Archive 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Friday it plans to invest 2.26 trillion yen ($15.24 billion) in Japan by 2027 to expand cloud computing infrastructure that serves as a backbone for artificial technology (...

By Andreas Metaxas While the world seems increasingly more uncertain, with multiple crises currently erupting all around us, and some more patiently waiting for the right moment, it is crucial ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was travelling to Brussels on Sunday to take part in Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, which will mainly discuss the situation in the Middle East. EU ...

We learn from your columns of a fresh Covid outbreak. Well, I had a bad but typical cold in the middle of December that was followed by unusual occasional bouts ...

Permanent exhibition of British period at revamped museum The revamped Leventis municipal museum of Nicosia tells the tale of the transformation of tiny, poorly maintained city contained within the constrictive ...

A fire broke out at a Baltic Sea terminal belonging to Novatek NVTK.MM, Russia’s largest liquefied natural gas producer, regional officials said on Sunday, amid reports of explosions ...

Police on Sunday said it was investigating the death of a woman found dead in abandoned home at the Neapolis area in Limassol. Her body was found on Saturday night, ...

Google will invest $1 billion on building a data centre just outside of London, the U.S. technology giant said on Thursday, in its latest investment in Britain as it meets ...

Novak Djokovic flirted with a rare “triple bagel” and Aryna Sabalenka produced yet another powerful performance as the defending champions swept into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday. ...

There were protests outside the British Sovereign Base Area (SBA) at Akrotiri in Cyprus last Sunday about its use in military operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and its ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting January 15: Contrary to expectations that accompanied the reduction in the consumption tax rates for motor fuels, fuel prices ...

THE SEARCH for a new ethnarch appears to be over. Archbishop Georgios, who kept a low profile in his first year as head of the Church, revealed his intentions to ...

A few months before leaving office, Nicos Anastasiades toured the country opening new projects, laying foundation stones and making speeches about his government’s contribution to different towns and communities. ...

Approval just takes too long, developers tell buyers seeking competitive loans from the Housing Finance Corporation The state-owned Housing Finance Corporation (HFC, better known in Greek as Οργανισμός Χρηματοδοτήσεως Στέγης) was seen as ...

The Union of Cyprus Journalists and the Turkish Cypriot Association of Journalists have jointly announced the launch of a bicommunal competition of journalistic photography. An Open Call is currently active ...

The government will soon announce a plan to attract more people to museums in the Akamas villages, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at the inauguration of three different ...

Works in the Akamas will resume “immediately” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, despite calls against it by the Green Party. Speaking about last month’s cabinet decision regarding changes ...

Four U.S. banks warned of lower interest income for this year on Friday, capping a week of dour commentary from the industry that has been under pressure from high ...

An Alabama death row prisoner who survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt the state’s planned second attempt ...

The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine on Saturday at the election headquarters of President Vladimir Putin, a defiant gesture in a ...

Arsenal returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion with a 5-0 drubbing of toothless London rivals Crystal Palace to climb one place to third in the Premier League on Saturday. ...

The state official who refused an alcohol test last week should have resigned, Akel MP Irene Charalambidou reiterated on Saturday. The incident took place at 2.30am on January 11 in Nicosia, ...

Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday while its planes dropped leaflets on the southern area of Rafah urging Palestinians seeking refuge there to help locate hostages held ...

World number one Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Australian Open at the hands of Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the third round on Saturday to further deplete an already ...