‘Once a mod, always a mod!’
By Ania Sadkowska and Katherine Townsend
We first met Martyn in 2013 when he was 54 and working as a professor at a UK university. He cut a sharp figure in a ...
Man arrested for committing sundry traffic offences at once
A 30-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Friday night after police found him to be committing sundry traffic offences at once.
The police first observed him running a red ...
Today’s weather: Mainly clear
Saturday’s weather is expected to be mainly clear, with temperatures set to rise to a maximum of 19 degrees Celsius inland, 21 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and eight degrees Celsius ...
Free film nights in Larnaca every Monday
That’s right, film fans, the Larnaka Cinema Society organises free cinema evenings every Monday night and the series will continue into the spring months as well. Two more cinema ...
The saddest day in Cyprus?
“January always shocks Cyprus. It springs itself on us,” says Limassolian Christos Damianos.
“We’ve just had all the jollity of Christmas, and then – bang! Suddenly it’s cold, we’...
Cyprus Business Now: Eurobank, inflation, Limassol development projects
Eurobank’s acquisition of Hellenic Bank is expected to conclude by the end of May, paving the way for the legal and operational merger with Eurobank Cyprus.
The latest update ...
EU assesses Big Tech cases ahead of Trump arrival
The European Commission said it was assessing its cases against Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O), X and Meta (META.O), stressing that President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the ...
Microsoft halts hiring in US consulting unit as cost-cutting measure
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is planning to halt hiring in part of its consulting business in the US in a bid to cut costs, CNBC reported this week, citing an internal ...
Global equity funds see drop in demand on rising US Treasury yields
Demand for global equity funds declined sharply in the week through Jan. 15, as US Treasury yields rose and expectations for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts fell following a ...
UK firms cut headcount in response to tax hike, survey shows
Around one in six British companies cut hiring late last year, the highest share since early 2021, according to a survey that showed firms felt pressure to raise prices due to ...
Nokia signs multi-year patent license agreement with Samsung
Finland’s Nokia (NOKIA.HE) has announced that it has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Samsung (005930.KS) for the use of Nokia’s video technologies in the South ...
US small business confidence jumps to more than six-year high
US small-business confidence surged to the highest level in just over six years in December, extending post election gains.
The National Federation of Independent Business said this week that its ...
Boeing executive sees market demand and supply rebalancing by 2030
Boeing (BA.N) expects to reach a balance between supply and market demand for passenger jets by the end of the decade, an executive said this week.
“From my perspective ...
Charalambides claims video evidence of school land misuse, minister visits amid dispute
Cyprus MP Irene Charalambides has reignited her criticism of the minister of education over the controversial leasing of school land for the creation of padel courts. Charalambides claims that the ...
Our View: Public hospitals are destined for a collapse
The audit office report about the state health services, Okypy, which was discussed at the House health committee on Thursday, must be seen as a red alert, an urgent warning ...
Trump moves inauguration indoors due to freezing temperatures
President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration on Monday will take place inside the US Capitol rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that US presidential ...
CNN found liable for defaming US Navy veteran who helped people evacuate Afghanistan
A Florida jury on Friday found TV news provider CNN liable for defaming a US Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan after the US military withdrew from the ...
Tens of thousands join student-led protests in Belgrade
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station ...
Man Utd and Scotland legend Law dies aged 84
Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said on Friday.
“It is with a heavy heart that we tell ...
Mozambique ex-finance minister sentenced in US to 8.5 years in prison over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal
A former Mozambique finance minister was sentenced on Friday to eight-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of participating in a fraud involving $2 billion in loans to three state-owned ...
CIA employee pleads guilty over leak of classified Israeli plans
A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he wilfully retained and transmitted ...
Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group
The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial ...
Ruling on Paphos-Polis road guarantees binding, sources say
A ruling by Paphos district court in favour of the Republic of Cyprus is binding, regardless of the decision issued by an Athens court for the temporary prohibition on fulfilling ...
Trade unions oppose state third country worker criteria
The government’s draft criteria for the employment of workers from third countries have faced strong opposition from trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok, who said their views had not ...