Archive 2022

By Alexandros Clerides The background of the discussion is the fact that a police interrogator should act in a manner that excludes the possibility of fabricating testimony and his impartial ...

Two people, aged 27 and 19, were arrested on Wednesday night for the theft of a bicycle worth €10,000, which was stolen on December 10 from the parking lot of an apartment building in ...

The victim of an alleged abduction in Paphos was found by police in Chlorakas close to the pizza place where he was beaten up and shoved into a vehicle by ...

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after a loosening of ...

The Cypriot economy continued its slowdown in November, carrying on with the trend of the two previous months, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre ...

European Union leaders will argue on Thursday over how to prop up their countries’ industries, which have been whacked by soaring energy prices since the outbreak of war in Ukraine ...

The Cypriot banking system incurred losses after tax of €36 million, on a consolidated basis, in the first half of 2022, compared to profits of €22.54 million in the corresponding period of 2021, according ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced this week that it successfully held a one-day event in which it sought to bolster financial literacy awareness among secondary education teachers. The ...

Some of the banks that lent Elon Musk $13 billion to buy Twitter are preparing to book losses on the loans this quarter, but they are likely to do so in ...

Divisions have appeared in the government over Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos’ handling of the threatened strike by EAC as he had reportedly failed to stick to what had been agreed ...

There was one positive thing to come out of the ludicrous decision of the ministry of education’s committee for the approval of shows to take a line from a ...

France will take on Argentina in the World Cup final after beating Morocco 2-0 in an absorbing semi-final on Wednesday to stay on course for a successful title defence and ...

Georgia’s jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a new hunger strike then abandoned it within hours on Wednesday as he faced further delay in a legal bid to get medical ...

Colombia’s government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group ...

With a wary eye on China, President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the ...

A man was abducted in Paphos on Wednesday evening, police said after finding the car used to take him in Tremithousa village. According to Paphos Police Spokesman Michalis Nicolaou at 5:45 ...

A 57-year-old that was electrocuted is in a stable condition at Famagusta General, police said on Wednesday about the man who was injured in a work accident earlier in the ...

Cypriots remain amongst the most skeptical of the EU’s handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with 53 per cent approving overall of the bloc’s support for Kyiv. While ...

December hosts a huge variety of events: music nights, end-of-year performances, workshops and Christmas markets. This weekend even more are happening in the capital. Here is a selection of a ...

Tamasos Bishop Isaias said on Wednesday during a Q&A session that he grew up listening to Iron Maiden and ACDC – frequenting the former Africana disco in Nicosia. “Music ...

Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after ...

The Avakas gorge nature trail was closed on Wednesday afternoon due to heavy rain, the agriculture department has announced. The path will remain closed until the department of forests of ...

A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as a strong potential challenger to ...

The forestry department has broken the law in the way in which it acquired firefighting helicopters, the auditor general said in his report on Wednesday. The service called on the ...