Archive 2023

Eurozone business activity slipped into contractionary territory last month in a broad-based downturn across the bloc’s dominant services industry and a deepening decline of factory output, a survey showed. ...

A new plastic free beach initiative is being rolled out under the guidance of the Cyprus Environment Foundation (CEF). The project aims to create an accountable Cyprus-based “Plastic Free Beach” ...

The two draft reports of the UN Secretary-General, about his good offices mission and Unficyp clearly state the UN’s position about a new initiative. Antonio Guterres sets his own ...

Russia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday it would sell 1.7 billion roubles’ ($18.9 million) worth of foreign currency a day between July 7 and Aug. 4, a decrease in the volume of daily ...

Climate change protesters and yet more rain snagged Wimbledon on Wednesday but while security and scheduling headaches intensified for the organisers reigning men’s champion Novak Djokovic moved serenely through ...

The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of ...

A Philadelphia resident arrested in one of a series of mass shootings across the country over the Fourth of July weekend was arraigned in court on Wednesday on five murder ...

Government advisors should not remain in public service after the end of their superiors’ terms, the House ethics committee agreed on Wednesday. It was also decided that the discussion, tabled ...

A man who detonated a explosive device at a court in the Ukrainian capital died on Wednesday after barricading himself inside part of the building, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, ...

The first test flight from the new airport in Tymbou (Ercan) took place on Wednesday, with the airport set to officially open on July 20, according to ‘transport minister’ in the ...

Piano melodies will fill the Open Amphitheatre of the University of Nicosia later this month as the Asteri Piano Duet present a special evening. Under the title One Thousand and ...

The European Union’s latest democracy health check showed there was no significant deterioration across the 27-nation bloc in areas like media and court freedoms or efforts to tackle corruption ...

Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the ...

The law firm co-founded by Cyprus Bar Association chairman Christos Clerides firmly denied on Wednesday a report claiming the firm took up the legal representation of a businessman involved with ...

Residents in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia appeared calm on Wednesday after Kyiv’s latest warning that Russian forces could trigger a catastrophe at the nearby Moscow-held nuclear power ...

Cyprus must strengthen the independence and accountability of the prosecution service, especially regarding its ability to discontinue or suspend prosecutions, the European Commission said in its Rule of Law report ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday reached consensus on a draft bill to ban revenge pornography, as it has been regulated in most of the EU, while Cyprus is ...

The scientific and technical chamber (Etek) has expressed its concerns regarding the tendering process of public works. They have said that the process as it currently stands is vulnerable to ...

Speculations abound about what’s next for the MMO World of Warcraft has been a fixture of MMORPGs since its release in 2004. Players worldwide experienced many adventures in Azeroth. They ...

Protesters briefly interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces on Court 18 during a men’s singles match. Two protesters ...

Foreign students in Cyprus from the end of October 2022 will be allowed to take on work Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Speaking to CyBC in the morning, the ...

Polkadot (DOT) and Chainlink (LINK) experienced a price dip in June 2023. However, they quickly showed their strong growth potential and are back to being bullish. On the other side, analysts ...

Inspired by nature and her Cyprus culture, one member of the diaspora is guiding others in the art of creating online finds PAUL LAMBIS For Kay Charka, 2020 was the year ...

The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Herodotou and the president of the European Banking Authority Jose Manuel Campa this week emphasised the potential for positive synergies between ...