Archive 2024

The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the government’s main investment arm, reported a 68 per cent increase in 2023 net profit this week, buoyed by its transportation, banking and financial services assets. ...

Cabinet’s decision earlier this week greenlighting the amendment of a law to allow foreign university branches to operate in Cyprus could be a ‘game changer’ for the island’s ...

Irrespective of the outcome of the case brought against the auditor-general for inappropriate conduct, the government and the political parties should seriously consider ending the permanence of appointments to certain ...

Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon face a monumental choice: whether ...

Below is a timeline of events leading up to the verdict: JANUARY 2018 The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump arranged the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to ...

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After ...

Here are some reactions to the historic verdict: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TRUMP “This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is corrupt. … We’ll ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced the acceptance of the listing of 16,000 13-week Treasury Bills, 3rd issue, Series 2024 (31/05/2024 – 30/08/2024), with a nominal value of €1,000 each, amounting to a total value ...

Royal Jordanian Airlines this week announced that it will operate eight flights per week from Paphos airport to Jordan during the summer season. “From June 13 to September 13, Royal Jordanian will ...

Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic soared into the third round of the French Open on Thursday as tournament organisers stepped up their fight against unruly fans by announcing an alcohol ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was released from a hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica, where he had been recovering from an assassination attempt, and taken to his ...

Russia will not be invited to events marking the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s D-Day landings next week given its war of aggression against Ukraine, the French ...

Italy scraped past England on penalties after the tie ended level at 1-1 after 90 minutes at the AEK Arena in Larnaca on Thursday night, to book their place in the ...

Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Thursday that gender equality is not a problem to be solved but rather the solution to the problem of existing inequality. She emphasised ...

Israel pressed on with its offensive on Rafah a day after saying its forces had taken control of a buffer zone along the nearby border between the Gaza Strip and ...

Saudi Arabia’s government on Thursday filed papers to sell a new stake in state oil giant Aramco 2222.SE that could raise as much as $13.1 billion, a landmark deal that ...

Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil’s southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at ...

A Cypriot candidate for MEP and famous YouTuber has claimed that his car was stolen, it emerged on Thursday. In a video he posted on social media, Fidias Panayiotou is ...

Jerusalem on Thursday held its annual gay pride parade under heavy security and with a subdued vibe, given the solemn mood in Israel after months of war. LGBTQ+ supporters marched ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said he was “saddened” by commentary regarding his attendance of a European competition football final in Athens a day earlier. He was being asked about ...

Around 50 people gathered outside the US embassy in Nicosia on Thursday to protest Israel’s ongoing military operation in the Gaza strip. Organised by United for Palestine, attendees held placards ...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will ask allies to pledge a minimum of €40 billion ($43.37 billion) annually to fund military aid for Ukraine, an alliance source told Reuters on Thursday, as Nato ...

To mark the transformation of an old industrial building in Limassol into a public space, a group exhibition is taking place, curated by Nicos Chr Pattichis. The Casts of an ...