Despite opposition, Sunak wins post-Brexit trade vote in parliament
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won the backing of parliament on Wednesday for a key element of a reworked post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland despite a lack of support from ...
Man’s drug sentence increased to 10 years
A 24-year-old man currently serving a seven-year jail term after he was found with over 10kg of cannabis and 476g of cocaine, saw his sentence increased to 10 years at the ...
Safe-havens and risk assets both rise as banking woes shift Fed expectations
Worries over the banking crisis are boosting disparate assets, with traditional safe-havens such as gold, Treasuries and money markets seeing high demand along with more speculative instruments such as tech ...
Tatar threatens resignation if Turkey changes course
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said he would step down should Ankara revise its policy on the Cyprus problem after the May elections.
Tatar stated that possibility of Ankara ...
North’s electricity demand from Republic doubles
The north has been steadily increasing its demand for electricity from the Republic over the past three years, as the power needs of the north are not being met by ...
Deputy prison chief seconded to audit service
Deputy prison director Athena Demetriou will be seconded to the audit service, it emerged on Wednesday.
Spokesman for the audit service Marior Petrides told CNA they were waiting for the ...
Turkey seeks contractor in north who fled after earthquakes
Turkey has requested the north send back a building contractor from Antakya, Turkey who fled following the eathquakes last month, reports said on Wednesday.
According to reports in Diyalog, Turkey ...
Zelenskiy visits troops near frontline city of Bakhmut
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops on Wednesday near the frontline city of Bakhmut, and handed out medals to soldiers he said were heroically defending their country’s sovereignty.
Ukrainian ...
Russia’s Ozon appeals Nasdaq delisting plan
Russian e-commerce firm Ozon (OZON.O) said on Wednesday it was appealing the Nasdaq stock exchange’s plan to delist its securities and wanted to stand up for the rights ...
Greek dance association continues founder’s legacy
Through dance, the new generation of Cypriot and Greek members of the diaspora are being introduced to their culture finds PAUL LAMBIS
Called the Mother of Hellenism by Pope and ...
Artists complain about lack of art in public buildings
Only one third of public buildings are decorated with local artworks despite a 2009 law providing for one per cent of the total construction budget being allocated to works of art, ...
Students create application promoting healthy eating
Local students created Enmeal, an innovative application promoting healthy eating with personalised meal plans and recipes aiming to improve quality of life.
Heritage private school students created the application in ...
UBS buys back nearly $3 billion in bonds issued under a week ago
UBS Group (UBSG.S) said on Wednesday it would buy back 2.75 billion euros ($2.96 billion) worth of debt it issued less than a week ago, seeking to boost confidence among investors ...
Paphos mayor withdraws from Disy race
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Disy deputy party leader, he said in an announcement on Wednesday.
The final day to enter the running ...
Teaching unions welcome student evaluation changes
MPs will discuss the proposal for the abolition of the twice-yearly exams next week, a move that satisfied the demands of teachers, parents and students who resisted the new evaluation ...
Flashers and ‘sporting’ cruelties
THE WAY THINGS ARE
On March 7, just before International Women’s Day, the BBC’s Today programme interviewed three young women who had been flashed. That shock intrusion frighteningly elicited ...
Greece restarts suspended train services after deadly crash
Greece reopened some train routes on Wednesday, three weeks after a deadly train crash forced authorities to suspend all rail service across the country over safety concerns.
All passenger and ...
Ministry rejects reports that it wilfully ignored abuse at migration dept
The interior ministry on Wednesday rejected suggestions it had been well aware of rampant abuse at the online appointment system of the migration department for months, but wilfully chose to ...
Russian drones swarm Kyiv in display of force as Xi leaves Moscow
Russia launched a swarm of drones into Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people near Kyiv in a display of force as China’s President Xi Jinping left Moscow with ...
Ex-Germany midfielder Ozil announces retirement
Germany’s World Cup-winning midfielder Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from football at the age of 34 on Wednesday.
The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player was a key member of ...
Big investor in Credit Suisse bonds says ‘bail-in’ system worked
One of the largest investors of the Credit Suisse bonds that were wiped out in the UBS takeover of the troubled Swiss bank still believes in the value of the ...
Patients to have say in amounts of hospital funding
Patient surveys at hospitals will be used to evaluate how much funding each one will receive from the national health scheme (Gesy) at the end of the year, the health ...
Cypriot high school students create Alnstein, a robot powered by ChatGPT
The robotic team from Pascal did it again. They have created a robot powered by the new artificial intelligence chatGPT.
In a statement, they mentioned “PASCAL schools have recently completed ...
Reservations over electronic monitoring of suspects
Defendants on trial will be electronically monitored at home instead of being remanded in prison based on two law proposals aimed at reducing central prison overcrowding.
This means that people ...