Archive 2022

GIVEN the borderline lawful way in which he has been leeching off the taxpayer, you dread to think what the Diko-Edek independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides, would do if he was ...

By Patricia Jordan We are always being encouraged by the powers that be to grow more drought-tolerant trees and shrubs and not those that soak up masses of water from ...

Champions Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday after Erling Haaland grabbed his 10th goal in six games. Jamaican Leon ...

A multidisciplinary performance in English called Setting the Codes for the Heart of a Dream is coming to Nicosia for two nights this month, at ARTos Foundation, after sell-out shows ...

Chelsea beat West Ham United 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as goals from substitutes Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz cancelled out Michail Antonio’s opener but they also had ...

For the second time in five days, NASA on Saturday halted a countdown in progress and postponed a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of its giant, next-generation ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece on Saturday of occupying islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarised status, and said Turkey was prepared to “do what is necessary” ...

The toll from cataclysmic floods in Pakistan continued to climb on Saturday with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children, as the country grapples with a relief and rescue operation of near ...

Max Verstappen delivered the goods in front of 105,000 orange-clad fans by putting his Red Bull on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix. Verstappen’s preparations for qualifying were dealt ...

The ARIS Innovation centre announced the successful completion of two ERASMUS+ projects on the topics of Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FeSTEM) and the promotion of Social ...

The health ministry and the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy) have clashed over the timeframe in creating the much-needed A&E department at Makarios children’s hospital, which currently ...

VAR was centre of attention once more as Everton were denied a second-half winner in a feisty 0-0 draw with Merseyside rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday. Both ...

Israeli winger Liel Abada scored twice in the first half as Celtic thrashed Rangers 4-0 in the Old Firm derby in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday. Abada put champions Celtic ...

A fact-finding mission to Cyprus will be carried out between September 19 and 21 by a delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control to investigate the use of EU ...

Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as “...

We can thank Budapest for the biro and the Rubik’s cube. Budapest is built on a vast labyrinth of caves, which stretch for miles and miles beneath the city. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Saturday visited the Daytona karting track in Nicosia, where he participated in motorcycle training seminars organised by the Nicosia Motorcycle Club, under the auspices of ...

A step forward for the Cybersecurity efforts of the Cypriot government is the approval for the EU co-financing of the N4CY project for the development of the National Coordination ...

Britain’s prime minister in waiting Liz Truss models herself on Margaret Thatcher, judging by her photo ops echoing famous images of the country’s first female premier. If Truss ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday welcomed Cyprus’ upgrading by American credit rating agency S&P, which has revised the country’s credit rating from BBB-/A3 to BBB/...

The Paphos tourism board (Etap) is satisfied with the town’s air connectivity for the coming winter period, it said. Etap managing director Nasos Hadjigeorgiou said that despite the fact ...

Inflation in August 2022 increased by 8.9 per cent in Cyprus, according to data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus on Friday. The Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.29 units and reached 113.34 ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus has drawn attention to the new Attract2Invest programme which supports early-stage start-ups, including those from Cyprus. The EIT Health’s Attract2Invest ...

Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during ...