Archive 2023

Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey’s southern city of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, even as hopes to find survivors from last week’s devastating earthquake dwindled and ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday announced that it recently received the Quality Recognition Award from global finance giant JP Morgan Chase Bank, in recognition of the bank’s excellence ...

Over 950 families in rural, mountainous and remote areas have received a total funding of €34.2 million to build a house, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday as he announced the ...

Civil engineers on Wednesday called on the state to subsidise the anti-seismic upgrading of buildings following the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The Association of Civil Engineers (Spolmik) also ...

Left-wing Akel plans to remain in opposition and will not participate in the government of Nikos Christodoulides, general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Wednesday. After a meeting with the president-elect and ...

One of 12 boys dramatically rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in Britain where he was attending a football academy, his former teacher ...

A Londoner hoping to be the first Cypriot woman in the UK parliament tells PAUL LAMBIS about her hopes for the island and raising its profile in the Labour party ...

A group-wide IT system failure at Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) stranded thousands of passengers on Wednesday, which the German airline blamed on underground engineering works at a railway station in Frankfurt ...

Disy’s party spokesman Demetris Demetriou has announced his candidacy as leader of the party going up against incumbent Averof Neophytou, and vice-president Harris Georgiades. The battle for the party ...

Nicola Sturgeon resigned as Scottish first minister on Wednesday, saying her dominance over her party and the country was no longer the asset it once was in the fight for ...

Frozen fish, flour and frozen meats saw hikes of up to 30 per cent in January, but the price of cold meats, cheese, bottled water, fresh fish and cereals fell up ...

Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi, chair of MSP Sports Capital, is set to launch a $3.75 billion takeover bid for Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, a source familiar with the matter ...

Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West – but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to ...

Democratic U.S. voters express less support for President Joe Biden running for a second term 2024 than Republicans do for former President Donald Trump’s latest White House bid, a ...

The confiscation of private Russian assets would undermine the Swiss constitution and the prevailing legal order, the Swiss government said on Wednesday, citing the findings of a working group set ...

This year’s Grammy Awards were the usual lavish spectacle, with scores of styled-out celebrities competing for a prestigious award to boost their reputation and music credentials. Beyoncé became the ...

Nokia (NOKIA.HE) and Kyndryl (KD.N) have extended their partnership for three years after clocking up more than 100 customers for automating factories using 5G wireless networks, following their first ...

2023 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the crypto world, and the three coins that are making waves are Binance Coin (BNB), Ethereum (ETH), and the newcomer Orbeon ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved €18 million in support for various social welfare programmes as part of the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan. The plan includes money for includes setting up ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved revised plans to grant financial assistance to Greek Cypriot farmers living in the north, and also to beekeepers, fishermen and agricultural artisans there. Deputy government ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides met on Wednesday morning with Disy leader Averof Neophytou at the former’s political office with both saying it was time to turn the page on the ...

Increased property availability could help to stimy soaring rental prices The city of Nicosia could have an additional 10,180 apartments, which could alleviate rising rental costs and soaring real estate prices, ...

As the temporary exhibition On the Field: Football ─ History ─ Nicosia continues at The Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, more guided tours and a lecture will take place as part of ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday refused parents’ request to invalidate what they called the ‘tragic’ results of the twice-yearly exams, saying the average score reflects the previous year. There ...