What’s on this weekend
This weekend will be packed with events as it signals the beginning of the busy festive period. It is the last weekend of November and all around the country, a ...
Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam, anti-EU populist who could be next Dutch PM
Geert Wilders, the Dutch populist whose anti-Islam comments have led to death threats, could become the next leader of the Netherlands following an election upset for his Freedom Party (PVV) ...
Far-right Wilders sweeps Dutch parliamentary election, vows to end ‘immigration tsunami’
Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has vowed to halt all immigration to the Netherlands, was set for a major victory in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, an exit poll ...
Terrorism ruled out at Fiery Rainbow Bridge car crash at US-Canada border
A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people in the vehicle and sparking a security ...
Today’s weather: Mostly clear and windy with episodic dust
Thursday will be mostly clear with locally afternoon clouds in the mountains. Periodic episodes of dust are expected. Temperatures will rise to 23C degrees inland, on the east and south ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus’ transport and storage sector experienced a robust annual growth of nearly 10 per cent during the third quarter of 2023, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical ...
Goldman Sachs says deeper OPEC output cut remains on table
Goldman Sachs says the possibility of a deeper group oil output cut is on the table when OPEC+ oil producers meet this weekend, and it expects Saudi Arabia and Russia ...
UK economy forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024
Britain’s economy is forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, citing the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The ...
State says it will help flooded museum
The state intends to help with repairs at the Hambis Printmaking Museum in Plataniskia with the consent of the lessors of the two adjacent properties, Limassol district administrator Marios Alexandrou ...
Our View: Endless commissioners are worthless but well-paid posts
Deputies at the House commerce committee criticised the government for the delay in appointing a Commissioner of the Development for Mountain Communities. The post had been vacant for more than ...
Big investors say US markets rally could prove short-lived
The recent rally that has lifted US stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary ...
Erhurman joins calls for ‘intentional killing’ charges for Isias hotel operators
Tufan Erhurman, leader of the north’s largest opposition party the CTP, on Wednesday joined calls for those responsible for the collapse of the Isias hotel to be charged with ...
Questions raised over meetings between Tacoy, Ustel, and Yilmaz
Questions have been raised in the north over meetings held by ‘MP’ Hasan Tacoy with Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and his own ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel.
According to website ...
South Korea boosts surveillance after North launches spy satellite
South Korea on Wednesday suspended part of a 2018 military agreement with North Korea after Pyongyang defied warnings from the United States and drew Western condemnation by launching a spy satellite.
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Boycott campaigns over Gaza war hit Western brands in some Arab countries
On a recent evening in Cairo, a worker cleaned tables in an empty McDonald’s restaurant. Branches of other Western fast-food chains in the Egyptian capital also appeared deserted.
All ...
Man arrested after robbing bakery and two kiosks
By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades
A 26-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday after having robbed a bakery and two kiosks.
The man was found by police while ...
Cyprus ‘an ardent supporter of Serbia’s European integration’, Christodoulides says
Cyprus is “the strongest supporter of Serbia’s European path”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday.
Christodoulides is in Serbia on a two-day visit and made the remarks following a ...
European Parliament votes to abolish member states’ veto
The European Parliament voted in favour of a bill to implement a number of reforms to the bloc’s treaties, including an almost absolute abolition of the principle of unanimity, ...
Sound Inspirations by clarinet and piano
Ledra Music Soloists hosts a unique evening of chamber music for clarinet and piano with the internationally renowned clarinettist Gábor Varga and pianist Nicolas Costantinou on December 6. The two ...
Putin: we must think how to stop tragedy of war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop “the tragedy” of the war ...
With eye on election, UK’s Hunt cuts taxes in bid to boost economy
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced tax cuts for workers before an expected 2024 election and he gave businesses permanent investment incentives in an attempt to speed up an economy that looks ...
Dispute erupts over whether pope called Gaza situation a ‘genocide’
A messy dispute broke out on Wednesday over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe events in Gaza, with Palestinians who met with him insisting that he did ...
Man arrested after attempting to smuggle two people from north to Republic
A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday after attempting to smuggle two people to the Republic.
He had been arrested on Tuesday while driving between Nicosia and ...
Sanctions evaders ‘may be difficult to convict’
The attorney general (AG) dampened hopes for criminal convictions over sanctions evasion on Wednesday, after he told deputies those may be difficult to achieve but pledged there would be thorough ...