UN envoy Maria Holguin to visit UK, Cyprus
UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Holguin will be in London for March for meetings with UK officials.
The UN secretary general’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric ...
CCS launches programme for female startup founders
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) is proud to announce the Future Startup Founders programme launch, designed exclusively for aspiring female entrepreneurs. The initiative falls under the Startup Founders pillar of ...
South Korea: Hyper-Competitive and Childless
There are enough people to go around: eight billion now, compared to two billion less than a hundred years ago. Fifty-one million in South Korea, compared to only twelve million ...
Kot-Kot: a solution for Cyprus’ waste problem
By Nicolas Netien
Cyprus faces a daunting challenge to meet the European Union’s waste management targets.
The island nation sends a whopping 67 per cent of its municipal waste to ...
US changes tact, now pushes UN to back ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire to free hostages
The United States late Tuesday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of ...
Cyprus industrial index up by 0.3 per cent in December 2023
Cyprus’ Industrial Business Cycle Index for the month of December 2023 reached 180.1 units, with 2015 being the base year, marking a 0.3 per cent increase compared to December 2022.
According to a report released ...
Cyprus Business Now
The year 2023 marked the highest annual inflows since the establishment of the state-owned asset management company Kedipes in 2018, according to statements made on Tuesday by chairman Lambros Papadopoulos.
As of ...
Russia’s Sberbank: AI to make 60 per cent of corporate loan decisions by year-end
Decisions on 60 per cent of corporate loans issued by Russia’s top lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) will be made using artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of this year, CEO ...
UK sales growth slows in February, dampened by rainy weather
British consumer spending slid in February as bad weather kept shoppers at home, according to a survey on Tuesday that showed households remained cautious to spend in the face of ...
American Airlines places its biggest plane order in more than a decade
American Airlines (AAL.O) on Monday unveiled its biggest plane order since 2011, buying 260 new jets from Airbus (AIR.PA), Boeing (BA.N) and Embraer (EMBR3.SA) as it looks to ...
UK lawmakers warn of risks in huge government bond sales
Britain’s government needs to do a better job of monitoring risks posed by its sales of bonds which have surged after a string of shocks to the economy, a ...
Where are the women to go?
The picture of suffering in Gaza is well-known, despite obstruction of journalists and news flow from the region, Cypriot emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Nikolas Papachrysostomou said on ...
Our View: Lack of clarity over movement of cash does not help island’s reputation
The authorities have not come out of the case involving the Ukrainian woman who brought large amounts of cash to Cyprus smelling of roses. Countless questions have been raised by ...
Swiss weapons exports plunge as neutral stance hurts trade
Swiss weapons exports fell by more than a quarter last year, the government said on Tuesday, with critics blaming the country’s neutral stance which has blocked the re-export of ...
Kane-inspired Bayern ease past Lazio, Mbappe fires PSG into last eight
Bayern Munich top scorer Harry Kane struck once in either half to steer the Germans to a 3-0 win over Italy’s Lazio on Tuesday and into the Champions League ...
‘Spy van’ link to latest US sanctions
The US government on Tuesday announced sanctions against two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium that develops spyware technology – including ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian who in 2019 ...
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen suspected of stabbing attack
Israeli forces shot dead a 16 year-old Palestinian at a flashpoint road junction in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after a stabbing attack in which a soldier was severely injured, ...
One year in office: bettering people’s daily lives
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday evening highlighted the importance his government is putting on restarting Cyprus talks, despite the difficult stance of the Turkish side.
Speaking during a televised speech ...
No discrimination against women soldiers says top court
The supreme constitutional court has found no career advancement discrimination took place against female non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the National Guard, according to a statement released Tuesday.
In a statement, ...
‘Matter of time’ before arrest of Ukrainian woman
The 31-year-old Ukrainian woman suspected of money laundering is not cooperating with authorities, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday.
She is currently a serving a five-day remand order, which ...
Tatar: If they cannot see the realities of Cyprus, it’s not our fault
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said it is not his fault if people “cannot see the realities of Cyprus”.
Speaking during a trip to the German capital Berlin, ...
Live music this week
Music venues around the island are bursting with live performances this week. With the arrival of spring and the return of the carnival, music will sound at every corner. Musicians ...
Meta’s Facebook, Instagram down for hundreds of thousands of users across globe
Meta Platforms-owned (META.O) Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
The disruptions started ...
Concerns remain over government use of spyware
Cyprus was on Tuesday named among the EU member states where concerns remain over government use of spyware against journalists by a Council of Europe report.
The findings are part ...