Archive January 2023

Taking a bold step towards highlighting women’s mental health and the psychological and physical struggles of motherhood is the main topic of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The ...

Trade unions on Thursday fired a warning shot across the bow, saying they would sanction industrial action if by next week the government does not definitively commit to a full ...

The operation of the Famagusta port in the north might be suspended as it is too costly to upgrade, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. It will cost about €200 ...

The Democratic Rally (Disy) on Thursday struck off the party register Nikos Christodoulides, on the same day that the latter formally filed his candidacy for the presidential elections. The Cyprus ...

Oil rebounded over 2 per cent on Thursday after posting the biggest two-day loss for the start of a year in three decades with the shutdown of a US fuel pipeline ...

Lionel Messi will be rested for Paris St Germain’s French Cup game at third division side Chateauroux as the Argentine forward needs more time to recover from his world ...

A total of 9.2 million passengers travelled in and out of Cyprus’ airports in 2022, which corresponded to 82 per cent of passenger traffic in 2019, Senior Director of Aviation Development, Marketing & Communication ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has called on fans to “shut up all the racists” after Lecce defender Samuel Umtiti and team mate Lameck Banda were subjected to racial abuse during ...

Seven people from Cyprus left the island on Thursday and headed for Argentina, where they will try to climb to the top of Mount Aconcagua, which is part of the ...

A museum on the west coast has it all culturally, from ceramic pots to gourds used as swimming floats. PAUL LAMBIS has a look around Folk art represents a culture’...

By Ben Highmore As an expert in media and cultural studies, I once appeared in a television series about technology in the home during the last three decades of the 20...

Russia is sending more crude oil produced in the Arctic region to China and India, and at steeper discounts, after Europe slammed its doors shut on Russian supplies last month, ...

The storm clouds darkening the presidential election campaign dissipated for a while on Thursday as sunny smiles greeted the candidates who submitted their nomination. The friends, family and fellow politicians ...

Inflation in Cyprus for the period between January and December 2022 recorded an increase of 8.4 per cent, compared to the corresponding period of the year before, while an inflation rate of 7.9 ...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) quarterly profit will likely plunge 58 per cent to its lowest in six years as a global economic downturn saps demand for electronic devices and ...

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with ...

Ukrainian and Russian troops battled in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv tried to push back occupying forces, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to provide his army with ...

Parties on the domestic front have expressed their concern over the UN Secretary-General’s reports on the Cyprus problem, saying it was gravely worrying though each for a different bag ...

British businesses are gloomy about prospects for 2023 as they face the likelihood of a surge energy bills and ongoing post-Brexit trade difficulties, the British Chambers of Commerce said late on ...

“The Moonlight Sonata (1956),” say the organisers of an upcoming event, “the staged monologue of the great poet Yiannis Ritsos, characterises a new era of the poet himself since it is ...

A 31-year-old man was fined €3,000 for assaulting and insulting game wardens in Paphos, police said on Thursday. Paphos deputy police chief Michalis Ioannou said the incident was reported at the ...

Pope Francis presided at the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, delivering a homily comparing his predecessor to Jesus before tens of thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s ...

FTX’s former top lawyer Daniel Friedberg has cooperated with US prosecutors as they investigate the crypto firm’s collapse, a source familiar with the matter said, adding pressure on ...

Average temperatures recorded in December were unusually high, both as far as maximum and minimum in comparison to previous years, according to the meteorological service. The average daily maximum temperature ...