Archive February 2023

Russian banks have rallied after an initial hit from last year’s Western sanctions against Moscow, with lenders now jostling for business from the state, particularly a burgeoning defence budget, ...

The rouble weakened on Tuesday despite increased demand for the currency ahead of month-end tax payments as President Vladimir Putin prepares to update Russia’s political and military elite on ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating the latest case in a spate of online fraud. According to the police, on February 10 the 48-year-old victim replied to an online ad for a ...

The buying public is no longer confined to physical stores, as the e-commerce landscape expands with tech giants like Amazon at the forefront. According to Statista, e-commerce sales will increase ...

Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Tuesday it is opening three new engineering hubs in Europe to develop autonomous vehicle technologies as part of its partnership with Silicon Valley ...

New fixed as well as mobile traffic cameras are set to be installed in Nicosia, the traffic department announced on Tuesday. Following a meeting last week two more fixed cameras ...

Public outcry over a patient who was allegedly left naked on a bed in Limassol general hospital continued on Tuesday, with various officials taking a stand. Speaking on CyBC, Head ...

Many video games have been used to create movies and shows after they became popular; however, it wasn’t a success every time. Only a few of them have been ...

The crypto sector is a gold mine for cryptocurrency fans familiar with their tokens. Investors have become interested in Bitgert (BRISE) and LUKSO (LYXe) because of how quickly they have ...

Using rock-climbing as a metaphor for life’s challenges, defeats and successes sounds like a trite idea. One would assume, therefore, that a novel that placed this metaphor at its ...

– Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp conceded that he had not been able to bring himself to rewatch last season’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid until this past weekend, ...

Serie A leaders Napoli will be aggressive and counter-press with “incredible intensity” in their Champions League last-16 first leg, Eintracht Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner said on Monday. Napoli won five ...

With International Women’s Day arriving soon on March 8, three Cyprus-based organisations are putting together an empowering march on Sunday March 5 titled Reclaiming Our Bodies. Organised by the Queer Collective ...

In today’s episode, an earthquake was felt in Cyprus and in southern Turkey, Syria and Lebanon about 7pm on Monday. In other news, House President Annita Demetriou is poised ...

Police on Tuesday are searching for two suspects wanted for car theft in Chloraka. According to the police spokesman and head of Paphos CID, Michalis Nikolaou, a permanent resident of ...

Police in Paphos on Monday arrested two suspects for a case of aluminium theft under investigation. The crime was brought to the attention of the police on February 13 when a ...

On Tuesday will be partly cloudy, with light showers expected mainly in the mountains. Winds will be variable, gradually turning south-westerly to north-westerly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort. The ...

Cyprus successfully navigated three periods of serious calamity, outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, during an event held in his honour by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Frederick University on Monday announced the successful certification of its Department of Pharmacy by the higher education quality assurance and agency. In its announcement the university said its Department of ...

Police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old suspect wanted since December in connection with a warehouse burglary in Limassol. The suspect was located and identified for the offense committed on December 28 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to make a speech on Tuesday setting out aims for the second year of his invasion of Ukraine, a day after U.S. President ...

Tough capital rules for banks holding cryptoassets must be fast-tracked in the European Union’s pending banking law if Europe wants to avoid missing a globally-agreed deadline, the bloc’s ...

Grant Thornton Cyprus, one of the leading tax and specialist advisory services firms on the island, on Monday announced that it has struck a deal that will result in increased ...

Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, will raise hourly pay for about 220,000 store workers by 7 per cent from April, another increase that will likely catch the attention of the Bank of ...