Archive 2022

World Cup hosts Qatar know they must not let nerves get the better of them again on Friday as they face African champions Senegal needing to take something from their ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) this week travelled to Poland in order to promote the district as a tourist destination by engaging with local tourist industry stakeholders. The ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday addressed the first annual Financial Markets Forum, speaking on a number of issues, including recent economic developments, the evolution of the financial sector, growth ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Thursday it was committing $1 billion to establishing an industry recovery initiative (IRI) to invest in companies from the digital assets sector. The move comes at ...

The crash of FTX exchange has injected greater urgency into regulating the crypto sector and targeting such ‘conglomerate’ platforms will be the focus for 2023, the new chair of global securities ...

Ghana’s government is working on a new policy where gold rather than US dollar reserves will be used to buy oil products, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia said on Facebook on ...

Opposition legislators piled on public broadcaster Cybc on Thursday and accused it of devolving into mouthpiece for the government, during a discussion of the organisation’s budget for 2023, coming up ...

Black Friday is a new arrival to Cyprus, where we did not know the meaning of the term until a few years ago. It is an American sales gimmick, held ...

Adidas on Thursday said it has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Kanye West, after the German sporting goods maker last month ended its partnership with the ...

Brazil striker Richarlison scored twice including a spectacular swivelling volley to get his nation’s quest for a sixth World Cup title off to a perfect start in a 2-0 ...

A court at a Vatican corruption trial on Thursday heard a secretly recorded telephone call between the main defendant, embattled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and Pope Francis. The recording was made ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday that it will generate a small surplus next year, following an uptick in revenues – and insisted that the key objective of ...

European Union governments failed to reach a deal on Thursday over what level to cap Russian oil prices at to curb Moscow’s ability to pay for its war in ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday called for an overhaul of the way in which the state provides grants to various entities, as in many cases taxpayer money appeared to disappear ...

A year-long study of the drainage system under the Colosseum has unearthed fragments of the bones of bears and big cats that were probably used to fight or as prey ...

Cristiano Ronaldo drew a line under a tumultuous tournament build-up as he wrote his name in the record books to become the first player to score in five World Cups ...

Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on ...

Berlin Brandenburg Airport said on Thursday flights were resuming with some delays after it was earlier forced to close its runways as climate protesters broke into the site and some ...

The House on Thursday rejected the president’s veto on a law expanding the list of public officials needing special permission to be employed in the private sector after they ...

New Stages Southeast is a project of the Goethe-Instituts in the region of Southeast Europe, which is about promoting current and relevant social issues via contemporary theatre. The participating countries ...

Italy’s only Black lawmaker suspended himself from his left-wing party on Thursday after his family was accused of mismanaging funds and exploiting staff at two associations meant to help ...

France’s lower house on Thursday voted by a large majority to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the U.S. Supreme ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry on Thursday announced that minister Natasa Pilides travelled to London on Wednesday in order to lead a mission representing Cyprus at a business ...

An administrative court on Thursday nullified the suspension of two doctors from Makarios hospital, who were suspended in connection the death of a 15-year-old girl. The 10-page decision by the ...