Archive February 2025

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth’s land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus and weirdos like Therizinosaurus, with its Freddy Krueger-like claws. ...

By Philippa Tracy I don’t usually do new year’s resolutions. But in reading online about other people’s, pre-booking airport parking has got to be the one that ...

A landmark building in Nicosia, located at the corner of Arnaldas and Stassinos Avenue, was demolished on Friday night, sparking a wave of anger and sadness among locals and architecture ...

McDonald’s said it will revise a program that awards scholarships to Latino and Hispanic students to eliminate any eligibility criteria based on applicants’ race or ethnicity, to settle a ...

Police are investigating a pair of robberies at kiosks in Limassol, which are believed to have been committed by the same individuals. The incident occurred in the early hours of ...

The education ministry issued a statement on Saturday saying the current admission process for Greek-language programmes at public universities will remain unaffected. The statement comes in response to recent publications ...

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine on Saturday, killing eight people and damaging dozens of residential buildings as well as energy infrastructure across the country, Ukrainian ...

The UK government has updated its travel advice for Cyprus, saying that recent Israeli security concerns regarding Paphos airport have not affected UK flights. The update, issued on January 29 and ...

On an unusually balmy January day, Dimitris Marinoglou ploughed his field in northern Greece fearing the worst: that water supplies from neighbouring Bulgaria that have kept his family’s crops ...

Cyprus is bracing for a severe summer water shortage, with authorities urging immediate action to curb wastage and ensure supply for all. Deputy director of the Water Development Department (WDD), ...

By Alexandra Sherlock Australian-owned brand UGG Since 1974 has announced it will change its name to “Since 74” for sales outside Australia and New Zealand. There has been a long-running battle over ...

By Alan Hirsch Donald Trump, America’s new president, has cut back massively on US commitments to asylum seekers, blocked all asylum processes and started to remove irregular immigrants. Trump’...

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, with a presence in Cyprus, hosted a well-attended event on Thursday, January 23, 2025, focusing on IT readiness and modernisation.  Themed “Navigating IT ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed ...

A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition at Nicosia general hospital after suffering burns to her face and hand from a fire that broke out on Friday in a two-storey ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday announced that it has responded to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) interest rate reduction decisions, lowering its reference rate for loans linked to ...

European banks are expected to report a sharp rise in profits for the final three months of last year, helped by still-robust margins from lending and bumper investment banking revenues. ...

HSBC (HSBA.L) is preparing to wind down its M&A and equity capital markets businesses in Europe, the UK and the Americas as part of a major shake-up ...

Morgan Stanley has forecast UK’s economic growth would be less than 1 per cent this year, echoing the estimate of its Wall Street peers Goldman Sachs and J.P.Morgan, ...

The Cyprus Architects’ Association (Sak) on Friday called for stricter controls and immediate amendments to laws governing the establishment and operation of tourist facilities on the island. The announcement follows ...

The government’s failure to deny reports about the presence of Israeli security personnel at the perimeter of the Larnaca Airport fence and in the air traffic control-tower was not ...