Archive 2022

The efforts made by the government to protect and further promote the rights of LGBTI+ people, have moved from words to deeds, Justice Minister Stephie Drakou said on Sunday in ...

Earlier this year, Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades announced a new piece of legislation that would enable the creation of a limited liability company to be used exclusively for ...

Concerts by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters were cancelled by a venue in the Polish city of Krakow, organisers said on Sunday, after the artist’s comments on the war ...

Now is the time for Cypriot diplomacy to make a move with concrete, realistic proposals The recent decision of the US government to lift the US arms embargo on Cyprus ...

If you look up at the sky on Sunday night, you could be treated to a spectacular view as Jupiter will be closest to the Earth, which hasn’t happened ...

A house in Mesogi, Paphos was extensively damaged and three more affected by a fire that broke out around 2pm on Sunday. No one was injured. Fire department spokesman Andreas ...

By Special Correspondent The killing of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s ‘morality police’ on September 16 has triggered a massive wave of national protest ...

Dozens of Greek Cypriots protested in front of the Iranian embassy in Nicosia on Sunday in support of the struggle for freedom in Iran and the protests that have been ...

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Friday that it had decided to end vehicle production in Russia due to the interruption in supplies of key materials and parts. ...

Cyprus 4.0 speaks to Joint Managing Director at Marlow Navigation, Andreas Neophytou to get his take on the current environment in shipping in Cyprus and how it is moving ahead Shipping ...

Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have continued attacks around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the south of the country, including launching eight “kamikaze drones” at ...

At least 23 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat packed with passengers sank on Sunday in the latest waterways tragedy to hit Bangladesh. The bodies recovered so ...

Everybody has a story from the other side. A new documentary looks at the people whose lives span the divide It’s perhaps the punch line at the end of ...

Swiss voters were on track on Sunday to reject a proposal to ban factory farming in a referendum on whether the wealthy country’s strict animal welfare laws need to ...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to launch a major review of the country’s visa system in a move to tackle acute labour shortages in key industries, the ...

A small earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the eastern Akrotiri area at 9:17 on Sunday morning. The department of geological surveys, with a post on Twitter stated: “This ...

The age limit for the administration of the booster, or 4th dose of the Covid vaccine is being reduced from Monday, the health ministry announced. The ministry said that from ...

The prospect of a recession in Cyprus is a distinct possibility According to the latest Eurobarometer by the European Commission seven out of ten Cypriots describe the economic situation of ...

‘The Cyprus Shipping Chamber’s (CSC) primary goals are to advance the interests of Cyprus Shipping and constantly enhance the standing of the Cyprus flag’ Thomas A. Kazakos is the ...

Around 70 ground staff at Paphos airport staged a lightning two-hour strike on Saturday night over possible redundancies, affecting a total of eight flights where passengers could not collect their luggage. ...

Averof Neophytou and Nikos Christodoulidis cannot bring about the changes necessary for Cyprus since both of them are part of the problem, Akel general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. Akel ...

A protest against the barbed wire fences and gates along the buffer zone was held on Sunday by affected villagers in the west of Nicosia. Around 200 people attended, according to ...

Britain’s main opposition party leader Keir Starmer said on Sunday he would reintroduce the top rate of income tax to 45% after the government abolished the rate in a mini-budget. ...

Lebanon’s banks will reopen on Monday, the banking association said, after five days of closure following a wave of holdups in the country by depositors seeking access to their ...