Archive 2023

The usual platitudes about protecting workers’ rights, labour peace, the widening gap in incomes and ruthlessness of the markets were recycled by the political parties for their May 1 messages. It ...

BitOasis, a Middle East-focused crypto exchange based in the United Arab Emirates, has received the first broker-dealer minimum viable product operational license from Dubai’s crypto regulator, the company said ...

Police arrested a man outside Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for throwing what they believe were shotgun cartridges and officers also carried out a controlled explosion in the area, days before ...

A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had ...

Ukraine’s military vowed on Tuesday not to give up the pulverised eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a long-promised counteroffensive against Russian forces. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, ...

A total of 184 fines were issued for various traffic offenses during traffic controls in the city and district of Limassol, carried out from 5 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon ...

The ministries of justice and the interior are interdependent and must work together to manage migration issues, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou said on Tuesday. She was speaking after a meeting ...

Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the ...

The European Commission said on Tuesday it set restrictions until June 5 on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease the excess supply of these grains in ...

Thousands of film and television writers headed to picket lines on Tuesday for their first work stoppage in 15 years, sending Hollywood into turmoil and disrupting TV production as the industry ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Tuesday said she will endorse former energy minister Natasa Pilides for the party’s executive director position. “I would like to thank from the bottom ...

A delegation of Armenian MPs representing the Armenia-Cyprus Inter-parliamentary cooperation commission joined the House foreign affairs committee on Tuesday to discuss the strengthening of cooperation between Cyprus and Armenia. “The ...

Trade unions will hold a joint meeting on Thursday to decide their collective stance on the government’s compromise proposal regarding the cost of living allowance, not ruling out possible ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to take immediate action to tackle ‘unfair competition’ taking place across the Green Line, as well as clamp down on smuggling from the ...

The first Fork Food market of the year may have been postponed from late April to early May yet fear not, plenty of street food nights are taking place this ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved zero VAT on certain consumer goods, in a stated bid to provide some relief amid current inflationary pressures. The zero VAT will apply to bread, ...

Disy leader says they can’t be blamed for lack of progress on Cyprus solution Greek Cypriots who sold their property in Varosha did so because they can see no ...

The General Court of the EU (CJEU) is on Wednesday set to announce a decision regarding two appeals submitted by the Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of ...

A 53-year-old Danish tourist found dead in Ayia Napa likely died of drowning, though the exact cause of death is still unknown, police said on Tuesday. Famagusta police spokesman Steve ...

A 24-year-old hacker was re-arrested in Limassol on Tuesday for charges of the premeditated murder of Andreas Perikleous, aged 31. Police made the arrest after securing a written statement from his ...

Cypriot race car driver Vladimiros Tziortzis is gearing up for the new racing season in the NASCAR Euro Series. Last week, he participated in final pre-season tests held in Italy, ...

Defi tokens like ARB and other well-known crypto projects are still struggling. With a recession arguably underway, mainstream economic effects are being felt in the blockchain world. People have less ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) on Tuesday said it has looked into alleged illegal activities within the port of Limassol and found nothing untoward. In a statement, the CPA said ...

Can inherently volatile cryptocurrencies become safe-havens? Apparently they can in some parts of the world, such as Argentina and Turkey, where soaring prices and tumbling local currencies have forced people ...