Archive January 2023

Defending champion Rafa Nadal bowed out of the Australian Open second round on Wednesday after sustaining an injury during his 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat to American Mackenzie McDonald. The 22-times ...

The BBC issued an apology on Tuesday after their FA Cup coverage was interrupted by a pornographic audio clip. Audio of a woman moaning was played at high volume just ...

Maria Sakkari took umbrage with opponent Diana Shnaider’s vocal celebrations after winning points at the Australian Open on Wednesday but silenced the teenage qualifier with a finger-wagging rant on ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 3,201,080 people in 2022, compared to 1,936,931 in 2021, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Despite the uptick over the year before, ...

The majority of chief executive officers believe that global economic growth will decline over the coming year, with 73 per cent of participants contributing to the most pessimistic outlook in more ...

The Bank of Sydney this week announced that its long-serving CEO, Miltos Michaelas, will be departing the bank at the end of June 2023 to return to Cyprus after over 6 years ...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) on Tuesday reported a bigger-than-expected 69 per cent drop in fourth-quarter profit as it struggled with a slump in dealmaking and weakness in its wealth ...

German online bank N26 said on Tuesday that it would expand the list of countries where its customers may trade cryptocurrencies to include those in Germany and Switzerland. In addition, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday lauded the launch of support measures for local authority reform in Cyprus. Speaking at a conference marking the launch, Nouris said the €840,000 Council of ...

The mass outrage that followed the leaking of the Modern Greek exam topics was difficult to comprehend. Had classified information been made public, putting at risk national security, the outrage ...

A thumping strike from Harvey Elliott was enough to give FA Cup holders Liverpool a 1-0 win away to Wolverhampton Wanderers in a third-round replay on Tuesday. Teenage midfielder Elliott ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with thorny questions of sovereign immunity as they weighed a bid by Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank HALKB.IS to avoid criminal ...

Belgium’s federal prosecutor said on Tuesday that former Italian member of the European Parliament Pier Antonio Panzeri agreed to work with Belgian authorities over a cash-for-influence corruption scandal in ...

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released ...

Trade unions on Tuesday announced they will be taking measures on January 26 after another meeting with employers’ organisations and Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos over CoLA ended in an impasse. Unions ...

Last year the police investigated more than 550 cases of cybercrime, and participated in major international anti-cybercrime operations such as the SSNDOB in cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

A 26-year-old man became the third to be charged in writing on Tuesday over violent incidents during a football match last week. The case concerns a fight among football fans ...

The Disy party has always supported the church and will work alongside it for the common cause of thwarting Turkish designs on Cyprus, presidential candidate and party leader Averof Neophytou ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides sounded a note of optimism on Tuesday ahead of Friday’s meeting with trade unions of the Electricity Authority (EAC) who have threatened to strike unless ...

Polarisation can only do harm, independent presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday evening after addressing supporters in Paralimni. During the final district gathering of his supporters in Famagusta, Christodoulides ...

Chevron is expected to submit its development plan for the Aphrodite gas field in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the coming days, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday ...

A classical music concert soon in Paphos will treat audiences to an evening filled with Fairy Tales and Folk Tunes. The concert is presented by the Technopolis Cultural Centre which ...

Finland said on Tuesday it hoped that Turkey’s foreign minister’s trip to the United States this week would bring positive impetus for it and Sweden’s bids to ...

Elections for the next bishop of Paphos will take place on February 19, when one of the three top candidates chosen by the public will be approved by the Holy Synod. ...