Archive 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Thursday ending a requirement that juries need to vote unanimously to recommend capital punishment before a judge in a capital felony trial ...

Donald Trump is free to skip a New York trial over accusations he raped a writer nearly 30 years ago, but jurors will not be told his absence was meant to ...

The government is expected to submit a compromising proposal on the cost of living allowance (CoLA) before the end of the month, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. With ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed on Thursday to Israeli politicians from his government and the opposition to keep protests at his judicial overhaul plan away from annual remembrances for slain ...

Banks have yet to react to an appeal from Finance Minister Makis Keravnos not to raise their interest rates on performing loans, forcing the minister to publicise his communications with ...

The police forces’ top units responded to a mock terrorist attack on Thursday to assess their readiness, in a simulation of terror strikes which included an attack on Kykkos monastery. ...

Lovers of the word in Nicosia and Limassol have the opportunity to attend two open mic nights this April, whether as performers or audience members. Coming up first is a ...

Prices for food and retail prices had a marked increase in March this year, with items such as water seeing a 12 per cent hike in the span of a month, ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop the company’s powerful new Super Heavy rocket in an uncrewed test ...

Another government blunder occurred on Thursday, as social media lit up over an official post made by the deputy ministry of culture about Deputy Minister Michalis Hatzigiannis attending a politician’...

Tottenham Hotspur are not in negotiations with any bidders over a potential takeover of the Premier League club, chairman Daniel Levy has said. Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi, chair of MSP ...

People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report ...

As part of the training activities aimed at improving its readiness, the Fire Service carried out an exercise on Thursday morning simulating a fire and a chlorine leak on a ...

A high-level meeting to discuss the future of Christians in the Middle East is to be held in Cyprus, with the president meeting patriarchs ahead of the symposium. President Nikos ...

More than 4,000 accounts held by Russians in Cypriot banks could be closed over the next two months following the imposition of sanctions on a number of individuals in Cyprus, by ...

President of the Cyprus Bar Association Christos Clerides on Thursday said that the closing of bank accounts was strictly governed by the individual contract that a person has with a ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus on Thursday announced that it has officially joined the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP). WAPPP is a non-profit global association based ...

Crypto firms have been left scrambling to find banking partners after the collapse of three crypto-friendly lenders in the US last month, creating a risk their business will become concentrated ...

At Alambra village, where its history came to be written over 40 years ago, Petrou Bros Dairy Products (Alambra) presented its own range of fresh Cypriot milk to media representatives on ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari called the ongoing understaffing issues at the A&E department of the Paphos general hospital “unacceptable” following a three-hour work stoppage carried out by doctors ...

Lidl Cyprus, with the slogan “appetite to play”, was actively present at this year’s Ayia Napa Youth Soccer Festival, both in its capacity as silver sponsor, and via the ...

Michael Schumacher’s family are planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an ‘interview’ with the seven times Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence. A ...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Thursday for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion, showing the military alliance’s support for Ukraine as it prepares to launch ...

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models ...