Today’s weather: Partly cloudy with isolated rain
Friday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy, with isolated spots of rain forecast to fall in the afternoon, mostly in the west of the island and in the ...
trade war
Trump’s tariff gamble deepens market jitters, strains global trade
A week of turmoil unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out ...
Cyprus Business Now: Eurobank, DP World Limassol, Properties, Bank of Cyprus, Tariffs
The fifth edition of Tech Talks, a community-driven event inspired by Google’s original Tech Talks initiative, is set to take place on Monday, May 5, at 7pm.
Aimed at the ...
Wall Street’s week of whiplash brought fear, relief and caution
Wall Street traders and investors have been sent to the brink over the past week by President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, scrambling to figure out strategies and calming clients ...
UAE renewable energy firm acquires Greece’s Terna Energy
United Arab Emirates’ renewable energy company Masdar said on Thursday it had fully acquired Greece’s Terna Energy (TENr.AT), after buying a majority stake last year, a further step ...
Companies eye US expansion to lessen fallout from tariffs
Some companies have said they are looking at expanding their presence or setting up shop in the United States to mitigate the costs of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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Britain’s Tesco warns profit to fall as competition intensifies
Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s biggest food retailer, warned on Thursday its profit would likely fall this year, blaming increased “competitive intensity” in the UK market and sending its shares ...
Nicosia mayor denies fine quotas amid officers’ claims
Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Thursday categorically denied that the municipality has imposed unofficial quotas on municipal traffic officers gauging their job performance based on the number of fines they ...
Our View: ‘Nazi’ school pic paints a thousand words
It took the education ministry a couple of days to speak about the photo of a group of secondary-school pupils in the Famagusta area who gave a Nazi salute during ...
Tourist helicopter crashes into New York’s Hudson River, killing all six aboard
A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the ...
American Airlines plane struck on ground at Washington airport by another plane, no injuries reported
An American Airlines AAL.O plane carrying at least three members of Congress at Reagan Washington National Airport was struck on the taxiway by the wingtip of another American Airlines ...
Rubio says direct US-Iran nuclear talks to take place on Saturday
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the United States will hold direct talks with Iran this weekend to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.
The talks between ...
Jawbone from Taiwan shows geographic reach of enigmatic archaic humans
Molecular analysis has determined that a jawbone recovered off Taiwan’s coast came from a Denisovan, showing that this enigmatic lineage of archaic humans once inhabited a vast expanse in ...
MPs back ban on cutting solar feeds
Parliament on Thursday passed a law ‘prohibiting’ the disconnection of solar panels, although some MPs cautioned that the benefit of this would be limited.
The legislative proposal belonged to Disy ...
Media, police meet amid press freedom fears
Police and journalists met on Thursday in a bid to improve communication between the two sectors. The meeting, held at police headquarters in Nicosia, was led by police chief Themistos ...
Taxi drivers protest at parliament
Around 20 taxi drivers gathered outside parliament on Thursday afternoon to protest against the conduct of the House transport committee when discussing issues of concern to urban taxis.
The cab drivers ...
Russian prosecutors seek nearly six years in jail for four journalists accused of extremism
Russian prosecutors have asked for jail terms of five years and 11 months for four journalists accused of working for the banned organization of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the ...
Cyprus criminalises AI-generated child pornography
The creation, possession and distribution of AI-generated child pornography is now a criminal offence, carrying with it prison sentences of up to 15 years, under a law passed by parliament on ...
House approves creation of patients advocate office
The House on Thursday enacted legislation creating the office of the patients advocate – a comprehensive mechanism to receive, process and make determinations on complaints filed by patients.
Two relevant government ...
Interior minister says housing access a national priority
The government is stepping up its efforts to make housing more affordable in Cyprus, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event titled “The Right to Housing – ...
Bill to grant legal status to paramedics by end of May
A bill which will make paramedics a legally protected profession will be submitted to a parliamentary plenary session for a vote by the end of May, the House health committee ...
Oroklini incident ‘taken as a racist attack’, House committee hears
Saturday’s attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the Larnaca suburb of Oroklini which turned violent and ended with a 27-year-old man ...
music
The Molina Guitar Duo makes its Cyprus debut this April
Partners in life and art, guitarists Isabella Selder and Santiago Molina Gimbernat will travel to Cyprus this April for their debut recital on the island, taking place at The Shoe ...
As new investors enter DeFi, MUTM’s low entry point and steady metrics make it a standout
With more investors exploring decentralized finance (DeFi) as an alternative to traditional markets, projects that offer real utility, transparent systems, and low barriers to entry are gaining attention. One name ...