Archive 2022

Where do you live? I am jumping back and forth between London and Cyprus. In London I live with random roommates and in Cyprus with my mom and our dog ...

The government on Saturday said the change to the status of the illegal Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was another action on the part of Turkey to put the ...

Cyprus needs to improve its perception, attitudes, and behaviours towards diversity, acting Labour Minister Yiannis Karousos said Saturday, while presenting the completed and coming actions to support people with disabilities. ...

Article by Ambassador Liu Yantao on Global Development Initiative We live in a time when the world is beset by global changes and a pandemic unseen in a century. The ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed recent protests in Iran on foreign “enemies” seeking to overthrow the government in the Islamic Republic. Also, he said, enemies were ...

By Yiannis Seitanidis The deal between Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed earlier this week to launch a joint venture to lay fibre optic data cable that will link Europe with ...

The metaverse will enable people to invest in the real and virtual worlds designed on different blockchains. Your “Avatar,” or virtual self, will someday be able to interact with other ...

By Luigi Scazzieri Turkey’s objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO have put the spotlight on Ankara’s role in the alliance. Even if a compromise is found, Turkey’...

Two men, aged 35 and 38, were remanded on Saturday on suspicion of assaulting and causing grievous bodily harm to another person during a bar fight in Paphos. The two appeared before ...

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka’s name appeared on the singles entry list for Wimbledon released by the organisers on Friday but veterans Roger Federer and the Williams sisters ...

Three men were remanded for four days on Saturday on suspicion of stealing a €15,000 Rolex watch from a locked car. The theft was reported to the police by a 31-year-old ...

By Prudence Wade Like many people, the pandemic made chef Josh Katz want to go back to basics. He even relocated from London to Ibiza, saying he believed “the pandemic ...

Well-known and beloved folklore character Karagiozis is upgrading his shadow theatre home to be part of a family concert series with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Across three dates this month ...

With restrictions over, this summer is a time many have been waiting years for, and will now head off for a longed-for holiday Last year, many of us stayed in ...

Turkey summoned the Greek ambassador to Ankara to the foreign ministry to protest about what it said was Greece providing opportunities for terrorist groups to conduct activities, state-owned Anadolu news ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth, the reclusive state’s foreign ministry said, as Britain celebrates her Platinum Jubilee. Friday marked ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Taipei on Saturday to commemorate China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 33 years ago. Chinese-run Hong Kong deployed heavy security ...

Ukraine’s intelligence services are in communication with the captured Azovstal steelworks fighters and Kyiv is doing all it can to ensure their release, Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy said ...

The US state department aims to consolidate its relationship with Cyprus with the goal of creating stability in the region. “We look forward to continuing to deepen our bilateral relations (...

Major business stakeholders got together at the Limassol Business and Investment Summit on Friday to discuss the ways in which the city can continue to capitalise on the notable growth ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) earlier participated and presided over the first annual general meeting of the Association of Balkan Chambers for 2022. The Association of Balkan Chambers ...

Chief Scientist and Research and Innovation Foundation president Nikolas Mastroyiannopoulos on Wednesday praised the role of the state in fostering innovation and promoting the use of technologically advanced solutions in ...

Cyprus has dropped from the top place of the European Environment Agency’s list classifying the best quality bathing waters in the EU. In last year’s study, Cyprus had ...

Understandably, everyone is complaining about the soaring fuel prices, which on Friday went up yet again, with unleaded 95 now at about €1.81 per litre and diesel at €1.88 per litre. The increase ...