Archive 2022

Victories against the odds by Arab teams competing at the Middle East’s first World Cup have inspired their supporters, bringing a rare sense of optimism and unity for fans ...

A Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday released its financial results for the first nine months of 2022, posting a profit of €76.4 million, compared to a profit of €21 million in the corresponding period of 2021, ...

Larnaca municipality continues spraying to fight the yellow fever mosquito on Wednesday, a day before it begins the treatment of mosquito larvae in public and private areas. In a statement, ...

Petrol stations are set to reduce the price of fuel in the upcoming days, according to the president of the Cyprus Consumers’ Association Marios Drousiotis. In statements made to the ...

AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets an acadmic who says education is her weakness now entering her ‘third act’ Ten years ago, London-based Turkish Cypriot poet and journalist Mustafa Izzet Adiloglu first showed ...

A man was arrested in the early morning hours on Wednesday on suspicion of raping a woman in Nicosia. Investigations started on Tuesday when a woman visited a specific police ...

Most galaxies are built around humongous black holes. While many of these are comparatively docile, like the one at our Milky Way’s centre, some are fierce – guzzling surrounding material ...

The European Union will try to set up a specialised court, backed by the United Nations, to investigate and prosecute possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, European Commision ...

A 26-year-old woman in Limassol was arrested for possession of drugs after members of the Ykan drug squad found methamphetamine in her apartment. According to a police statement released on ...

After a successful show in Limassol, the Dream on Dreamer exhibition presented by the Riana Raouna Gallery moves to Nicosia for four days in December. From December 8 until 11, it will ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said the government, and the president cannot remain indifferent on claims on corruption, with the anti-corruption authority set to investigate allegations ...

NATO foreign ministers will on Wednesday seek to reassure fragile countries in Russia’s neighbourhood that they fear could be destabilised by Russia as the conflict in Ukraine drags on, ...

Australia will be in the unusual position of having their World Cup destiny in their own hands when they take on the might of Denmark in their final Group D ...

A 35-year-old man was arrest on Tuesday on suspicion of in theft from a hotel under construction near Latsi in Paphos. He allegedly had an accomplice who, however, managed to ...

Marinos Papageorgiou’s November 16th article “Environmental education: A necessary tool” is spot-on. If we do not engage and educate the next generation about environmental challenges and give them tools ...

Industrial production registered an increase of 2.5 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat). In September 2022, the Industrial ...

Sweden and Finland have made good progress towards an agreement with Turkey on the Nordic countries’ admission to NATO, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom said. “We had a ...

National investment agency Invest Cyprus on Tuesday released a statement welcoming yet another international production that chose to shoot in Cyprus. “Earlier this week, it was revealed that a four-part ...

An experimental Alzheimer‘s drug from Eisai 4523.T and Biogen BIIB.O slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial but may carry a risk of serious side effects for ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry on Tuesday said that over the last two years its grant schemes have exceeded €330 million in total funding. Of this amount, €171 million were ...

Huawei Cyprus on Tuesday announced that the European tour of the Huawei 5G Roadshow 2022 will also include Cyprus, with this year’s event being centred around how 5G networks can ...

The market for fan tokens, a volatile cocktail of crypto and sport, is heating up in the desert of Qatar. Interest in this niche breed of cryptocurrencies, typically linked to ...

People in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with stringent COVID-19 rules boiled over, ...