Archive 2022

The fashion industry has seen a tumultuous few years, and this has drastically changed the way that consumers interact and engage with fashion. The pandemic, and the rise of social ...

An emotional President Nicos Anastasiades called Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou “the best minister” and a “minister for the poor” during a eulogy he delivered at her funeral on Friday. Her ...

The congressional committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat presented testimony showing that close allies – even his ...

Construction companies and other industry stakeholders continue to be faced with the persisting challenges posed by rising domestic inflation, as well as the adverse effects of global supply chain disruption ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit increased by 22.79 per cent year-on-year in the period January-April 2022, according to preliminary data published on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The deficit amounted to €2.24 billion, ...

Singapore-based private securities platform ADDX said it has become the first financial firm in the city-state to recognise cryptocurrency in their assessment of assets of high-net worth clients. The move ...

Cyprus was rocked by a 4.9 earthquake in the early hours of Friday morning which was felt throughout the island, particularly in Larnaca and Famagusta. The seismological centre said the earthquake ...

The Russian government added 551.4 billion roubles ($9.5 billion) to its emergency reserve fund on Thursday as the Kremlin steps up its stimulus package in a bid to protect the economy from ...

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: not even when the ...

The opening of the competitive electricity market has turned into an ongoing joke. The first deadline missed was in July 2014 and it was followed by one in July 2016, July 2019 and ...

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday that his group could stop Israel from extracting gas from a maritime field that Beirut says lies in disputed waters, adding ...

Parliament on Thursday approved legislation that allows Greek Cypriots leasing Turkish Cypriot properties in the south to use them for commercial purposes. The bill had been tabled by Diko MP ...

One of two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions backed by Moscow on Thursday said it would soon start rail shipments to Russia of grain that its troops had “liberated”, Tass news ...

By unanimous vote, the House on Thursday passed legislation aiming to fast-track the return of at least part of the moneys that legacy Laiki’s depositors lost when the bank ...

A number of items produced in the north have been added to the Green Line Regulation, reports said on Thursday. Citing Turkish Cypriot media, the Press and Information Office said ...

Authorities had yet to establish a motive on Thursday for a 29-year-old German-Armenian man who rammed his car into a group of schoolchildren in Berlin, killing a teacher and leaving ...

In a dramatic move on Thursday, Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis gave the auditor-general a power-of-attorney to access his personal financial information, adding that he’d drive himself to jail if ...

Iran expects an oil cargo confiscated by the United States off the coast of Greece to be returned in full, Tehran’s ambassador to Athens said on Thursday, following a ...

In between the series of dance acts that are part of an ongoing annual festival at Rialto Theatre, a double show on June 19 titled Sakra will be presented by choreographer ...

The speaker of Ireland’s parliament Seán Ó Fearghaíl said Thursday his country supports a Cyprus settlement that is based on the principles as expounded by the United Nations. ...

The FBI arrested Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on Thursday over misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by throngs of ...

Iran on Thursday dealt a near-fatal blow to chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it began removing essentially all the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment installed under ...

Russia warned the West on Thursday that cyber attacks against its infrastructure risked leading to direct military confrontation, and that attempts to challenge Moscow in the cyber sphere would be ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britons on Thursday he was “on your side”, vowing to build a high-growth, low-tax economy where everyone could buy their own home, in his latest ...