Archive 2022

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 ...

By Stephen Lillie Peace and stability have been hard-won in Northern Ireland. So much of the progress we have seen rests on the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, which marked the ...

A teenager was arrested as the fourth suspect in cases where scammers posed as doctors to extort money from people, police said on Friday. The new arrest concerns a 19-year-old ...

Police were investigating on Friday after they found weapons and ammunition in a Nicosia warehouse. Officers from the Nicosia CID carried out a search at the warehouse following a tip-off ...

Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the ...

Shanghai reported new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas for the first time after five days of no infections, prompting stricter curbs in a district, but plans to end a prolonged ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced that it recorded a profit after tax of €21 million during the first quarter of 2022, €13 million higher than the corresponding period of 2021. Moreover, it ...

Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine’s military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the ...

The Price Index of Construction Materials reached a historically high level in April 2022, with the prices of construction materials rising by 24.54 per cent year-on-year, according to a report by the ...

The prospect of a Russia sovereign default is moving centre stage again with a deadline for a US license allowing Moscow to make payments expiring on May 25 and $100 million in ...

Soaring inflation, supply chain issues and the hit from the Ukraine war will bring an end to the growth boom India’s IT services industry enjoyed during the pandemic, J....

The primary school door-to-door bus system is being billed as a way to tackle chronic traffic jams while offering a service to the public which is owed by the state. ...

Political leaders of Cyprus praised the speech given by Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the joint session of US Congress. They were impressed by his references to the ...

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law ...

Reactions and reservations were heard Thursday at the House audit committee regarding the under-construction football stadium in Limassol and the procedure relating to the choice of the new managing entity ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...

Cyprus and Jordan on Thursday committed to further enhancing bilateral relations on all levels, 60 years after the two states initiated diplomatic ties. President Nicos Anastasiades received at the palace the ...

Tempers flared during a debate at the House health committee on Thursday in response to proposed changes to the national health service, Gesy, put forward by Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos. ...

The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine‘s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv’s ...

Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79. ...

Civil wedding ceremonies hosted at archaeological sites in Cyprus were the focus of discussions by lawmakers during the House transport committee meeting on Thursday. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos posed the ...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Thursday. The move comes ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday thanked Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis for the latter’s highlighting of the Cyprus issue during his recent working visit to the United States. The ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced reservations over a government bill that aims to fast-track so-called ‘strategic developments’, pointing out that the legislation itself omits to spell out which investments are deemed ...