Archive 2022

The government on Thursday stuck to its guns, dismissing calls for annulling the appointment of Petros Agathangelou to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation – even as the HIO head ...

The education ministry on Thursday said it has drawn up a plan to overhaul the schooling experience of migrant children, aimed at better induction and smoother integration. Education Minister Prodromos ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old man who went to a post office in Nicosia to pick up a package containing 160 grams of cannabis. The youth was arrested at around ...

Cyprus has already overcome the loss of Russian maritime trade due to European sanctions and the Mediterranean shipping hub is chasing business expansion in Japan and elsewhere in Asia as ...

Royal Mail is losing one million pounds a day, the British post and parcel delivery firm said, as it struggles to cut costs as inflation-hit consumers cut back on online ...

Hyundai Motor Co, factory robot builder ABB and Swedish fridge maker Electrolux see the semi-conductor chip shortage easing, executives said Thursday, in a boost for manufacturers after a long struggle ...

Efforts to protect marine biodiversity through the creation of artificial reefs are delivering results in abundance, the department of fisheries and marine research said on its Facebook page as it ...

The tradition of the island can be found in plentiful supply in the village of Pomos, which goes from ultimate calm to live music venue over the summer finds PAUL ...

Cyprus has secured funding worth €3.75 million from the EU for the implementation of the first national quantum communications network in the country, a statement released by the deputy ministry of ...

Forty-eight years are not enough for a young girl to forget a rape at the hands of Turkish soldiers, during the 1974 Turkish invasion. Now 62, the girl only identified as M ...

Former US President Donald Trump has urged players to “take the money” and join the LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting that those who remain loyal to the PGA Tour will ...

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by more than expected on Thursday, confirming that concerns about runaway inflation now trump growth considerations, even as the euro zone economy reels ...

Microsoft’s MS Teams was back up for most users, the company said on Thursday, after an hours-long outage that disrupted the chat application for tens of thousands of customers ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its actions in Ukraine would not cause it to change course. In a call with reporters, ...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in good health, dismissing what it called false reports he was unwell. “Everything is fine with his health,” Kremlin ...

Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal on Friday to reopen Ukraine‘s Black Sea ports to grain exports, Turkey said, raising hopes that an international food crisis caused by ...

The French government on Thursday urged companies whose profits have surged during the inflation crisis to do more to help households cope as it faces pressure from lawmakers for a “...

It is difficult to feel enduring happiness by being attached to the physical world says DESPINA NICOLA To explain happiness, let’s picture life as the ocean. Life comes in ...

Britain’s handling of migrants who arrive by small boats from Northern France has been unacceptable, ineffective and inefficient, an independent inspection published on Thursday said. The number of people ...

A hefty jail sentence of 11 years was handed down by the Larnaca criminal court on Thursday against a 34-year-old man found guilty of possessing 3.685kg of cocaine with intent to ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Oil major Chevron and the Cyprus government said on Thursday they are committed to speeding up development of the offshore Aphrodite gas field, with ...

An employee of the Sovereign Base Areas has been formally charged with seven offences relating to corruption in a public office (accepting monies and services) linked to local businesses within ...

The head of the Paphos regional board of tourism Nasos Hadjigeorgiou has described the number of visitors to the district as “satisfactory”, adding that the goal of approaching the numbers ...

Gas rationing in Germany would impact the metal production and processing, chemical and paper industries most severely, according to a study on Thursday, amid heightened uncertainty over Russian supply via ...