Archive 2022

President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to allow more than 2 million Turkish workers to retire early is his latest measure to ease economic hardships in the run-up to tight elections, and ...

Egypt on Thursday lifted a key restriction on imports and approved a list of economic activities the government would leave to the private sector, in an effort to meet two ...

Sea turtle populations are increasing in the areas around the sovereign bases following conservations efforts by military and civilian volunteers, officials said on Friday. In 2022, a total of 172 green and ...

There is a “terrifying increase” in drug use in Cyprus, bringing about impoverishment of the public, the Supreme Court said on Friday rejecting two appeals for leniency in prison sentencing ...

After much back-and-forth between the Prastio village authorities, Paphos District Officer Mary Lambrou and MPs, the electricity authority (EAC) on Friday afternoon accepted a payment of €2,000 and reconnected electricity to ...

Hearty warming dinner Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives 1 preserved lemon 50ml olive oil 1 tsp melted butter 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2.5cm piece of ginger, grated 1 tbsp ground coriander ...

France striker Kylian Mbappe has shrugged off Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez’s taunts after the World Cup final, saying he did not “waste energy on such futile things” as he ...

Russia shelled Ukrainian towns across a long stretch of the frontline from north to south, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, a day after Moscow fired dozens of missiles in its ...

Police in Larnaca on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man for possession of drugs and money which appears to have been obtained through illegal activity. According to the police, shortly after 10...

Police were on Friday investigating another case of online fraud in involving loss of thousands of euros. According to a police statement, the 36-year-old manager of a Limassol-based social media ...

Police on Friday arrested a man for possessing an unregistered metal detector following a car chase. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, shortly before 1am a crime prevention patrol in ...

A total of 2,602 new coronavirus infections were detected in Cyprus from 53.528 tests in the past seven days, giving a positivity rate of 4.86 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. ...

In today’s episode, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela is threatening to revoke the licences of doctors working in a private hospital in Nicosia who turned away two women in urgent ...

Balkan sounds, moving compositions and energetic melodies will fill a Limassol live music venue as the world-renowned musician Goran Bregovic travels to Cyprus for another concert in February. The last ...

A 59-year-old man was injured on Thursday while carrying out agricultural work in Statou Agios Fotiou village in Paphos. According to police, the man called for help at around 3pm ...

A couple of days before the New Year, we asked people on the streets of Nicosia for their thoughts and predictions.

On Friday increased cloud cover is expected to bring isolated rain or even a storm, mainly on the east and north coast and possibly in the mountains. On the highest ...

Association of Real Estate Agents and Entrepreneurs of Cyprus (Skek) president Andreas Kaouris on Thursday said that despite the challenges, combined with the decline in global real estate prices, Cyprus’ ...

The National Betting Authority this week announced that it recorded a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in gross betting revenue during the third quarter of 2022, generating €238.1 million, compared to €192.08 million in ...

From the moment Russian gas exports to Germany were first disrupted in June, German firm Kelheim Fibers began casting around for alternative options to keep its engines running. As a ...

Turkish locals’ forex and gold holdings dropped $5.04 billion in the week to Dec 23 when adjusted for the parity effect to stand at $194.44 billion, data from the central bank showed on ...

The price of Solana, a cryptocurrency token that had been lauded by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, fell 10.36 per cent on Wednesday, and is down 94.2 per cent so far in 2022. The ...

Thousands of low-income pensioners struggling to make ends meet over the Christmas period will from January 1, 2023 be able to apply for a new support scheme, said the Union of Cypriot ...

It’s a sad indictment of our politicians that out of almost 72,000 eligible but unregistered voters, only around 10,000 at best signed up for the upcoming presidential elections by Tuesday’s ...