Archive 2022

A 38-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a bizarre drug bust in which 132kg of cannabis was seized by the drug squad. ...

Floods that have devastated Australia‘s east coast will be declared a national emergency, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as authorities look to deploy aid and urgent supplies ...

The need to rethink and further strengthen international supply chains was a key message by stakeholders attending the Supply Chain & Logistics Conference & Exhibition recently held in Nicosia. The ...

Britain said on Wednesday it had impounded a plane connected to a Russian billionaire under new aviation sanctions which give authorities the power to detain any Russian aircraft and to ...

Surging raw materials costs, made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could set back the dream of Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk and other auto executives to ...

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) president Christodoulos Angastiniotis on Monday sent an open letter to Eurochambres president Luc Frieden, protesting the latter’s decision to visit Turkey for ...

By George Pirishis An explosive mix of rising prices is expected in the next period of time in both fuel and electricity as the frenetic course of energy prices continues ...

A humanitarian corridor out of the besieged Ukrainian city of Sumy will continue to function on Wednesday, regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said. About 5,000 people rode buses out of the northeastern ...

By Yiannis Seitanidis After tourism, which is clearly experiencing negative effects as a result of the imposition of sanctions against Russia, the services sector is beginning to feel the impact ...

The state of the wilderness of a country, is a reflection of its citizens’ moral compass By Constantinos Antoniou An alternative and rather more targeted version of Mahatma Gandhi’s ...

Last week, Russia’s embassy in Cyprus said it had received reports that Russian nationals were on the receiving end of threats, insults and calls to leave Cyprus. The source ...

An 80-year-old man died on Tuesday after being crushed by his tractor. The incident occurred in the village of Ayios Therapon, Limassol district. The victim, Demetris Christodoulou, was operating his ...

Nicosia will alert the European Commission to its annoyance with the fact that Turkey has not banned Russian aircraft from its airspace, something which also applies to the northern part ...

By Jan Wolfe A Texas man who joined the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump was found guilty for his role in ...

Women’s organisations from across the political spectrum climbed aboard the ‘Bus of Equality’ on Tuesday to press their case with the government and House of Representatives. The initiative, on ...

By Yadarisa Shabong and Eric Onstad McDonald’s Corp MCD.N said on Tuesday it would temporarily close its restaurants in Russia, becoming the latest Western company to pause all ...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Jordan’s King Abdullah received a letter of apology from former Crown Prince Hamza, who was accused last year of trying to replace the monarch, pledging he ...

Germany on Tuesday poured cold water on extending the life-span of its nuclear plants to help cut its reliance on Russian gas, saying it needed instead to build up alternative ...

The health ministry said on Tuesday that it will propose that educators, as well as children attending kindergarten, be included in the ‘Test-to-Stay’ programme. Speaking after a meeting with teachers ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday banned Russian oil and other energy imports in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, underscoring strong bipartisan ...

Five more deaths attributed to Covid-19 were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday, in addition to 3,695 new positive cases. The latest fatalities were all women – aged 78, died last Friday; ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Tuesday warned stakeholders in the halloumi business that unless they agree to a compromise proposal of his, he would report any further violations of halloumi ...

Jazz music, folk, country and songs from around the world will soon sound at Sarah’s Jazz Club as numerous musicians take the floor. Cyprus-based artists and visiting musicians from ...

Britain will phase out Russian imports of oil and oil products by the end of 2022, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Tuesday, calling on businesses to use the transition period ...