Archive 2022

Turkey’s Treasury said on Friday the fight against inflation remained the top priority in its macroeconomic policy after it and other state institutions announced measures to support an economy ...

A doctor was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for three years after being found guilty for his involvement in the death of a 10-year-old boy in 2018. Larnaca ...

The Bank of England said on Friday it was satisfied lenders had taken steps to ensure they were no longer “too big to fail” in any future crisis, though it ...

Continuing its zero tolerance policy towards drug use, the British Bases police have arrested 31 people for possession of drugs, it said on Friday. The arrests were made in the villages ...

The ministry of health will operate nine sites for rapid tests around the island on Saturday. While mass testing is a thing of the past, the ministry operates the sites ...

Oil prices slipped on Friday but remained within touching distance of three-month highs as fears over new COVID-19 lockdown measures in Shanghai outweighed solid demand for fuels in the United ...

The UN Security Council must step up its game in demonstrating resolutions can be implemented, the island’s permanent representative to the UN said during Thursday’s plenary session. At ...

In the fourth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” the alluring waters of the Blue Lagoon on the north-western tip of Cyprus take centre stage, set against the backdrop of the Akamas ...

Russia is looking for weak points in Ukrainian defences near the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday. He told national television ...

Britain will present legislation to parliament on Monday to unilaterally revise the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, raising the risk of a trade war and a new clash with ...

China’s commercial hub of Shanghai will lock down millions of people for mass COVID-19 testing this weekend – just 10 days after lifting its gruelling two-month lockdown – unsettling residents and raising ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus (FoECY) is taking part in an international effort to stop 30 EU-backed gas projects from moving forward. Protestors claim the EU Commission has given these climate-destructive ...

Turkey’s lira has lost nearly a quarter of its value this year as soaring inflation and the central bank’s reluctance to raise interest rates stoke fears of another ...

A Turkish Cypriot is appealing his case against the Republic at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the killing of his father in 1963. The case centres on claims ...

MVPS.net marks its 4th anniversary by launching cloud computing services in Cyprus. Located strategically in a data center in Larnaca, its services are designed to provide excellent connectivity to ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the second time on Thursday and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr took the women’s ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolu will visit the north his weekend with the occupied village of Lapithos reportedly the focus of his trip. According to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kıbrı...

The year 2022 began on a bright one for the global crypto industry, but there have been conflicting views following a series of unprecedented events, such as cryptocurrency’s nonpartisan role ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Local cultural centre and NGO Phaneromenis70 is organising a series of events this June titled Topophilia II for its participation in the first New European Bauhaus festival. Supported by the ...

There were no Covid deaths recorded during the past week, according to the health ministry’s weekly report, released on Friday, while 2,207 tests out of a total of 58,585 came back ...

The Pancyprian exams got underway on Friday morning with 5,200 students sitting the modern Greek paper, with upper secondary schools across the island hosting the examinations. Modern Greek is the only ...

In today’s episode, the Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: ...

Friday and Saturday are set to be sunny and warm, with temperatures slightly above the seasonal average, but a shift is expected by Sunday with rain and storms on the ...