Archive January 2023

I know I’m doing this all wrong, but I confess that Stella Maris is the first Cormac McCarthy novel I’ve read. (If that immediately disqualifies me from expressing ...

Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will rekindle their bromance by playing a practice match before the Australian Open, giving the latter a chance to stretch his legs before the year’...

Premier League leaders Arsenal booked an FA Cup fourth round clash with Manchester City after they beat third-tier Oxford United 3-0 on Monday night thanks to second-half goals from Mohamed ...

Where do you look when somebody says: “In the age of Apaches and laptops, everything I did in the course of two combat tours was recorded, time-stamped. I could always ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades decided to refer the contentious law that deals with pre-primary education to the Supreme Court. In other news, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne ...

Something for art lovers, history enthusiasts, culture connoisseurs and everyone in between will soon arrive in the capital as a new exhibition opens its doors bringing insights from the past ...

The British government will introduce legislation to parliament on Tuesday which would require key public services to maintain minimum safety levels during strike action by workers. Britain is experiencing a ...

Traffic police in Paphos, booked sixty-five people in the last 24 hours from 6 am on Monday to 6 pm on Tuesday, a police announcement stated. According to the announcement, of the 65 fines, 27 ...

On Tuesday the weather will initially be mostly clear with increased clouds expected after noon. Winds will initially be north-easterly to south-easterly light, up to 3 Beaufort, later becoming south-easterly to ...

China’s embassy in Seoul said on Tuesday it has stopped issuing short-term visas for visitors from South Korea, the first retaliatory move against countries imposing COVID-19 curbs on travellers ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela and members of the scientific committee on Tuesday will review the pandemic situation in Cyprus following the new outbreak in China, and will decide if any ...

Police on Monday afternoon arrested a man after finding over three-and-a-half kilos of cannabis in his vehicle. According to official statement, Limassol police and the drug squad carried out coordinated ...

Police have released a missing person announcement for a 30-year-old woman who has been missing from her residence in Paphos since Sunday morning. Police are asking for information that can ...

Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) chairman Andreas Poullikkas on Monday stated the energy transition, which primarily concerns the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources, while a necessary and ...

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key ...

Consulting, assurance, and tax advisory firm EY Cyprus has released the latest edition of its Cyprus Tax Facts guide, which takes into account the most up-to-date legislative changes for 2023. “As ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) has indicated longer waiting times for potential buyers of some versions of the Model Y in China, signalling that price cuts announced on Friday could be stoking ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) is planning a logistics hub at Istanbul Airport and a data centre near the Turkish capital Ankara with an investment of more ...

An expected capital increase will help Turkey’s Ziraat Bank to spearhead President Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to boost economic growth and tackle chronic current account deficits this year, the ...

The European Commission has given Cyprus until mid-February to enact new legislation governing the levying of reduced VAT on properties, otherwise it will move infringement proceedings forward. Brussels is breathing ...

The Church has always had a prominent and very influential role in Cyprus. This role was evident in most aspects of life, from education to politics, and was largely determined ...

Iran’s nuclear program and threats posed by Tehran will be discussed when U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan travels to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

Trinidad and Tobago received a total of 16 bids for exploring and developing oil and natural gas at eight onshore blocks in its most recent bidding round, the country’s Energy ...

The United States has not received any official requests from the Brazilian government regarding the status of former President Jair Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, the White ...