Archive December 2024

The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates at 4.75 per cent on Thursday, despite signs of a slowing economy, as persistent inflation pressures limit it to a “gradual” ...

Manchester United are better with Marcus Rashford, coach Ruben Amorim said, after the forward said he was ready for a new challenge when asked about his future at the Old ...

A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body ...

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), a third-party ship manager headquartered in Limassol, on Thursday announced that CEO Ian Beveridge will step down on January 1, 2025. According to the announcement, Sebastian von Hardenberg, ...

al Madrid’s Intercontinental Cup triumph marked a remarkable milestone for Carlo Ancelotti on Wednesday as the Italian became the manager with the most titles in the club’s history ...

EmissionLink, a Columbia Group company, is simplifying emissions management with advanced solutions to meet the upcoming FuelEU Maritime regulations, effective from January 2025. According to a statement by the company, these ...

olders Liverpool booked their berth in the League Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over Southampton at a wet and windy St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday, thanks to goals ...

The two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Thursday and proceedings have been postponed till January 21, 2025, after the defence requested ...

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and ...

The fence in Astromeritis-Akaki area to stop migrants crossing to the south from the north is a deathtrap for animals, the Cyprus Greens said on Thursday, demanding that it be ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead will conduct ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Nicosia, after a 42-year-old woman reported that someone had broken into storage facilities at a block of flats in Nicosia and stolen ...

Frontline police officers should receive a hazard allowance for working in  dangerous and adverse conditions, Isotita trade union said on Thursday. In a letter to chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis, ...

Get ready for what will possibly be the busiest weekend of the year! Christmas week is about to begin and the island gets ready to enjoy the season’s holidays ...

Ukraine struck Russian territory with at least 13 missiles and 84 drones, triggering a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Rostov region that burned for hours, Russian officials said on ...

Bitcoin’s soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to tap in to fresh ...

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded ...

The need for the EU to closely monitor and be actively present in shaping the new situation in Syria, along with Cyprus’ proposals on the issue, will be outlined on ...

The Construction Material Price Index in Cyprus reached 117.26 points in November 2024, with 2021 acting as the base year set at 100 points. This reflects a slight monthly increase of 0.07 per cent, the ...

The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine with local clouds. Winds will be a gentle to moderate northeast to southeast breeze, 3 to 4 Beaufort, and moderate to fresh, 4 to 5 Beaufort, ...

The Harmonised Consumer Price Index (HCPI) in Cyprus increased by 2.2 per cent in November 2024, compared to the same month in 2023, according to the state’s statistical service. However, on a ...

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revised start-up visa, according to Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou. Damianou said that the revisions aim to make the ...

British inflation hit an eight-month high in November, but the rise in services prices – watched closely by the Bank of England as an underlying measure of inflationary pressures – held steady, ...

Despite progress in healthcare since the advent of Gesy in 2019, a number of gaps remain, particularly in terms of preventative medicine and long-term care, a new report shows. The 170-page ...