Archive 2022

Controversial lawyer Andreas Pittadjis – whose famous line ‘this is Cyprus’ became a phrase used to laugh at scandals – was fined €4,000 by the Cyprus Bar Association on Tuesday for demeaning the ...

Calling all directors and screenwriters. TSFM Word-Frame is an intensive international training workshop aimed at short film directors and screenwriters, developed by Massimiliano Nardulli, Massimo D’orzi and Enrico Vannucci ...

Members of the House finance committee have voiced their concern at the government’s intention to open tenders for the construction of juvenile detention centres to private companies. MPs Christiana ...

Our region will experience climate change more intensely and sooner than other regions, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis reiterated on Tuesday as the island played host to a high-level international conference ...

The fire service chief has ordered an internal inquiry after a former firefighter who reportedly failed to return two metal badges that identify him as such that are part of ...

A dispute between Israel and Lebanon over their maritime boundary has obstructed energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and risks exacerbating tensions between the two foes. After months of deadlock ...

Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable player in the world, according Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory, followed by Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr and new ...

Flight fares are reaching record high levels this Europen summer. As the whole world can’t wait to travel, demand is rising steeply, and the airline industry is working hard ...

Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday on an expected demand recovery in China as the world’s second-biggest economy relaxes tough COVID-19 curbs, and on doubts that a higher output ...

Foreign tourists visiting Japan will be required to wear masks, take out private medical insurance and be chaperoned throughout their stay, the government said on Tuesday, as it plans a ...

With temperatures rising and people heading to the beach and the pool, police on Tuesday issued advice on how to stay safe, especially for younger swimmers. In an announcement posted ...

Low pressure and unstable weather conditions are currently affecting the island and although Tuesday will be mainly fine, clouds that develop later in the day are expected to lead to ...

An examination of the zinc content of teeth from sharks both living and extinct is providing clues about the demise of the largest-known shark, indicating the mighty megalodon may have ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested in Paphos for possession of drugs. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, officers patrolling a street in town on Monday night stopped the man’...

By Richard Boxall It seems that 150 is a good 20-over score at the Happy Valley ground. In the latest round of matches there in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup, the ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived a confidence vote ...

The Limassol pensioner who admitted to killing his 82-year-old wife on Monday morning and who was remanded in custody for eight days on Tuesday, carried out the murder for “futile ...

It has been outright bloodshed in the crypto market, with Bitcoin losing important support levels one after the other. There’s no point sugarcoating this event as a market correction, ...

The passing of political stalwart Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Monday night was marked around the island on Tuesday with the president announcing that flags on government buildings will fly ...

Running for a seat in the US Senate sounds tricky at the best of times. If you then imagine that your daughter’s got herself involved with a devastatingly handsome ...

Turkey will continue cutting interest rates rather than hiking them in the face of high living costs, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, playing down inflation of more than 70 per ...

This quick and easy garlic prawn pasta is a perfect classic pasta recipe you could make in less than 20 minutes. Juicy tender prawns, pasta with a kick of chilli and ...

Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian player Zinedine Zidane’s head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the head ...

Online racist abuse directed towards Black players in the England team after last year’s European Championship final has further complicated preparations for penalty shootouts, England manager Gareth Southgate said. ...