EY expects ‘massive approval’ in vote to split up company
Partners in EY are expected to give approval for spinning off the company’s consulting arm and listing it on the stock market by the end of the year, a ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) this week said that the new government should engage in dialogue with Cypriot banks in order to resolve the issue of non-performing ...
Barclays shares tumble 9 per cent as profit disappoints
Barclays (BARC.L) reported a 14 per cent fall in full-year pretax profit on Wednesday as earnings were poleaxed by surging costs, a collapse in deal fees and multi-million dollar fines ...
EU lambasts Cyprus over marine strategy shortcomings
Cyprus has received a warning letter from the EU over its failure to correctly transpose rules on the safety to the environment of offshore oil and gas operations.
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Our View: Public education stakeholders need to rein it in
If anyone wanted to see how stakeholders’ participation could turn into a joke, they would need look no further than our public education system in which this concept had been ...
Adeyemi solo strike earns Dortmund 1-0 win over Chelsea, visitors Benfica defeat Brugge by 2-0
Borussia Dortmund snatched a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday courtesy of Karim Adeyemi’s superb goal to extend their winning run ...
Ruthless Man City hit top with 3-1 win at Arsenal
Manchester City knocked Arsenal off their Premier League perch as second-half goals by Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland earned the champions a 3-1 victory in a feisty top-of-the-table clash at ...
Actress Raquel Welch, sex symbol of 1960s, dead at age 82
Actress Raquel Welch, who helped reshape the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol in an era when the movie industry was still overtly defining an idealized version of sensuality ...
Christodoulides closer to finalising Cabinet
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides has “locked” a lot of names for ministerial posts in his mind, he said on Wednesday evening amid speculation on who would make up his Cabinet.
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Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop “war” on poultry
Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and ...
Arrests for collapse of hotel that killed 35 Turkish Cypriots
Four people were arrested in Turkey on Wednesday in connection with the collapse of the Isias hotel, during the devastating earthquake that killed 35 Turkish Cypriots staying there for a school ...
Presidential candidate calls for Mavroyiannis to be made foreign minister
Former transport minister and presidential candidate Marios Eliades has called on president-elect Nikos Christodoulides to “be daring” and appoint Andreas Mavroyiannis as his foreign minister.
Mavroyiannis, who lost the presidential ...
Judge rejects Trump’s late offer to provide DNA in rape accuser Carroll’s lawsuit
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s offer to provide a DNA sample as part of a defamation lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, a writer ...
Tiger Woods: If I’m playing, I’m playing to win
Tiger Woods was pretty direct when discussing his goal for the upcoming Genesis Invitational.
“If I’m playing, I’m playing to win,” Woods said Tuesday during a news conference ...
University of Cyprus in the spotlight over €40m budget increase
The House education committee was held under a tense atmosphere on Wednesday, after the auditor general accused the University of Cyprus of trying to mislead parliament over its budget.
This ...
Starbucks: powering a new year, new dreams, new goals!
Every new year is a new beginning. A reason to take stock, to focus on what touched us and the feelings it created in us, to dream and to set ...
Italy’s Berlusconi acquitted in ‘Bunga Bunga’ bribe case
An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in an underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade.
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Jazz, piano and Latin music
Mid-February has a wide choice of events for the island’s music enthusiasts. Jazz bands, piano masters and Latin music connoisseurs are preparing performances in Nicosia and Limassol to satisfy ...
Russia declares battlefield gains as NATO ramps up support for Ukraine
Russia said it had broken through two fortified defence lines in Ukraine’s east, while Western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to better arm Kyiv as it prepares ...
42 cases of cancer in children every year
International Childhood Cancer Day was marked in Cyprus on Wednesday, with the Elpida foundation revealing the country records 42 cases of cancer per year for those under the age of 19.
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The deep freeze over UK assets is thawing
Britain’s stocks and bonds are drawing strong buying interest, not quite a vote of confidence in the economy but a reassuring sign for policymakers that a deep investment freeze ...
Health ministry to focus on state of ICUs
A newly established committee has been tasked with rolling out a number of measures and protocols to combat problems in intensive care units (ICUs), Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on ...
Cheesemakers request changes to halloumi PDO
The agriculture ministry on Wednesday said it accepted the request of the Cyprus Cheesemakers’ Association that called for the addition of halloumi in unfolded blocks, slices and burger cuts into ...
Russian bombers intercepted by NORAD near Alaska
Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets have been intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (...