Archive January 2023

Two more men, aged 27 and 28, suspected of involvement in the killing of a 61-year-old in Nicosia were remanded for six days on Saturday, police said. The two suspects follow another ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his government was ready to provide whatever support was needed to residents of Western Australia state as record-breaking floods isolated far-flung communities ...

Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru’s border with Bolivia Friday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse them. ...

Archbishop Georgios III will be officially enthroned as head of the Cyprus Church on Sunday, as representatives from other Christian churches gathered on the island to attend the ceremony. Speaking ...

England’s Football Association (FA) will investigate alleged homophobic chanting during Everton’s 3-1 FA Cup third round loss at Manchester United on Friday. Some supporters were heard using homophobic ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab developed by Eisai Co Ltd 4523.T and Biogen Inc BIIB.O for patients in the ...

Ali Bizden, adviser to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, said on Saturday that he and his family were under intense pressure from Turkey, during the time leadership changed in ...

Montenegro is a relatively new country, which only gained independence from Serbia in 2006. Although the nation has a rich history, recorded back to the 9th century, it’s little known ...

Green Party head Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called on party members to refrain from expressing public support of any of the presidential candidates, as a spat continued over those who ...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision ...

Cyprus ranks fifth among EU member states as regards absorption from the EU cohesion funds, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Saturday. He added that the “challenge” now is to ...

The Total-Eni consortium wants to move more quickly in exploiting block 6 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday. According to Pilides, the consortium has ...

While global wine predictions are difficult there are some growing trends Not many can predict the future, but wine ‘experts’ around the world, or shall we say ‘wine stakeholders’ are ...

Paving works of a million euros were carried out in Peyia, Paphos during 2022, the town’s mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Saturday. According to Lambrou, the asphalt paving works were ...

The Russian-installed governor of the Crimean city of Sevastopol said on Saturday that air defences had shot down a drone in what he suggested was the latest attempted Ukrainian attack ...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said Marcus Rashford can be “unstoppable” after the England forward scored his fifth goal in as many games and assisted two others in Friday’...

A 77-year-old woman died in a collision between two vehicles in the Avgorou area of Famagusta, police said on Saturday. The woman, Maroula Mantzalou, had been a passenger in a ...

Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16. The two ...

The classical music scene is kept alive on the island largely thanks to the consistent efforts of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Having started the year with preparations for two exciting ...

DAVID BEAN and ANDREW GREENHILL look at how it’s done Drinking alcohol has been part of popular culture for at least 240 years, and perhaps millennia prior. In recent years, ...

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about ...

Germany’s Continental (CONG.DE) and California-based artificial intelligence chip firm Ambarella (AMBA.O) announced a partnership on Thursday to make software and hardware systems for autonomous driving. The two ...

China’s decision to end a more than decade-long subsidy for electric vehicle purchases has forced automakers, including Tesla (TSLA.O), to deepen discounts to maintain sales as demand eases ...

When Sony Corp Group (6758.T) teases “Gran Turismo,” its long-awaited adrenaline-fueled film adaptation of Sony PlayStation’s hit car-racing franchise at the CES 2023 technology trade show this week, it will ...