Our View: End lifetime perks for former presidents
House president Annita Demetriou and independent deputy Alexandra Attalides deserve praise for submitting two bills aimed at ending the benefits for life given to a president of the republic and ...
Crypto firms including Robinhood, Kraken launch global stablecoin network
A consortium of financial technology and cryptocurrency companies including Robinhood (HOOD.O), Kraken and Galaxy Digital (GLXY.TO) this week introduced a joint stablecoin pegged to the US dollar.
The ...
Nintendo cuts annual profit forecast as Switch sales decline
Nintendo this week cut its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2025 by 10 per cent to 360 billion yen ($2.36 billion), as its ageing Switch console loses steam.
The latest forecast ...
Facebook, Nvidia ask US Supreme Court to spare them from securities fraud suits
The US Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s (META.O) Facebook and Nvidia (NVDA.O) – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in ...
Lottides calls for action on rising attacks against delivery workers
Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Friday raised concerns over the rising number of racially motivated attacks against foreign food delivery workers, despite the existence of laws and regulations ...
Cyprus Church donates €1m to Greek naval academy
The Church of Cyprus has donated €1 million to the Hellenic Naval Academy, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Friday.
In a post on social media, he said the donation ...
Elam march in protest against migration in Larnaca
Elam members marched on Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach on Friday night in protest against migration.
The march made its way from Europe Square up the beach road and was billed ...
Cyprus’ long-term unemployment rate below EU average
Cyprus’ long-term employment rate, that being those who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, is below the European Union average, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
At ...
Audit office set to prioritise identifying tender irregularities
Identifying irregularities in tender bidding will be a primary focus for the audit office over the next few years, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Friday during a House finance committee ...
Street art in divided capitals
Nicosia’s division makes headlines often and it is what comes to the minds of many when describing life in the city. Over the course of history, it has not ...
North political crisis
North opposition ‘will not allow’ Ozturkler to attend budget debate as ‘speaker’
Opposition ‘MPs’ in the north “will not allow” Ziya Ozturkler, the man the ruling coalition declared as ‘parliament speaker’, to attend discussions over next year’s ‘state’ budget, ‘parliamentary’ finance ...
Trade union leader sues north ‘PM’ over fracas at power station
Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, on Friday announced he had filed two lawsuits against ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel over ...
Greek, Turkish foreign ministers discuss Cyprus problem
The Cyprus problem was among the issues discussed during the two-hour meeting foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey had on Friday, in Athens, where they expressed their differing positions on ...
Cyprus among EU’s highest in antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance
Cyprus is among the EU countries with the highest antibiotic consumption and rates of antimicrobial resistance, Health Minister Michael Damianos stated on Friday during a press conference for a campaign ...
North tells EU to ‘stop being the Greek Cypriots’ spokesman’
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday called on the European Union to “stop acting as the Greek Cypriot side’s spokesman”.
The ‘ministry’ was responding to EU High Representative ...
UNDP launches project for sustainable energy in north
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new EU-funded initiative aimed at promoting sustainable energy practices in Turkish Cypriot local communities.
The contract amounts to €245,000 and will be ...
Harris’ abortion focus fell short, dashing hopes of a federal right
A vital part of Democrat Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign was tapping into the groundswell of women’s anger and political activism unleashed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision ...
Runners brave freezing temperatures to compete in Antarctica ultra-endurance race
Fifteen competitors braved Antarctica’s freezing cold to compete in a first-of-its-kind ultra-endurance race that began on Thursday around Ultima Base Camp, where temperatures plunged as low as -25°C (...
ExxonMobil to begin drilling off Cyprus next year
American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil will next year begin drilling for natural gas under the sea off the coast of Cyprus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday.
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Faltering City and Arsenal look to gain foothold in title race
Manchester City and Arsenal have led the way in the last two Premier League title races but both teams have hit a slump heading into the weekend when their squad ...
Six Syrians detained in Cyprus for alleged terror financing
Six Syrians suspected of financing terrorism have allegedly orchestrated the transfer of hundreds of thousands of euros, it emerged on Friday.
Investigation into the matter by the Republic’s authorities ...
‘Western states encourage belligerents by arming Israel’
The head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that states supplying weapons to Israel as it pursues conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon despite evidence of violations of international ...
Hezbollah calls for US action, not words,
Hezbollah welcomes any effort to stop the war in Lebanon but does not pin hopes for a ceasefire on any particular U.S. administration, Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi said on ...
Britain names Jonathan Powell as national security adviser
Britain on Friday named Jonathan Powell, who was chief of staff to former prime minister Tony Blair, as its national security adviser, a role that will involve responding to global ...