Archive 2023

On Wednesday transient cloud cover will be observed at times with temperatures rising to 21C in the interior and the coasts and 12C degrees in the higher mountains. Winds will ...

By Konstantinos Perikleous Cyprus is a unique place in terms of wildlife, with high biodiversity in plants and animals, of which many are endemic. That is, they are found only ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) this week announced two new sponsorship programmes aimed at bolstering the energy sector and facilitating the green transition in Cyprus. According to a press ...

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could reduce wages, but so far is creating, not destroying jobs, especially for the young and highly-skilled, research published by the European Central Bank ...

Shoppers at British store chains have seen the slowest increase in prices in almost a year and a half but retailers might struggle to keep inflation on its downward path, ...

Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) 10 billion euro ($10.9 billion) savings programme will include staff reductions, managers told staff this week, as brand chief Thomas Schaefer warned that high costs and low ...

Seven out of ten Cypriots say they’d be willing to pay more income tax to help lower-income households cope with the costs of green transition, while a little over ...

It was no surprise to read that in 2022, social protection and healthcare expenditure, which encompasses inpatient and outpatient care, medicines and sickness benefits, measured as a percentage of GDP, stood ...

When the Champions League draw was made Group F always looked like being too close to call and it will duly go right down to the wire with French aristocrats ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not make peace in Ukraine before he knows the results of the November 2024 U.S. election, a senior U.S. State Department official said on ...

The importance of social investments, the role of Cyprus in the development of the European Disability and Parking Cards, and the actions taken in the country to tackle structural racism, ...

Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the militant Palestinian group and Israel in the Gaza war. ...

After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a message to the world: we can ...

A group of patients and doctors on Tuesday urged Texas’ highest court to ensure that doctors cannot be prosecuted if they perform abortions that, in their good faith medical judgment, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday sought to reassure the public and businesses that his government would modernise the economy and support vital industries such as chip factories, despite a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be attending the UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai on Thursday, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press briefing, Letymbiotis added that ...

Russian attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday hit residential buildings, private houses, and a coal mine, killing four and injuring at least 10 people, Ukrainian officials said. A five-storey building was shelled ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday warned there would be consequences, a day after armed soldiers carried out an incursion into the buffer zone at Ayios Dhometios in Nicosia to place ...

As December arrives, so does the festive spirit. To celebrate the season of giving, a heart-warming charity concert will take place this Friday in Nicosia bringing together music enthusiasts and ...

The first humanitarian aid packages for Gaza will arrive in Cyprus on Wednesday and will be sent to the besieged strip within days, the government said on Tuesday. A team ...

Three baggage handlers at Ercan (Tymbou) airport appeared in court on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of stealing from passengers’ suitcases while working. In court, it was heard that ...

Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou on Tuesday expressed her disappointment at the “inhospitable nature of sports culture towards female athletes.” In a statement, she said that recently her attention was ...

Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth ...

By Christmas a bill will be tabled to parliament requiring employers to provide suitable seating for the thousands of workers currently required to stand for long hours in jobs where ...