over her ...
North Korea demands the U.S., South Korea halt joint military drills
North Korea on Monday demanded that the United States and South Korea stop large-scale military exercises, calling them a provocation that may draw “more powerful follow-up measures” from Pyongyang.
“The ...
Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths
Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country’s Medicines Control Agency ...
Ukraine says it will press on with Black Sea grain deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that his country would continue exporting grain from its Black Sea ports under a UN programme despite Russia’s pullout because the shipments ...
Trump’s company ‘cheated’ tax authorities, prosecutor says at trial
Former President Donald Trump’s real estate company cheated tax authorities for 15 years, a prosecutor said on Monday in her opening statement in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud ...
Electricity prices up by 32 per cent
Electricity prices rose sharply – by almost a third – in Cyprus during the first half of the year, according to data just released by Eurostat.
The data show a 32 per cent ...
November concerts at The Shoe Factory
Two unique musical evenings are arriving soon at The Shoe Factory, welcoming international musicians to the stage. Coming up first is a piano recital with Eva Gevorgyan on November 11.
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US Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Monday toward the legality of race-conscious admissions policies in cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that could ...
Climate change relay arrives in Cyprus
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis welcomed the ‘Running out of time’ relay on Monday, which arrived in Cyprus on their way to climate change talks (COP27) in Sharm al-Sheik, Egypt on ...
New neonatal ICU at Makarios
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced a new neonatal intensive care unit will be built in Cyprus following a meeting on Monday with the NGO ‘Mora Thavmata’ and the state health ...
Russian reduction on shipping ‘manageable’
The fallout on Cyprus’ maritime shipping industry from EU sanctions has been ‘manageable’, the deputy minister for shipping said on Monday.
Vasilis Demetriades made the remarks in parliament while presenting ...
Swiss donate 10m francs to help migration procedures
Cyprus received on Monday 10 million Swiss francs (10.092m euros) as a donation to deal with the migration crisis at a ceremony in Bern, Switzerland attended by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris.
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Belgium striker Lukaku injured again three weeks before World Cup
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has injured his hamstring again after making a comeback from two months on the sidelines, the Serie A club said on Monday, three weeks before ...
Petrides: days of cheap energy and money are over
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides warned on Monday that “tectonic shifts are underway” as he warned that the days of cheap energy and cheap money are over.
Petrides made the comments ...
Oil slips on COVID curbs, weak factory activity data
Oil prices fell on Monday following weaker-than-expected factory activity data out of China and on concerns its widening COVID-19 curbs will curtail demand.
Brent crude futures dropped 63 cents, or 0.7 per ...
Klopp plays down talk of Liverpool decline
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down suggestions that his team are in decline, saying it is “not 100% fair” to judge the squad because they have had a number of injury ...
After weeks of chaos, Russia says partial mobilisation is complete
Russia has completed the partial military mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin in September, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
“All activities related to the conscription … of citizens in the ...
Gap says Russia deliveries stopped in March. But its clothing kept coming.
In March, clothing retailer Gap Inc (GPS.N) joined numerous Western companies in announcing that it was halting deliveries to Russia to protest its invasion of Ukraine.
“As a values-led ...
Bicommunal meeting urges talks as soon as possible
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political party representatives agreed on Monday that tensions need to de-escalate as soon as possible and both sides need to return to negotiations on the ...
Rebel LIV Golf vows next year will be bigger and better
LIV Golf crowned a first team champion to bring the controversial Saudi-backed series to a close at Trump National Doral on Sunday, declaring the inaugural season a huge success and ...
Grace period expected for private doctors within Gesy
The Health Insurance Organisation – the agency running the national health system or Gesy – was on Monday expected to receive instructions to give a three-day grace period to those doctors who ...