Archive 2022

Christmas is a season full of magic and wonder as the decorated streets and many festive events are there to remind us. One event happening just outside Nicosia arrives soon ...

TUS Airways has expanded its fleet and will begin offering more flights from Cyprus and the Middle East in 2023, the company announced on Tuesday. Starting March 26 next year, TUS will ...

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after the collapse of the FTX exchange hit valuations and dampened ...

Trade unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) delivered a searing critique of the government on Tuesday, asserting that some of the state’s energy policies make ...

Cyprus is determined to have a smooth transition into a green and digital economy Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. Visiting Strovolos’ centre for green and digital entrepreneurship, Kadis ...

Russia and Ukraine said on Tuesday they had exchanged 60 prisoners of war on each side in the latest of a series of such swaps. Russia’s defence ministry said the 60 ...

The establishment of a Limassol branch French Cypriot school is another expression of the ‘long-standing excellent relations’ between Cyprus and France, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said at the inauguration on ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios on Tuesday said that the future of Cypriot tourism is promising, despite a number of challenges, before expressing his desire that the upcoming presidential ...

Eddie Jones’ roller-coaster ride as England coach came to an end on Tuesday when he was sacked by the Rugby Football Union following a review into their November series that ...

In total 130 innovative drugs will be added in the national health scheme (Gesy) by the end of January, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Tuesday. The minister said he has ...

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has signed a deal with Google and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to digitise 20 years of archive audio-visual material spanning from 1990 to 2010. The material, consisting ...

I met Nicos over a decade ago. Both in our late 20s, we initially connected around our love for canoeing; it was obvious we both thrived on exercising in the ...

Indonesia’s parliament approved a new criminal code on Tuesday that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, despite worries the laws may ...

The marine-protected area of Yeroskipou-Moulia is not being adequately supervised, the Paphos tourism development organisation (Etap) said on Tuesday. In a written statement, chairman Kyriacos Drousiotis said that “despite the ...

Finland must lift an arms embargo on Ankara as a condition to securing support from Turkey for its NATO membership bid, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. Finland ...

If you find the festivities a difficult time of the year, there are steps to make it easier says DR VASILIOS SILIVISTRIS. Christmas is fast approaching and with it an ...

The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs in Hollywood last year pleaded no contest to ...

Prince Harry said Britain’s royal household regularly leak stories about each other, calling it “a dirty game” in a new trailer released on Monday for the much-anticipated Netflix documentary ...

A third Russian airfield was ablaze on Tuesday from a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometers deep into Russian air ...

Prominent advertising agency TELIA & PAVLA BBDO marked four decades of success in style, throwing a spectacular party at its festively lit offices at 62 Pericleous Street. Celebrating 40 years of endless ...

A 34-year-old Greek Cypriot man that drove his car through the barricade at the Ledra Palace crossing point despite warnings has been remanded for one month on Tuesday until his ...

Teams of volunteers man the Logos Hope around the year, visiting ports in different countries where they sell books and work with local organisations. It is currently in Limassol. ELENI ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou said on Tuesday that she will call a meeting with the police following the violent clashes between fans at football match in Limassol. The clashes between ...

As the US dollar tumbles from multi-decade highs, some investors are betting emerging market currencies will be big winners from a sustained reversal in the greenback. The MSCI International Emerging ...