Archive 2024

The Nicosia tourism development board (Etap) will play a central role in a ground-breaking initiative aimed at sustainable hospitality education across Europe, the company announced on Monday. In a press ...

Tuesday will be hot and hazy with dust in the air. In the afternoon isolated rains or storms are expected, mainly in the mountains and the interior, with possible hail. ...

International credit rating agency Moody’s has given a positive assessment on the mooted move by Hellenic Bank to acquire the operations of CNP Insurance in Cyprus and Greece, stating ...

Boeing (BA.N) on Monday tapped debt markets to raise $10 billion, after the US planemaker burned $3.93 billion in free cash during the first quarter following slowing production of its best-selling ...

McDonald’s (MCD.N) is set to report a sequential drop in sales growth for the fourth straight quarter as low-income consumers remain hesitant about eating out even as fast-food ...

The state is under the obligation to provide cancer patients and their families a full range of health services, Minister of Health Michalis Damianou said on Monday. The minister made ...

Although Cyprus has received plaudits from the EU and the United States for the Amalthea humanitarian sea corridor, it appears that it has little control over the operation. The Republic ...

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved $1.1 billion in funding for Pakistan on Monday, the agency said in a statement, amid discussions for a new loan. The funding ...

Sophie, Britain’s Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the first trip to the country by a British royal since the ...

With the world still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a hoped-for agreement in December. Countries ...

French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried next October for alleged sexual assaults against two women during a 2021 film shoot, the Paris public prosecutor said on Monday. Depardieu, one of ...

Five Republican-led states on Monday filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that bar schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating against students based on their gender identity. ...

The U.S. State Department found five units of the Israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in incidents that took place outside of Gaza before conflict broke ...

Flash floods and a landslide in central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Mai ...

In a report released Monday, the Audit Office calls for a new study on siting an aquaculture project, after questions were raised about the suitability of the proposed facility in ...

Next week undersecretary to the president Ireni Piki will announce an online platform where people will be able to follow the government’s implementation of its action plan, it emerged ...

MPs said on Monday they hope to soon pass legislation setting up a more effective framework for the submission of wealth declarations by certain state officials and Politically Exposed Persons. ...

International credit rating agency Moody’s has given a positive assessment on the mooted move by Hellenic Bank to acquire the operations of CNP Insurance in Cyprus and Greece, stating ...

Turkey has told allies that it will back the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to be NATO’s next secretary-general, a Turkish official said on Monday, an important ...

The heads and members of community councils, where there is no electoral rival will be announced on Tuesday. In a statement, the Electoral Commissioner for the election of mukhtars and ...

England rugby international Billy Vunipola was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and fined 240 euros for assault and battery after being arrested by police in Mallorca, Spain, following an incident at ...

Economic sentiment in Cyprus improved marginally in April, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increasing by 0.8 points compared to March 2024, according to a report by the University of Cyprus’ Economic ...

MOLA Culture Factory in Lefkara is celebrating the Cypriot fashion legend of design Hi Tek Alexander on May 1 with a showcase that also features the clothes of Polish-Canadian designer Magdalena ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday extolled the virtues of Cyprus’ migrant returns policy. Ioannou was speaking an inter-ministerial meeting regarding asylum and migration attended by the European Union’s 27 ...