Archive February 2025

Another farcical meeting about multiple pensions was held at the House finance committee on Monday. This time deputies of all parties, including those supporting the government, turned against the government ...

The US administration’s 90-day foreign aid freeze has left a huge hole in funding worldwide for everything from HIV medicines to mosquito nets, but as calls go out for ...

Tatar has reiterated on Tuesday his dedication to the two-state solution for Cyprus during a recent meeting with Turkish House vice president of the foreign affairs committee, Mustafa Canbey, and ...

Cyprus is set to receive a €144 million boost for the construction of a new archaeological museum in Nicosia heard on Tuesday. The funding agreements will be signed on February 27, during ...

Companies who use the genetic coding of the natural world to design products ranging from weight-loss drugs to cosmetics faced renewed calls on Tuesday to help pay to protect it ...

Both the prosecution and the defence in the case surrounding Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s studies in Cyprus made statements on Tuesday, with the prosecution asserting that the university in ...

Hellas Sat announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a licence to establish and operate a digital terrestrial television (DTT) network in Cyprus, marking a major step forward in ...

People living near the Dhekelia power station should be exempt from pollution fees on their electricity bills, MPs proposed on Tuesday. Residents of Ormideia and Xylofagou villages again gathered at ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ongun Talat on Tuesday described the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel as a “sultan”, after the latter failed to show up to ‘parliament’ ...

The anti-corruption authority has examined seven complaints against district court judges but found the evidence provided was insufficient to demonstrate corruption, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Politis, the ...

Faulty electrical appliances have led to the death of seven people so far this year, in addition to five in 2023 and four in 2024, the House commerce committee heard on Tuesday. ...

More than two dozen unaccompanied minors remain stranded at the Pournara reception centre despite all procedures for their transfer being completed, human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday. She ...

The fifth concert of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series will present the graceful CySO String Quartet. In two upcoming concerts, in Nicosia on March 7 and Limassol on ...

Republican US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the Keystone XL Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists ...

Three men were sentenced to 13 and 15 years in prison on Tuesday for importing large amounts of drugs. The men, aged 31, 45 and 46 were arrested by the drug squad (Ykan) in an ...

The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several metres deep, have led the ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association (CCA) on Tuesday warned that faulty and poor quality electronic devices were widely available in the market. It said Cyprus faces significant challenges in addressing the ...

A total of 1,271 inmates were taken to state and private hospitals in 2024, the prisons department said on Tuesday, slamming press reports questioning the administration’s policy as “unfounded”. Replying to ...

Newcastle United will need to be near perfect to stand any chance of stalling Liverpool’s Premier League title march on Wednesday, manager Eddie Howe insists. His side moved into ...

Sepp Blatter, the former head of football’s global governing body FIFA, is looking forward to clearing his name at a new court hearing into allegations he made corrupt payments ...

Israel is considering an extension of the 42-day truce in Gaza as it seeks to bring home the remaining 63 hostages, while putting off agreement on the future of the enclave ...

The health ministry “recognises the seriousness” of eating disorders, minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday. Addressing a workshop aimed at making progress towards the development of a government strategy to ...

Analysts foresee another altcoin season with significant gains for some assets. Toncoin (TON) and Sui (SUI) have staged a notable comeback, with the potential to finish this cycle above $5. Meanwhile, ...

The agreement for the sale of Ermes Department Stores’ investment in Superhome Centre DIY was finalised on Monday. In a statement issued by Ermes today, following its previous announcement on ...