Archive February 2023

The children’s specially designated accidents and emergencies department (A&E) has started operating at Nicosia general hospital, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced on Wednesday. According to the minister, ...

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will launch her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on February 15, squaring off against her one-time boss, former President Donald Trump, according to a ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday increased the penalty bestowed upon the owners of a construction company for failing to take measures to guarantee the workers’ safety from €150 to €1,500, after an ...

The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a planned search of Joe Biden’s Delaware beach house with the president’s cooperation, his lawyer said on Wednesday. “We agreed to ...

Cypriot doctor Constantinos Simillis who lives and works in the UK will feature in an episode of the BBC2 documentary Surgeons: At The Edge Of Life. The fifth season, episode ...

The overall solvency ratio of the Cypriot banking sector stood at 21.2 per cent at the end of September 2022, its highest level since the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) began collecting ...

Nicosia-based software developer company ASCANIO has received follow-on funding of €300,000 from Kinisis Venture Fund I, the first CySEC-registered venture capital fund focusing primarily on Cypriot startups. ASCANIO joined the portfolio ...

Turkey looks positively on Finland’s application for NATO membership, but does not support Sweden’s bid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “Our position on Finland is positive, ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday said €443 million euros in grants and subsidies had been allocated to the agricultural sector between 2018 to 2022, marking significant progress. Presenting his assessment of recent ...

Cypriot airline TUS Airways announced on Wednesday a record number of passengers in 2022, with an increase of more than 1,100 per cent across the entire network compared to 2021. In its announcement, ...

The four-year-old girl being treated for strep A in Israel is no longer intubated and is in a better condition, the health ministry confirmed on Wednesday. She has been Israel ...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte will undergo surgery on Wednesday to remove his gallblader, the Premier League club said in a statement. Conte, 53, has been diagnosed with cholecystitis, or inflammation ...

A conversation with the Cypriots of Western Australia usually involved halloumi finds PAUL LAMBIS Australia, home to the second largest Cypriot community outside of Cyprus, first welcomed Cypriot migrants in ...

Paphos district court remanded a 32-year-old woman on Wednesday for two days in connection with the theft of a bronze statue. The ‘girl with the hula hoop’, installed at the ...

The White House has expressed outrage at Exxon Mobil Corp’s record net profit in 2022 of $56 billion, a historical high not just for the company but for the entire Western ...

News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift on Wednesday, even as its troops were being ...

Egypt’s net foreign assets (NFAs) improved by 47.28 billion Egyptian pounds in December, marking a second month of increases after it allowed its currency to depreciate sharply in October, central ...

Cyclists now face a €50 spot fine for not wearing a helmet but this can rise to €500 if the issue ends up in court. The police and supporters of the law ...

Korai Space in Nicosia welcomes Orestis Lazouras to its grounds this February and March as he presents his solo show titled Apagorevmeno. Talking about the showcase that will open on ...

Transparency has become a buzzword in the upcoming presidential elections – but some of the candidates are failing to adhere to it fully, while others are simply going for the stony ...

On January 10 Greece’s last king, Constantine II, died in Athens at the age of 82. As a royal, who had reigned for only three years before being exiled and spending ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for projects to be built in Mati, near Athens, where severe and repeated wildfires in 2018 left hundreds of people homeless. The ...

The ministries of justice, labour and social welfare on Wednesday signed memorandums of cooperation for combatting human trafficking and the protection of victims. The first memorandum, signed between Labour Minister ...

The money exchange shop in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cellphones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags of ...