Archive 2022

Larnaca’s new Radisson Beach Resort hosted a very special event in honour of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah 5783) on Thursday, September 22. The initiative came from Quality Group and, ...

Two people were arrested in the north on Thursday suspected of attacking police during protests over a new €100m-plus ‘government’ complex being built. According to police in the north, they ...

By Cynthia Sear and Andrew Dawson As we have seen from coverage of The Queue – capitalised and thus now, apparently, a proper noun – the English are proud of their queuing ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will be returning to Cyprus from Alicante, Spain on Thursday night, following the cancellation of the EUMed-9 Summit over the health of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. ...

Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region. Russia’s decision ...

Police confirmed on Thursday that they had already taken some security measures for the protection of Panicos Stavrianos, the medical examiner that wrote up the initial report on the death ...

Set in the forests of Paphos, the village of Panayia has something for everyone: nature trials, churches and wine finds PAUL LAMBIS Cyprus is home to many spectacular landscapes, and ...

Fans attending the World Cup in Qatar must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test regardless of their vaccination status, organisers said in a statement on Thursday. All visitors aged ...

Asset protection entails ensuring that regardless of your age and health, you make sure that you protect your loved ones from suffering a loss of financial support under any difficult ...

Revenue from tourism was up 141 per cent between January and July of 2022 compared to last year, totaling €1.217bn, according to the statistical service. For July 2022 the revenues reached €381m compared ...

The European Commission said on Thursday it would file a legal challenge against Malta for its so-called golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship in exchange for ...

Hoteliers and businesses are disappointed by the government decision to suspend financial incentives to airlines to use Larnaca and Paphos airports, they said on Thursday. The director-general of the Cyprus ...

The banking industry is retreating from the time-consuming traditional loan origination process, that depended on laborious processes that involved human errors. Changing with time and understanding what customers need are ...

Porsche shares made a strong start on Thursday after Volkswagen defied volatile markets to list the sports car brand at a valuation of 75 billion euros in Germany’s second-biggest market ...

We visited Varosha, the part of Famagusta that used to be the main beach and tourist area – and has been a ghost town since 1974, left exactly as it was, before ...

A surge in borrowing costs and a likely slowdown in economic growth threaten to trigger a selloff in Britain’s housing market with consequences for personal wealth and the broader ...

US President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming to forget ...

President Vladimir Putin will begin annexing four Ukrainian regions to Russia on Friday, a move the United Nations warned would mark a “dangerous escalation” and jeopardise prospects for peace, while ...

There is lots to celebrate in October: two public holidays, Halloween, seasons changing and clocks going back. But as autumn begins only one vegetable takes the spotlight – pumpkins! One local ...

Finland will close its border to Russian tourists from midnight local time (2100 GMT), which is expected to lead to a significant drop in cross-border traffic, the government said on Thursday. ...

Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend’s Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., ...

The Episkopi Environmental Information Centre will host a unique talk: ‘From the Cairngorm Mountains : Rewilding our Environment’, by earth activist Caren Doyle on October 15. Doyle, a businesswoman passionate about conservation ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday night said that the death of a young woman in custody had “saddened” everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that “chaos” would not ...

Britain’s central bank resorted to buying bonds again on Wednesday in an emergency move to reduce the chaos in financial markets which was triggered last week by the tax ...