Archive 2022

Rio Tinto became the first major mining company to cut ties with Russian businesses and Japan’s Sony and Nintendo suspended deliveries of their gaming consoles, joining a global corporate ...

Police have made a fifth arrest in connection with a second-hand luxury car scam which involved officials at the transport department allegedly doctoring documents to pass off damaged luxury cars ...

KIKO Milano, the Italian cosmetics brand beloved by millions of women around the world, as well as by celebrities, influencers and make-up artists, has finally arrived in Cyprus, opening its ...

Police have fined 13 individuals and four business owners or managers for violating protective measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 ...

Russia and Ukraine’s foreign ministers met in Turkey on Thursday in the first high-level talks between the two countries since Moscow invaded its neighbour, with Ankara hoping they could ...

Famagusta district police are investigating the theft of €7,500 from the home of a pensioner in Paralimni, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It said that a complaint had been ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on using the country’s rainy-day National Wealth Fund to buy OFZ government bonds and stocks, the RIA news agency reported ...

A global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalated on Wednesday as Indonesia tightened curbs on palm oil exports, adding to a growing list of key producing ...

The discussion between Hellenic Bank and the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (Etyk) have broken down, resulting in the bank now seeking mediation from the Department of Labour Relations. “It ...

RCB Bank announced on Tuesday that it has donated €50,000 to the Cyprus Red Cross Society (CRCS) in support of the organisation’s relief and humanitarian efforts on the ground for ...

Parliamentarians heard on Wednesday how an academic who was convicted and jailed has managed to retain his position and will even be returning to teach. Lawmakers were reviewing the disciplinary ...

Ever since the 2013 bailout, political parties have been on a mission to help borrowers who have been treated as victims of the banks not to repay their loans. They dragged ...

Karim Benzema scored a quickfire hat-trick as Real Madrid fought back to beat Paris St Germain 3-1 on Wednesday and move into the Champions League quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate. Kylian ...

The parents of a two-month-old who died on Saturday have been arrested following an autopsy report which found severe injuries sustained by the infant. Local media reported that the baby ...

Barcelona are in a good place at the moment and are looking to win the Europa League to make up for a difficult start to the season, midfielder Frenkie de ...

Russia’s defence ministry acknowledged on Wednesday that some conscripts were taking part in the conflict with Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin denied this on various occasions, saying only professional ...

A Russian air strike badly damaged a children’s hospital in the besieged Ukranian port city of Mariupol on Wednesday, burying patients under rubble and injuring women in labour, Ukraine ...

One month after escaping the Premier League’s bottom three for the first time all season, Newcastle United could move 10 points clear of the drop zone with victory at Southampton ...

Four arrests were made on Wednesday stemming from a second-hand car scam which involved officials at the transport department allegedly doctoring documents to pass off damaged luxury cars as new. ...

The health ministry announced three Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday night along with 2,866 fresh infections, while there are 124 Covid-19 patients in hospital. The deaths were of three men, two aged 71 and ...

A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane said he is relishing Saturday’s Premier League game at Manchester United, with his team high on confidence after thrashing Everton last time out and ...

Cyprus has sent some 150 tonnes of goods as humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. This first dispatch took place on Tuesday, a statement ...

The government posted a higher fiscal surplus this January compared to the same month last year, preliminary data show. In January 2022 the general government’s surplus came to €227.7 million (or 0.9 ...