Archive 2022

Startups4Peace (Su4P), an EU-funded innovative entrepreneurship project backed by the Finnish embassy, announced on Monday the launch of its programme for 2022. The programme is delivered in partnership with ...

The Audit Office said on Monday it has wrapped up its report on the ‘golden passports’ and will be releasing it next month. Speaking to a local radio station, Audit ...

In the end the Bank of Cyprus met its target of reducing its workforce, by between 500 and 600 employees, through a ‘voluntary retirement scheme’. The target had not been met by ...

Brazilian brokerage XP Inc (XP.O) expects to open its digital assets trading platform to clients by mid-August, initially offering bitcoin and ether but with plans to expand it by ...

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it was working with law enforcement to look into potential losses among the public after the crypto exchange Zipmex temporarily suspended ...

Authorities scrambled to put out a fire in a protected national park in northern Greece on Monday, burning through acres of forest for days that is home to various species ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met with ENI CEO, Claudio Descalzi in Rome and discussed energy-related issues. In a post on Twitter on Monday the Foreign Affairs Ministry said that Kasoulides ...

Former Northern Irish first minister David Trimble, a pro-British leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role as a key architect in ending three decade of bloodshed ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday there is no reason for high-level talks with Ankara’s estranged rival Egypt not to take place, as its efforts to mend ties ...

Paul Sorvino, who played the role of gangster Paulie Cicero in classic mob movie “Goodfellas,” has died at the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor said on Monday. Sorvino, ...

The first shipments of Ukrainian grain could leave Black Sea ports within days under a U.N.-brokered deal to tackle a global food crisis that has worsened since Russia ...

The Animal Party Cyprus (APC) invites pet owners to grab their animal companions and join its members on a walk along the pedestrian walkway in Ayios Tychonas in Limassol on ...

The recent rise in cases of acute hepatitis among children is likely linked to a common childhood virus, two independent studies from British researchers have suggested. Countries across the world ...

Hundreds of protesters attacked a United Nations peacekeeping force’s warehouse and looted offices on Monday in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding that the mission leave ...

Continuing the run of productions at the 2022 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama is a performance by the National Theatre of Northern Greece, a group returning to the festival after ...

The police on Monday congratulated two teenagers for handing over a wallet full of cash that someone had earlier misplaced. In a press release, the police said the two teens – ...

Turkey on Monday accused Greece of pushing a boat carrying migrants out of Greek territorial waters and back into Turkish ones. The defence ministry in Ankara said the incident occurred ...

Russia dealt a new blow to European countries over their support for Ukraine on Monday, saying it would further cut gas supplies through its single biggest gas link to Germany. ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Congo Republic on Monday, the second leg of an African tour aimed at strengthening Moscow’s ties with a continent that has refused to ...

Independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades is pulling out all the stops to woo younger voters, with a minibus roving across the towns decked out with the latest bells and whistles ...

Authorities have brought under control a fire that broke out in Strovolos industrial area which affected three factories, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis announced on Monday afternoon. The blaze started ...

Sightings of a ‘UFO’ over Cypriot skies over the weekend created a buzz, although Internet-savvy onlookers were quick to deduce the object was a Starlink satellite array in low Earth ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night after causing a ruckus and assaulting a police officer while drunk at the Famagusta general hospital, according to the police. “Just after 8.30...

Seventeen high-capacity motorcycles and five cars have been confiscated according to a police announcement on Monday. In the context of preventing road collisions and noise pollution, Z team and traffic ...