Archive February 2023

Donald Trump on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claim in the second of her two lawsuits against the former U....

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday urged the foreign diplomatic corps in Cyprus to work with his successor on the Cyprus issue for a settlement based strictly on UN resolutions. The ...

No, it is not a gory horror film screening that is coming up. It is something much more ordinary and not as frightening. The Bloody Movie Night, as organisers Let’...

The political spotlight remains on Disy despite its presidential election defeat, with both remaining contenders in the party leadership race promising unity and change. “Even in defeat, we [Disy] manage ...

Citizens and ‘officials’ in the north were in uproar on Thursday, after ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said whoever wasn’t happy with the ‘government’s’ handling of the ...

The prices for most Green Monday staples have gone up this year, in some cases by around 3 per cent, but in others by up to 60 per cent, the price observatory ...

Health authorities in China said on Thursday the country’s COVID-19 epidemic has “basically” ended, but it is not completely over as it found seven imported cases of the highly-transmissible ...

Britons may face shortages of salad staples, including tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, for up to another month, the government said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco ...

Turkey has stepped up plans to house victims of the devastating earthquake which struck its border region with Syria, the interior minister said, as the combined death toll in the ...

Ukraine said its forces had repelled Russian assaults along the length of the front line on Thursday on the eve of the war’s anniversary, as President Vladimir Putin, empty-handed ...

Formula One kicked off three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday with Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen starting as he means to carry on. The ...

By Lee Cheng The Sims is one of the bestselling franchises in gaming history. But unlike most other AAA games (high budget and high-profile games produced by leading publishers), this ...

The auditor-general has once again uncovered doctors charging the state exorbitant rates amid dubious practices – with one charging Gesy €226,000 within just five months. “What was he doing, working 48 hours a ...

Ukraine’s central bank unveiled a commemorative banknote on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, with one side depicting three soldiers raising the national flag. The ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides kept everyone guessing on Thursday as to the composition of his incoming administration, saying only that he’d announce his cabinet early next week – Monday or Tuesday ...

Paphos’ efforts to become smart and sustainable have led to European commendation finds PAUL LAMBIS Motivated by his love for Paphos, for nearly two decades, Nasos Hadjigeorgiou has been at ...

Two men aged 31 and 47 were sentenced to one and a half years in jail by the Larnaca criminal court on Thursday after they were found guilty of aiding third country ...

Ambassadors and representatives from over a dozen countries on Thursday morning visited the Ukrainian kindergarten established in Pyla for Ukrainian children who took refuge in Cyprus with their parents during ...

A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl and ...

Archimandrite Tychikos Vryonis was elected the new bishop of Paphos following a marathon session of the Holy Synod, which convened on Thursday at the Holy Archdiocese in Nicosia. The new ...

Britain’s opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer set out plans for five “national missions” on Thursday, including making the economy the fastest growing among the G7, in a challenge to ...

Cryptocurrency has revolutionized the way investors earn money, and Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) is leading the change with its innovative features that outclass established projects like Cardano (ADA) and Tezos (XTZ). ...

An employer in the Famagusta area has been found guilty of causing the death of a worker and creating unsafe work conditions, the labour department announced on Thursday. The individual, ...

An audio-visual installation-exhibition will open at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation on March 9 by artist Christos Symeonides. Alongside the exhibition ReThinking Craftsmanship, Identity Objects tries to redefine and examine ...