Archive 2023

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) recently announced two new calls for proposals for the ‘Research in Enterprises’ programme. The total calls budget is €6 million, of which €1 million addresses enterprises ...

Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Turkey rose 63.4 per cent year-on-year in January to 81,148 units, the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association said on Thursday. In the January-February ...

The unemployment rate reached close to 7 per cent for the last quarter of 2022, figures published by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) showed, while unemployment among young people stood close to 20 ...

A few days before departing from the finance ministry, Constantinos Petrides, to his credit, spoke out against the government’s proposed compensatory measures for landowners who would be affected by ...

The United States is not providing Ukraine with intelligence for targets inside Russia, the Pentagon said on Thursday, calling the Russian accusations “nonsense”. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week warned ...

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on firms it said had transported or sold Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products in violation of U.S. restrictions, including two companies based ...

There was no major foreign election interference in Canada’s last two votes, the head of the country’s spy agency said on Thursday, but there is an investigation underway ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is automatically immune from lawsuits over his supporters’ assault ...

Legislators on Thursday urged government officials to “transition from theory to practice” in dealing with the growing problem of traffic congestion. The matter was discussed at the House transport committee, ...

The road transport department sought to clarify key criteria for the second transport subsidy scheme after confusion clouded applications. Senior road transport officer, Evangelos Panteli, told state broadcaster RIK on ...

In an extraordinary plenary session hurriedly convened on Thursday, the House passed a law extending by another two months a reduction on fuel tax – a matter that should have been ...

Ukrainian forces held out in the eastern city of Bakhmut against Russian attackers on Thursday, while the top U.S. diplomat told his Russian counterpart in their first face-to-face encounter ...

The Biden administration said on Thursday it is offering $1.2 billion in aid to extend the life of distressed nuclear power plants which, for the first time, could offer funding to ...

Hundreds of opposition supporters and rights activists rallied peacefully in Belgrade on Thursday to protest the replacement of two deputy prosecutors who were investigating a high-profile corruption case. The protest ...

Boris Johnson criticised Rishi Sunak’s new post-Brexit deal with the European Union for Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying the prime minister had allowed the bloc to retain too much ...

Music fans in Nicosia have plenty to look forward to this March. In the centre of town, the bar is planning several live music nights bringing some of the most ...

Thousands of buildings in Cyprus require inspection, the scientific and technical chamber (Etek) said on Thursday, as the interior ministry looks to swiftly pass a bill that will secure the ...

The non-profit organisation TechIsland has previously rebuilt the Regional Primary School in Arakapas, which suffered from a terrible wildfire. The organisation has invested more than €200,000 in renovating the school. TechIsland ...

The real estate sector appears to be rife with scams and bad actors as another warning has been issued and the public urged to be vigilant. Marinos Kineyirou, president of ...

Some 25 shopkeepers in Paphos were furious on Thursday after they woke up to find their shop shades seized by local authorities. The incident may make an interesting start for the ...

Two tourists have been arrested for cannabis possession as one of them was found driving under the influence of drugs, Famagusta police said on Thursday. The pair, both men aged 22 ...

A California review board on Wednesday denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Sirhan was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the government is in touch with the families of the two Cypriot students who were on one of the trains that collided in an ...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month award for February despite overseeing only one game, a 4-1 defeat by Leicester City. ...