One in four working Cypriots can’t afford holidays
Cyprus was the EU member state with the second highest percentage of workers who couldn’t afford to go on holiday in 2022, Eurostat data for the European Trade Union Confederation (...
Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war
Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who ...
Govt kicks off campaign for safe storage of hazardous substances
The government on Tuesday kicked off a campaign to promote a new set of rules for the storage of hazardous substances, with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou visiting the Vasiliko cement ...
Six years for selling drugs
A 28-year-old was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison for possession of drugs with the purpose of selling them, as well as a concurrent four-year sentence for importing ...
Cyprus’ fake news bill will ‘help the powerful repress dissent’
The International Press Institute had by Tuesday joined the chorus of voices against the contentious fake news bill currently being discussed in Cyprus’ parliament, which has been slammed as a ...
Euro zone economy grows but outlook far from rosy
The euro zone’s economy grew slightly more than expected in the three months to June, data showed on Tuesday, but a mixed underlying picture and a string of pessimistic ...
‘Pressure’ being applied to keep electricity payments down
The energy regulator (Cera) said on Tuesday it is “under pressure” to consent to Cypriot consumers paying a fee from now for the Great Sea Interconnector, the mooted subsea electricity ...
Palace pays €60,000 a year for catering
The presidential palace coughed up almost €60,000 on catering and restaurants in 2023, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Details of the state expenditure were reported in Philenews though it did ...
Spain rally past Greece, Canada stun Australia
Spain overcame a tricky test to beat Greece 84-77 and Canada stunned Australia 93-83 in the second round of men’s basketball Group A action at the Pierre Mauroy stadium ...
Serbian holidaying in Ayia Napa missing
A 27-year-old Serbian – Alexandar Gligorijevic – has been reported missing in Ayia Napa.
The police are calling for anyone who could help locate him to come forward.
Gligorijevic has been missing ...
State to invite new tenders to complete LNG project
The government will invite two tenders in a bid to complete the LNG project, one for remaining construction work on the jetty at the land-based facilities at Vasiliko, the other ...
UK markets watchdog plans to simplify rules to boost competitiveness
Britain’s financial watchdog this week launched two reviews of retail conduct and insurance rules to cut costs and improve competitiveness, now that a strict new duty to put consumers ...
Israeli forces quit east Khan Younis, Palestinians recover dozens of bodies
Thousands of Palestinians returned to their homes in the ruins of Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis on Tuesday, after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion there which they ...
Plan activated for possible Lebanon migration crisis
A plan called Nafkratis has been updated for migratory flows in case Cyprus needs to become a safe junction for evacuees due to an explosive situation in Lebanon and the ...
Larnaca municipality carries out beach clean-up
Abandoned and unwanted items were removed from the beach on Tuesday near Larnaca nautical club by the municipality and the town’s district administration.
The municipality provided an excavator and ...
Serbian minister pledges full support for Cyprus
Nicosia can count on Belgrade’s full support when it comes to Cyprus’ national issues, Serbia’s top diplomat assured his Cypriot counterpart on Tuesday.
Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Duric ...
Climate threat spurs London’s Kew Gardens to look for resilient trees
By Sachin Ravikumar and Toby Melville
Behind the lush greenery, roses in bloom and birdsong at London’s famous Kew Gardens lies the darker reality of climate change, which threatens ...
Crickets get crunchy as Singapore approves edible insects amid food security push
By Xinghui Kok
At Singapore’s House of Seafood restaurant, the fish-head curry comes with a side of crunchy crickets, the tofu has bugs crawling out of it and the ...
Developments on Cyprus problem expected August, September
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met Cypriot diplomats at the Presidential palace in Nicosia, expressing the hope he would soon have something to share about the Cyprus problem.
At the ...
Man steals traffic lights in Kyrenia
Video footage emerged on Tuesday of a man stealing a set of traffic lights from an intersection in Kyrenia.
The footage was captured by a CCTV camera located at the ...
Kremlin rejects ‘absurd’ US accusations of election meddling
The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed as absurd U.S. intelligence assertions that Russia is seeking to meddle in the presidential election and said that U.S. spies were intent on ...
Cyprus startup disrupts education with Netflix-scale learning
Nicosia-based tech startup and iOS app BRAYN, originally launched in Cyprus and the United Kingdom, is set to expand globally by 2025, according to an official announcement.
The announcement said that ...
Cypriot swimmers knocked out of Olympics in heats
Cypriot swimmer Nikolas Antoniou was knocked out of the Olympic Games on Tuesday despite winning his men’s 100-metre freestyle heat at La Defense Arena in Paris.
Antoniou’s winning ...
Plans to ban non-Turkish speakers from north schools ‘unconstitutional’
Plans laid out by the north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu to forbid children who do not speak Turkish from attending schools in the north are “unconstitutional”, Turkish Cypriot teachers’ ...