Archive February 2023

Canada’s government met the threshold for invoking emergency powers when it did so in early 2022 to deal with border blockades and an occupation that brought parts of the capital ...

At least 53 civilians were killed in an attack in Syria’s central desert province of Homs, state media reported on Friday, blaming jihadist militant group Islamic State. The bodies of ...

Excess mortality rates stood at 19 per cent above the expected average in Cyprus for December 2022, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, on Friday. The death ...

Global airports expect smoother travel this summer as staffing improves, but surging passenger demand during peak periods in Europe and North America could still bring long lines, baggage piles and ...

“There are no winners and losers” in the presidential elections, president-elect Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, reiterating that his administration would govern “for all our fellow citizens, for all our ...

In the third quarter of 2022, 3.5 million people in the EU aged 25 to 54 left their jobs, data released on Friday showed. More than two-thirds (68.9 per cent) left their job for labour ...

Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge ...

Roads will be closed in parts of Strovolos in Nicosia on Sunday due to a road race the department of public works has announced. The roads affected are: -Strovolos Avenue ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) has announced that contact details for on-call doctors are available through the Gesy website as well as on the agency’s official social media accounts. ...

Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan, founder of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings, has gone missing in the latest disappearance of a top business executive, unnerving investors and sending its stock down ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 90,549 visitors in January 2023, compared with 43,944 during the same month of 2022, marking an increase of 106.1 per cent year-on-year, according to a report released on Friday ...

A phone line with direct access to Green Point staff has been put into operation for residents with the aim of improving services, the Nicosia waste disposal council announced on ...

One more person has been arrested in Turkey on Friday, for the collapse of the Isias hotel, which collapsed during the devastating earthquakes, killing 35 members of a Turkish Cypriot school ...

A concert that aims to support children with special needs will be held in Limassol shortly. The Rockin’ Blues – Fundraising Concert will do exactly as it states; raise money for ...

After weeks of being in recess, plenum is most likely set to reconvene on March 9, parliament’s secretary general Tasoula Ieronymidou said on Friday. Parliament had temporarily paused its operations ...

The Cypriot National Guard and US forces wrapped up a four-day training exercise on Friday at the Stavrou Stylianidi camp in Kornos, the ministry of defence announced. The 173rd Airborne ...

Thousand of dollars were withdrawn from the bank account of the manager of a Limassol-based company, after he fell prey to a message from scammers on his phone. According to ...

Goldman Sachs said it was expecting the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three more times this year by a quarter of a percentage point each, after data this ...

Sustainable coastal tourism was the topic of discussion on Friday at a workshop organised by the Ineia community council in neighbouring Droushia. The workshop, a cross-border initiative with Greece, came ...

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk could start in Saturday’s Premier League game at Newcastle United after recovering from a hamstring injury that had sidelined him for over a month, ...

Knocked off the top spot, winless in three games and misfiring in front of goal, Arsenal’s surprise quest for the Premier League title has had a February to forget. ...

A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in ...

A tree planting event is to be held at the fire-stricken village of Melini, in Larnaca, to mark the 27th anniversary of the movement, the Green party announced on Friday.. ...

Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in ...