Archive 2022

British shoppers used cash in only 15 per cent of transactions in 2021, half the level of the year before and down from nearly 40 per cent before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers said ...

Three-course vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup 1 large head of broccoli, roughly chopped 4 stalks of celery, sliced 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 1 large white onion, diced 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1/2 teaspoon ...

Cyprus detected 3,853 new coronavirus infections from 70,518 tests in the past seven days, a positivity rate of 5.47 per cent, the health ministry’s weekly report showed on Friday. Over the last ...

Police in Paphos on Friday are investigating an attack on a 29-year-old man, who claimed three people beat him and sprayed him with an object emitting harmful gases. According to ...

A Limassol travel agency alleged that it was hacked with the perpetrators falsely purchasing 31 tickets from Senegal to Morocco at a cost of €30,000. The agency reported the incident to the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West’s desire to maintain its dominance on the world stage was increasing the risks of conflict. “The potential for conflict in ...

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 ...

Jazz, swing, rock, chamber music – this season has it all. As bands, musical ensembles and orchestras prepare for their end-of-the-year shows, the local music scene is bursting with performances right ...

In today’s episode, trade unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus have announced measures as of next week that could potentially lead to rolling power cuts, including ...

Several districts of southern Paris were plunged into darkness on Thursday night due to a power outage tied to a technical glitch on an electrical transformer of energy supplier Enedis. ...

Paris St Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Lionel Messi is happy at the Ligue 1 champions and they will open discussions about a possible contract extension after the World Cup. Messi, ...

Lionel Messi’s hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’...

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic described their World Cup quarter-final opponents Brazil as “terrifying” after the five-time champions thrashed South Korea 4-1 to send a clear message to their rivals. Brazil, ...

Russian forces shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, part of what appeared to be the Kremlin’s scaled-back ambition ...

Fire engulfed one of the largest shopping malls near Moscow early on Friday, emergency services said, leading to the collapse of part of the structure, which complicated firefighters’ efforts to ...

A US judge this week is considering for the first time the question of who owns bitcoin and other tokens in frozen accounts at a bankrupt digital asset exchange in ...

Judging by Friday’s quiet streets in the heart of China’s capital and city eateries adherence to virus curbs, the anxieties created by the ‘zero-COVID’ regime could hinder the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Thursday announced that its upcoming annual general meeting, which will take place on December 19 in Nicosia, will also commemorate the chamber’...

The Biden administration levied sanctions late on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and ...

Many groups of experienced investors are assessing projects with a view to understanding which is most likely to generate significant returns. Minifootball has seen some significant gains recently, but it’...

The East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) this week announced that it has decided to approve the proposal of the Cypriot Presidency of the forum for the creation of a Scientific ...

The trading arm of Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR has paused purchases of Russian crude oil for its Turkish refinery as the industry grapples with EU sanctions on shipping ...

A US bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ruled that some customers of crypto lender Celsius Network should receive their deposits back, giving relief to a relatively small group of customers whose ...

New schemes providing incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles are expected to be announced within the next two weeks, the transport ministry said. About 2,500 applications will be approved as ...