Archive 2022

Britain’s worsening cost-of-living squeeze is pushing some people into gambling and cryptocurrency investments in last-ditch attempts to make ends meet, a gambling charity warned on Thursday. GamCare said it ...

As police step up traffic checks amid a spike in road fatalities, the transport ministry on Thursday launched its incentive plan for the purchase of protective equipment for motorcyclists. Applications ...

I enjoy trying different cuisines, flavours, and dishes from different parts of the world. However, finding truly authentic restaurants that are a decent representation of the cuisine they offer might ...

Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people, more were trapped in rubble but poor communications and a lack of proper ...

The English School staff union (ESSA) staged an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday morning to protest the management of the school. The union said it proceeded with the demonstration because ...

Gareth Bale has excited Cardiff fans by visiting the Sky Bet Championship club’s Vale of Glamorgan base on their first day of pre-season training. Bale has been linked with ...

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday before being rescued by her coach ...

Police have made three arrests for car theft, catching two of the suspects with one of the two stolen vehicles. In an announcement on Thursday, police said that at around 6.45 ...

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both kick-started their Wimbledon preparations with easy exhibition wins at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic. Nadal showed no ill-effects after nerve treatment on the chronic ...

The 14th summit of BRICS, an emerging-market group that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be held this week in virtual format under the theme of “Foster ...

Limassol police are investigating a case of online fraud after receiving a complaint on Wednesday from a 66-year-old man who reported having been robbed of €88,930. The man said that, around ...

Diko’s executive bureau has decided to propose to the central committee that the party back independent presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides in the February elections. The central committee is expected ...

Germany triggered the “alarm stage” of its emergency gas plan on Thursday in response to falling Russian supplies but stopped short of allowing utilities to pass on soaring energy costs ...

In today’s episode, the two firefighting planes sent by the Cyprus government on Wednesday to help fight the big fire in the northern part of the island were back ...

The month of June is dedicated to LGBTQI+ awareness and its annual series of events aims to highlight the community, its rights and struggles without forgetting to celebrate love in ...

Thursday will be mainly fine with temperatures about 2C above the seasonal average at 37C inland, remaining at the same levels on Friday. According to the early morning forecast issued ...

Firefighters battled a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on Thursday, as hopes that the blazes were contained fizzled after they spread again due to high temperatures and ...

Cryptocurrency trading increasingly resembles the US stock market of the late 1920s, Switzerland’s top market regulator said on Wednesday, calling for regulators to take more action to protect consumers ...

The Cyprus economy and competitiveness council on Wednesday recommended the establishment of a new deputy ministry for the environment and sustainability. The recommendation for the creation of a new deputy ...

The cabinet of ministers this week approved a bill amending the income tax law so that the existing tax exemption for the amount of investment in an approved small-to-medium innovative ...

Cyprus, the land of strays, exports up to 5,000 dogs and cats every year, deputies heard at the house environment committee on Wednesday. In the last seven years, some 30,000 dogs have ...

Sometimes it’s hard to know if the pollsters in Brussels actually believe the things they hear from the people they survey in member states from time to time, or ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority (Alk) on Wednesday said that the commercialisation of the Larnaca port has been one of the most important events that took place in the Cyprus maritime ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second biggest city ...