Archive 2024

Manchester United hit the reset button again by sacking manager Erik ten Hag with the team mired in mid-table mediocrity and Ruud van Nistelrooy will be in charge for the ...

By Charles Ellinas Eurostat has just published its report on EU electricity price statistics for the first half of 2024. A subject close to the heart of long-suffering Cypriot electricity consumers. ...

Cypriot residents spent a total of €2.23 billion on travel both within Cyprus and abroad in 2023, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service. In addition, a total of 484,365 residents ...

Nineteen people in central Israel’s Sharon region were injured, the Israeli police said, after the military reported the launch of three projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory early on ...

Third-quarter net revenues for Prada (1913.F) rose 17.7 per cent at constant exchange rates, driven by double-digit retail sales growth in Asia and Europe and by the doubling of sales at ...

PayPal (PYPL.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates earlier this week as the digital payments company shifts its focus to higher-margin businesses from aggressive expansion, sending its shares down 6.6 per ...

Exchange-traded funds focused on artificial intelligence are proliferating as asset managers offer investors new ways to tap in to the market enthusiasm for AI, even while it remains unclear which ...

Parliament’s decision to raise the threshold of driving licence penalty points required for a temporary driving ban from 12 to 16 “sets the wrong example” to society, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides ...

Our political parties never cease to amaze us. On Thursday they voted through a bill proposal that would increase the number of penalty points needed for the suspension of someone’...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Friday acknowledged the need for more work on the Pedieos river as she addressed the opening of the first Pedieos Sustainable Festival, highlighting the river’...

The Law Commissioner’s Office on Friday announced that representatives from the Law Commission of England and Wales will visit Cyprus from November 4 to 6 as part of a collaborative effort ...

Cyprus recorded the largest increase in its tax-to-GDP ratio among EU member states in 2023 compared to 2022, according to data published by Eurostat on Thursday. However, Cyprus’ ratio remained just below ...

Senior US diplomat Mike Carpenter, advisor to President Joe Biden on European affairs in the National Security Council, described the recent meeting between Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and President Biden ...

The Cyprus-Crete electrical interconnection project will likely face some delays, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday, adding that completion by the end of 2029 now appears to be a realistic ...

The Limassol district court on Friday issued a six-day detention order for two men, aged 20 and 25, who were arrested as suspects in connection with recent assaults on food delivery drivers ...

Have you ever heard 200 guitarists play together on stage? A unique opportunity to experience this musical union is approaching as the Cyprus Guitar Orchestra holds concerts in Limassol and Nicosia. ...

The education ministry’s proposed budget for 2025 amounts to €1.55 billion, reflecting a 6 per cent increase from 2024. Presenting the budget to the House finance committee on Friday, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou ...

The messages sent by Wednesday’s meeting at the White House between President Nikos Christodoulides and US President Joe Biden underscored an upgraded role for Cyprus, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

German third seed Alexander Zverev knocked Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the Paris Masters with a 7-5 6-4 win in the quarter-finals on Friday, ending the Greek’s hopes of qualifying ...

New Zealand coach Scott Robertson defended his team’s pre-match haka after England prop Joe Marler stoked up the tension ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham clash by saying it was “...

A British heritage organisation has launched a project to tell the forgotten story of 19th century Black American abolitionists who raised their voices against racism and slavery. The Missing Pieces ...

From the beginning of the year until October, the Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre received 330 reports of sexual violence, the organisation announced on Friday. Launching a campaign called ‘19 days ...

Police officers on Friday discovered an improvised package containing a mobile phone and a small quantity of drugs during routine checks conducted at the Nicosia central prison on people seeking ...

Banning mobile phone use during school hours is intended to promote education and encourage creative use of break times, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, the first day of ...