Archive 2022

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace dismissed trade union claims that the country’s borders are less secure with military personnel manning immigration desks rather than border force staff, who are ...

Benjamin Netanyahu sealed a comeback as Israeli prime minister on Thursday as his hard-right cabinet was being sworn in with promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank ...

US oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees that they should not be “bothered by stock market craziness” after the company’s shares fell nearly 70 per cent this ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou met with former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci as they discussed the Cyprus problem. The announcement came from Akinci on social media with ...

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story but not for the faint-hearted. Written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and first published in the New England Magazine, it is considered an ...

The four-year-old girl who was transferred to Israel with Strep A infection has shown slight signs of improvement, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday during ...

It has been a rough 12 months for emerging markets that have seen more governments stumble into default, currencies suffer and double-digit losses in stocks and bonds alike – though many investors ...

Apollon on Thursday slammed the decision of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) to reject the appeal filed by the club over the decision to hold the derby against Ael behind ...

US stock investors could not be more eager to turn the page on 2022, a brutal year dominated by market-punishing Federal Reserve rate hikes designed to tamp down the steepest inflation ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Thursday announced it has received a donation of €25,000 from the Republic of Ireland. A statement said the donation, made on December 27, brings Ireland’...

Officials denied that Cyprus is facing a shortage in key medicines such as antibiotics, amid reports of pharmacies running low. Elena Panayiotopoulou, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services, said on ...

A 33-year-old Paphos man was arrested at 1am on Thursday after he tested positive on a narcotest during a police check. Police also uncovered 5.5 grammes of cannabis in the suspect’...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Thursday threatened to revoke the licences of doctors working in a private hospital in Nicosia who turned away two women in urgent need of medical ...

The price of gold in Egypt has risen to unprecedented highs as nervous savers seek refuge from a weakening currency and some companies export bullion to raise scarce dollars to ...

Looking for profitable investments? You may want to consider Orbeon Protocol (ORBN), Quant (QNT), and ImmutableX (IMX). With Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) selling out fast in phase 3 of its presale, with ...

By Sarah Coyne Sometimes we save the best until last, and for 2022 with my recent discovery of the new restaurant Nema, this is precisely the case. Opposite the Almyra Hotel, ...

The junction of Spyros Kyprianou avenue and Nicou Pattichi street in Limassol will be closed between January 2 and 8 for anti-flood works, the Limassol sewerage board said on Thursday. According to ...

Countries are imposing or considering imposing curbs on travellers from China amid a COVID-19 surge there after authorities relaxed ‘zero-COVID’ rules. They cite a lack of information from China on ...

Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv in the west and Odesa in the southwest, sending people rushing to shelters ...

Erling Haaland continued his incredible season in front of goal with a brace to help Manchester City cruise to a 3-1 victory at Leeds United on Wednesday, ensuring the champions ...

The Russian rouble slumped to an eight-month low against the dollar on Thursday, struggling under the weight of expectations that sanctions on Russian oil and gas may limit export revenues. ...

The year 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the United Kingdom, provisional figures reported by Britain’s national weather service on Wednesday showed, after a summer marked by ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus this year recorded the lowest number of deaths from road collisions since the start of data-keeping. There’s also second phase of the electric vehicle ...