Archive 2022

Five individuals and two establishments were fined in the last 24 hours for violations of Covid measures. Out of the two establishments, one was fined €1,000 because the manager was without Safepass, ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus on Monday said that the coronavirus outbreak in Cyprus, exacerbated by the emergence of the Omicron variant, led to a sudden tightening of business loan ...

Police arrested two people after locating a 28-year-old in the luggage compartment of a vehicle at the Ayios Dometios crosspoint. According to a police statement, around 8pm on Monday, during ...

The major Chinese financial centre of Shanghai extended restrictions on transportation on Tuesday after a day of intensive city-wide testing saw new Covid -19 cases surge to more than 13,000, with ...

North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning ...

Belarusian video game company Wargaming, which has its headquarters in Cyprus, announced on Monday that has decided to cease the ownership or operation of any businesses in both Russia and ...

The United States and Europe were planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned more deaths were likely to be ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) top boss Elon Musk revealed a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), worth nearly $3 billion, likely making him the biggest shareholder in the micro-blogging ...

JPMorgan has warned that the combination of Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s ongoing property crash could see the worst wave of corporate defaults since the global financial ...

Pogo, the Akel-affiliated women’s organisation, on Monday lambasted a Cypriot football team over the release of what they said was a “sexist” promotion video which “shames female dignity and ...

The discovery of corpses with their hands bound and a mass grave in the town of Bucha, pictures of which, as well as testimony from survivors, were reproduced in the ...

The United States is supporting an international team of prosecutors and experts to help collect and analyze evidence of atrocities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and hold those responsible ...

The British government will sell Channel 4, the publicly-owned but commercially funded broadcaster founded nearly 40 years ago as an edgy alternative to the BBC and ITV ITV.L, the company said ...

Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Monday Russia is preparing to launch a fresh assault in eastern Ukraine to try to take the city of Kharkiv and encircle Ukraine’s ...

A Greek prosecutor ruled on Monday that a 33-year-old mother accused of intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter, in a case that has caused public outrage, will remain in custody pending ...

By Marko Djurica and Abdelaziz Boumzar International outrage spread on Monday over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and tied bodies of people shot at close range ...

People living with HIV/Aids have trouble accessing treatment, while the only specialised clinic in the island operates with just one doctor, MPs heard on Monday. During a discussion at ...

Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius ...

An Ayia Napa nightclub was fined €8,000 for serving more than 500 people, the maximum permitted limit based on coronavirus regulations, police said Monday. The establishment was found “in flagrant violation” of ...

US President Joe Biden on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes and called for a trial, adding to the global outcry over civilian killings in the Ukrainian ...

Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as the EU said it would “significantly tighten” further sanctions against Moscow ...

The health ministry on Monday issued a warning to consumers after some EU member states recalled batches of Ferrero’s Kinder Surprise eggs over a possible salmonella link. Based on ...

The next electricity bills sent out to homes are expected to be 16 per cent higher than the last, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) said Monday. Speaking to the state ...

Four coronavirus deaths were reported on Monday as another 4,210 infections were traced from 105,150 tests, a positivity rate of four per cent, the health ministry announced. The deaths concerned three men, ...