Russia to decrease daily forex sales in coming month
Russia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday it would sell 1.7 billion roubles’ ($18.9 million) worth of foreign currency a day between July 7 and Aug. 4, a decrease in the volume of daily ...
Problems mount for Wimbledon, but Djokovic and Swiatek serene
Climate change protesters and yet more rain snagged Wimbledon on Wednesday but while security and scheduling headaches intensified for the organisers reigning men’s champion Novak Djokovic moved serenely through ...
US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf of Oma
The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of ...
Philadelphia mass shooting suspect arraigned on five murder charges
A Philadelphia resident arrested in one of a series of mass shootings across the country over the Fourth of July weekend was arraigned in court on Wednesday on five murder ...
Government advisors must not outstay their welcome, House ethics committee hears
Government advisors should not remain in public service after the end of their superiors’ terms, the House ethics committee agreed on Wednesday.
It was also decided that the discussion, tabled ...
Man dies after detonating explosive device at court in Ukrainian capital (Update 2)
A man who detonated a explosive device at a court in the Ukrainian capital died on Wednesday after barricading himself inside part of the building, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, ...
First test flight from new Tymbou airport
The first test flight from the new airport in Tymbou (Ercan) took place on Wednesday, with the airport set to officially open on July 20, according to ‘transport minister’ in the ...
One thousand and one nights on the piano
Piano melodies will fill the Open Amphitheatre of the University of Nicosia later this month as the Asteri Piano Duet present a special evening. Under the title One Thousand and ...
Democracy ‘not radically worse’ in EU than a year ago, says bloc’s executive
The European Union’s latest democracy health check showed there was no significant deterioration across the 27-nation bloc in areas like media and court freedoms or efforts to tackle corruption ...
Palestinians defiant and angry after Israel’s Jenin raid (Updated)
Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the ...
Bar association head denies representing developer in north
The law firm co-founded by Cyprus Bar Association chairman Christos Clerides firmly denied on Wednesday a report claiming the firm took up the legal representation of a businessman involved with ...
Zaporizhzhia residents calm, prepared amid claims of planned nuclear attack (Updated)
Residents in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia appeared calm on Wednesday after Kyiv’s latest warning that Russian forces could trigger a catastrophe at the nearby Moscow-held nuclear power ...
EU: Cyprus must strengthen accountability of prosecution service
Cyprus must strengthen the independence and accountability of the prosecution service, especially regarding its ability to discontinue or suspend prosecutions, the European Commission said in its Rule of Law report ...
MPs reach agreement on revenge porn bill
The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday reached consensus on a draft bill to ban revenge pornography, as it has been regulated in most of the EU, while Cyprus is ...
Etek calls for changes to public works tendering process
The scientific and technical chamber (Etek) has expressed its concerns regarding the tendering process of public works.
They have said that the process as it currently stands is vulnerable to ...
Will there be a next WoW expansion?
Speculations abound about what’s next for the MMO
World of Warcraft has been a fixture of MMORPGs since its release in 2004. Players worldwide experienced many adventures in Azeroth. They ...
Just Stop Oil protesters briefly halt play on third day of Wimbledon
Protesters briefly interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces on Court 18 during a men’s singles match.
Two protesters ...
New decree allowing foreign students to work
Foreign students in Cyprus from the end of October 2022 will be allowed to take on work Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday.
Speaking to CyBC in the morning, the ...
Top 3 Cryptocurrencies with massive growth potential in 2023
Polkadot (DOT) and Chainlink (LINK) experienced a price dip in June 2023. However, they quickly showed their strong growth potential and are back to being bullish. On the other side, analysts ...
Adding a giant splash of colour
Inspired by nature and her Cyprus culture, one member of the diaspora is guiding others in the art of creating online finds PAUL LAMBIS
For Kay Charka, 2020 was the year ...
‘Banks and fintechs working together entails opportunities and risks’
The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Herodotou and the president of the European Banking Authority Jose Manuel Campa this week emphasised the potential for positive synergies between ...
UK financial services minister urges caution over central bank digital currency
Britain should be cautious about whether to issue a digital version of the pound given privacy and other issues involved, financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday.
The finance ...
North’s ‘foreign minister’ criticises British envoy for second time
The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu issued a second condemnation of British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday, following the latter’s alleged comments at a meeting with British ...
Cyprus bucks European trend of increasing illicit cigarette consumption
CYPRUS has bucked a Europe-wide trend of increased consumption of illicit cigarettes, according to the latest annual study into the matter by the audit and tax service company KPMG.
In ...