In 2023, bold EV strategies took a punch from reality
By Joseph White
This was the year the auto industry’s race toward an all-electric future took a detour.
Heading into 2023, automakers were gearing up to invest $1.2 trillion by 2030 to ...
Australia’s proposed koala haven faces logging threat
Nestled in old eucalyptus forests in Australia’s New South Wales region, an estimated 15 per cent of the state’s dwindling koala population is set to win some protection from ...
Zelenskiy makes 11th hour plea for Ukraine war funds in Washington
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to make a last-ditch plea to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, though he ...
COP28 forced into overtime as fossil fuel phase-out divides countries
The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday and countries engaged in shuttle-diplomacy to seek a new draft agreement and try to close a rift over ending the world’...
Athena Shipilli Tsingi is Eurolife’s new General Manager
Athena Shipilli Tsingi has been appointed Eurolife’s new General Manager, taking up the role as of November 1, 2023. Having joined the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) in September 2021, until June 2022 she ...
Thanks in part to Cyprus, midwifery included on UNESCO list
Cyprus along with seven other countries on Tuesday managed to get ‘midwifery: knowledge, skills, and practices’ registered on UNESCO’s list of intangible culture heritage, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou ...
Gunes Onar named as Tatar’s special representative
Gunes Onar was on Tuesday named as Ersin Tatar’s special representative, replacing the retiring Ergun Olgun.
Onar previously worked as Dervis Eroglu’s director of political affairs and undersecretary ...
Century Travel: Cyprus’ digital home to e-book Virgin Voyages
Century Travel Group and Cruise.com.cy is delighted to announce its new partnership with Virgin Voyages as the only digital home in Cyprus for online bookings with Virgin Voyages. ...
UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire
The U.N. General Assembly appeared set to demand on Tuesday an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month long conflict between Israel and Hamas after the United States vetoed such ...
Cyprus and Armenia build on long-standing ties
Cyprus and Armenia have reiterated their preparedness to confront unforeseen threats, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Tuesday following a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan, on an official ...
Nicosia tourism board concludes €1.71 million educational tourism project
The Nicosia Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week announced that the EduTourism initiative, which aimed at boosting educational tourism to amplify appreciation for cultural and natural heritage, concluded in November ...
Absorption of EU funds paramount says President
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday highlighted the need for complete absorption of EU funds as he received the 2022 annual report from the Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Capo).
He stressed this ...
Cyprus Airways to add new destinations this summer
Barcelona, and Geneva have been added to the Cyprus Airways schedule for the summer, while recently added flights to Brussels will continue, the airline said on Tuesday.
During the summer ...
Woman and shop are both many things
In a store that reflects its perky, restless owner THEO PANAYIDES finds himself surrounded by words
“Life is trying things to see if they work”.
The shop is devoted to ...
More US aid can’t help Ukraine, Kremlin says
The United States cannot turn the tide of war in Ukraine by pumping tens of billions more dollars into the country, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, ahead of planned talks ...
Israel pounds Gaza as hunger spreads, disease risk grows
Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid flows to Palestinians facing growing hunger had largely dried up because ...
Government insists FPU included in Aphrodite development (updated)
The construction of a floating production unit (FPU) in Cyprus’ natural gas field Aphrodite is necessary for its development, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday during a meeting of ...
Cyprus trade deficit surges by €960 million to €7.28 billion
Cyprus witnessed a substantial increase in imports in the period from January to October 2023, rising by €1.23 billion when compared to the same period in 2022, according to a report released this ...
PM Rishi Sunak’s high-stakes battle over controversial Rwanda asylum plan
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the biggest parliamentary test of his premiership on Tuesday when lawmakers vote on his divisive plan to send asylum seekers to live in Rwanda.
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Turkish club president arrested for punching referee
A Turkish court ordered the arrest on Tuesday of Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca for punching a referee in the face at the end of a Super Lig football match, the ...
Farmers retreat from Presidential Palace on promise of meeting with Minister (updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver
Potato and grain farmers began to leave their positions in front of the Presidential palace on Tuesday evening, on the promise of a meeting ...
Man faces jail over woman injured in speedboat accident
A 54-year-old man, who hit two tourists with a speed boat in Protaras in 2017, will be held in custody until his sentencing, the Famagusta District Court decided on Tuesday, in ...
Djokovic says young rivals have awoken his inner ‘beast’
Novak Djokovic turns 37 next year but the Serbian says his appetite for success will only increase with young challengers awakening the “beast” in him.
The world number one enjoyed an ...
UK pay growth slows but probably still too high for BoE
British wage growth slowed more than expected in the three months to the end of October, official data showed, but pay is probably still increasing too quickly to persuade the ...