Archive January 2024

In a strategic move, Island Petroleum, a subsidiary of Island Oil (Holdings), has announced the acquisition and utilisation of the vessel M/T ASTRAIA, dedicated to providing physical supply services ...

The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre (CaSToRC) at The Cyprus Institute organised an important ‘industry day’ on January 16, 2024, as part of the EUROCC2 project, according to a statement released ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application to annul an arrest warrant in a case involving violence during a football match. According to the decision, the case pertains to ...

Germany’s Alexander Zverev stunned second seed Carlos Alcaraz to reach the Australian Open semi-finals as a sublime display of serving took him to a 6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 victory ...

The Famagusta district court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison sentence on a 46-year-old man found guilty of involvement in the illegal trafficking of migrants. According to the court’...

The launch of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), an initiative that aims to bolster economic development between Asia, the Persian Gulf and Europe, has the potential to provide opportunities ...

The legal service is hiring 17 lawyers to handle asylum-related matters, it emerged on Wednesday. In a statement, the legal service said it was inviting expressions of interest for the positions. ...

The European Commission is to finance a project in Cyprus aimed at “strengthening the mental resilience” of youth in Cyprus, it was announced on Wednesday. In addition to €500,000 in financial ...

Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its first alcohol store in the capital Riyadh which will serve exclusively non-Muslim diplomats, a source familiar with the plans and a document showed ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE ‘It wasn’t just the pain of violent penetration when I was dry and ignorant of what was happening, it was also constant fear when he ...

House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that lifetime benefits for the president and the House speaker need to be abolished. “I have the personal opinion that these lifetime benefits ...

Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange, and a local official said all 74 people on ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed once again on Wednesday. The trial had ...

The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday. “This ...

Six children were treated in hospitals across Cyprus on Wednesday after they were rescued from a boat that was stranded at sea for days. In total 60 migrants were rescued after ...

Daniil Medvedev pounced on the few chances offered up by Hubert Hurkacz to seal a semi-final spot at the Australian Open on Wednesday, while Dayana Yastremska did the new generation ...

The mind REset programme’s Trade Fair took place successfully over January 13-14, 2024 at Larnaca’s Metropolis Mall. The event represented the second edition of the Trade Fair, while the ...

London remains the world’s top financial centre as New York slips into second place, after tying with the UK capital last year, the City of London Corporation’s own ...

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is looking for candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. The Dubai-based airline will hold a Cabin Crew recruitment open day on ...

Cases of Covid-19 and flu have significantly decreased, as the Omicron JN variant has come “full circle” a health ministry official said on Wednesday. In the meantime, hospital admissions have ...

Low cost air carrier Wizz Air on Monday announced that it recorded a significant surge in its Cypriot passenger numbers in 2023, with a remarkable 71 per cent increase compared to the ...

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci believes the current dip being experienced in the BTC market has been partly triggered by the liquidation of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust shares, given that the ...

Japan’s Fujitsu 6702.T should be contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to pay the compensation bill the British government is expecting to face over the Post Office Scandal, postal ...

The directors of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) have reached an agreement with the workers’ unions regarding some proposed changes that would impact the permanent status of employees and employee ...