Archive 2023

Every August a magical phenomenon happens in the night sky. The Perseid meteor shower cuts through the summer sky creating hundreds of shooting stars. Year after year, the crowds flock ...

Summer in Cyprus! The recipe for enjoying the island comes alive when you have to show its high points to visitors says RODDY DAMALIS Today, I don’t have a ...

A 67-year-old man’s vehicle was engulfed in flames outside his Limassol home in the early hours of Saturday morning, in what police believe is an arson attack. According to ...

According to a report by Nansen, crypto whales have spent the past days trading cryptocurrencies like Pepe (PEPE) and Arbitrum (ARB) on Coinbase’s Ethereum-adjacent blockchain, Base. Currently, investors are ...

From scissors to ATMs, everything is designed for right-handers. To celebrate International Lefties Day, Alix Norman asks what it’s like to be a rare left-hander in a world that ...

The peak of the Perseid phenomenon, known in lay terms as shooting stars, started on Friday and will last through Sunday. During this time up to 100 shooting stars per hour ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has rejected a proposal by President Nikos Christodoulides to have a joint meeting with a top UN official when he visits Cyprus later this month. ...

In a groundbreaking development that bridges the European and Philippine markets, Tempo France, a leading international payment system operator, has entered into a landmark partnership with Cebuana Lhuiller, a prominent ...

Walt Disney (DIS.N) has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be applied across the entertainment conglomerate, even as Hollywood writers and actors battle ...

Japan’s Sony (6758.T) this week said first-quarter profit tumbled due to weaker performances from its movies and financial businesses. In April-June, operating profit slid 31 per cent to 253 billion yen ($1.8 ...

When artificial intelligence (AI) apps started spreading in Nigeria’s music industry, Eclipse Nkasi thought his days as a producer were numbered. Then he took a step back, saw there ...

The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...

After more than a decade of uncertainty, Cyprus’ two systemic banks, Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic Bank have made a full return to healthy profitability, sound fundamentals and positive prospects. ...

Israeli police downgraded a homicide charge on Friday against a Jewish settler suspected of killing a Palestinian in what the United States has described as a “terror attack”. A new ...

Reports on Friday night confirmed that developments are underway into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos, spearheaded by a Chinese-led consortium, with the energy minister due in China ...

Opposition party Akel has criticised President Nikos Christodoulides for what they charge is his inaction over the row at the health ministry between its two most senior staffers. The issue ...

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached impasse, the newly named U.S. Special ...

Cyprus has recorded its first confirmed cases of the Covid-19 sub-variant ‘Eris’ but this has not had any impact on the hospitals, according to a senior health official. Medical services ...

One local festival is set to welcome two well-known singers from Greece this year. As the Milk Festival in Dali, Nicosia takes place on August 26, it will not only feature ...

Local music ensemble Pulsar will present its album next week with a performance at Val’s Place in Gialia. Taking over the green grounds of the Paphos venue on August 15, ...

A federal judge on Friday ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump will be allowed to publicly share some non-sensitive evidence that will be used in his trial on ...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to Cyprus and meeting with Justice Minister Anna Procopiou has caused a lot of controversy, as she is the first EU member ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ has been recalled from its summer recess after opposition ‘MPs’ called on the government to answer questions regarding a tax break given to Ercan (Tymbou) airport’...

The blood bank on Friday appealed to the public to donate blood as reserves are close to being “dangerously low”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, senior official at the ...