Euro zone’s services sector may slow further, ECB says
Euro zone services activity could weaken further in the coming quarters due to rising interest rates but the impact on the sector may be more muted than on manufacturing, a ...
Ecuador roiled by on-air take-over of TV studio by gunmen, other violence
Ecuador faced a string of violent incidents on Tuesday, including the on-air invasion of a TV station by gunmen, as President Daniel Noboa named 22 gangs as terrorist organizations and military ...
US top diplomat urges Israel to make hard choices, work with Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Tuesday to make “hard choices” to normalize relations with more of its neighbours, a new appeal to smooth the path ...
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin derivatives traders bet billions on ETF future
Will they, won’t they? U.S. regulators are keeping crypto players on the edge of their seats as they weigh whether to give their blessing to bitcoin exchange-traded funds (...
Cyprus Business Now
Information reported by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) shows a change in the country’s trade balance for January to November 2023, indicating a considerable increase in the deficit by €962.3 million ...
Red Sea crisis intensifies as US, UK shoot down Houthi missiles, drones
U.S. and UK forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday into the Southern Red Sea towards international shipping lanes, the U.S. military’s ...
Footballers threaten strike over lack of safety
Footballers on Tuesday threatened to strike over dangerous conditions in stadia, following a meeting of the Footballers’ Association (Pasp).
The meeting was attended by representatives of players from first division ...
Our View: No way President will have backing of all parties to resume talks
There was no disagreement among party leaders at Monday’s meeting of the National Council, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The president had listened to the suggestions of the parties, ...
Arikli scolds coalition partner Ataoglu
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli scolded his coalition partner and ‘deputy prime minister’ Fikri Ataoglu in a televised interview on Tuesday.
Arikli, who leads the YDP, the third ...
Cultural cooperation opportunities with Japan discussed with Ambassador
Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou discussed “opportunities for cultural cooperation” with Japanese Ambassador to Nicosia Yoshio Yamawaki on Tuesday.
Writing after the meeting on X, the social media platform formerly ...
Lefka residents demand reopening of courthouse and police station
Residents of Lefka on Tuesday demanded that the town’s courthouse and police department be reopened.
The demand was made by the Lefka Civil Society Organisations Platform, which asked that ...
Polish PM says president is obstructing justice in case of convicted MPs
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused President Andrzej Duda of obstructing justice after two lawmakers who are due to go to prison appeared at the presidential palace on Tuesday prompting ...
‘Mutiny’ among village residents over stray dogs
Residents of the village of Kapouti, north of Morphou, are “at the point of mutiny” due to the large and growing number of stray dogs which inhabit the village, according ...
UK’s Cameron worried Israel may have breached international law in Gaza
Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron said on Tuesday he was worried that Israel might have breached international law in Gaza, and that the advice he had received so far ...
‘We’ll end up eating solar panels’
Lawmakers on Tuesday called for explicit guidelines governing the installation of agrisolar systems on fertile land, and in a way that does not interfere with crop production.
The matter was ...
All Cyprus’ requests incorporated into EU migration action plan
All of Cyprus’ requests have been incorporated into the EU action plan on managing migration flows in the eastern Mediterranean, officials said in parliament on Tuesday.
MPs heard that for ...
Presidential candidates ‘broke law’ with election spending
Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis exceeded the €1 million legal limit in their presidential election spending, while Disy and Elam failed to be thoroughly transparent over their funding during the campaign, ...
Music nights on the horizon
Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are gearing up to host an array of sensational performances this week. From rock and party anthems to acoustic sets and jazzy beats, there is an ...
Two jailed for possessing child porn
Two men were handed prison sentences for the possession of child pornography by the Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday.
One was sentenced to eight years behind bars, and the other ...
Less than a quarter of gyms operating legally
Less than a quarter of gyms are operating legally, the Gym Owners Association (Pasigy) said on Tuesday.
It lamented what it described as a “lack of effective control” of the ...
‘Students from 144 different countries in north’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday there are students from 144 different countries studying at the north’s universities.
He was speaking to Turkish online television channel OdaTV and ...
Nicosia presses EU on viewing Syria as safe zone
Nicosia on Tuesday again pressed Brussels to review the status of Syria to designate the country or parts of it as a safe zone, allowing for the repatriation there of ...
Russian to be extradited over false Chernobyl claims
The fate of a man ordered to be extradited to Russia to face theft charges for allegedly providing false information for compensation linked to the Chernobyl disaster remained unknown on ...
More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather
Ukraine’s power grid operator said on Tuesday severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to conserve power as the ...