Book Review: The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
As so often, I am late to the party on this one; The Empusium is my first Tokarczuk read. The party I anticipated was a big one: a novel by ...
CFA Society Cyprus announces launch of global competition
The CFA Society Cyprus this week announced the launch of the CFA Institute University Research Challenge at Athlos House.
In the context of the competition, CFA Society Cyprus invited Cypriot ...
CBC aims for flexibility and innovation in 2025-2026 strategy
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week announced an ambitious transformation plan under its newly released strategy for 2025-2026.
This initiative, outlined in a 13-page document, aims to create ...
Free guided culture tours in Nicosia district
Exciting new ways to discover the tales of Nicosia and its suburbs arrive this season as Nicosia 2030 in collaboration with the European HUB-IN organises a series of guided tours and ...
Foreign student attacked and robbed in Limassol
A 24-year-old man was robbed on Monday night in Limassol, with the perpetrators stealing his motorcycle.
According to a complaint filed by the victim, an Indian student residing in Cyprus, ...
Man arrested in connection to jewellery store burglary
Police in Larnaca arrested a man on Monday as part of an investigation into a jewellery store burglary and theft
According to a police statement, a 36-year-old man was taken ...
Texas, Missouri judges deny requests to block DOJ from sending poll monitors
U.S. judges have denied requests from the Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor ...
Investigations ongoing after fatal plant fire in Dromolaxia
Investigations into the fire that broke out last Sunday morning at a polyurethane manufacturing plant in Dromolaxia will continue on Tuesday.
The body of a 63-year-old electrician who died in ...
Police arrest third person in sham marriage case
As part of an investigation into an alleged sham marriage case, police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday.
A police statement released on Tuesday said that the man was taken ...
Cyprus-based digital publisher expands creator ecosystem with new acquisition
Cyprus-based TheSoul Publishing has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Mediacube, a certified partner of YouTube and Meta that provides fintech solutions to nearly ten thousand creators across 132 ...
Cyprus Business Now: CBC chief, savings rate, tourism expo, maritime ties
Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Christodoulos Patsalides on Monday highlighted the importance of taking a forward-looking approach to assessing individual risks, combined with a thorough analysis of the prevailing ...
Trump and Harris make final pitch in Pennsylvania on eve of historic US vote
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election.
The campaign ...
For dealmakers, regulatory chaos would undercut Trump’s pro-business tilt
With any other president, promises of less regulation and lower corporate taxes would have Wall Street’s deal machine salivating at the prospect of a feeding frenzy. Not so with ...
Data-driven decisions reshape retail strategies
Big-name retailers such as Walmart (WMT.N) are increasingly using analytics to blunt the impact of one of the most unpredictable performance variables of shopping: weather.
Weather data, once used ...
Investors eye European defence stocks
A Donald Trump victory in the race for the White House is widely seen as bullish for European defence stocks, given his warnings to scale back US military support in ...
Winston now keeps babies company at Dhekelia cemetery
Hundreds of babies laid to rest at Dhekelia military cemetery, who died in the 1950s and 60s, now have Winston to look over them.
A statue of Winston the bear ...
Our View: Okypy’s deficit cannot be fixed while unions rule
Presenting his ministry’s budget for 2025 at the House finance committee on Monday, Health Minister Michael Damianos said that an action plan would be prepared in the immediate future for ...
US states worried about election unrest take security precautions
A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where a Nevada county tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high alert to guard against potential violence with drones ...
Sudan’s RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent raids
Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces barged into her home in Sudan’s eastern ...
Deadlock over Cyprob should end, Akel says in meeting with Greek PM
Akel’s general secretary Stefanos Stefanou met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis in Athens on Monday, with the Cyprus problem being top of the ...
Prostate cancer most common cancer in men – Pasykaf
Prostate cancer is the first most common cancer in men and the second most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer) in men in Cyprus, the association of cancer ...
Man remanded for theft
A 28-year-old man has been remanded in Ayia Napa for eight days in an ongoing burglary case.
Famagusta police said the theft took place on October 31 in Ayia Napa when ...
English university fees to rise for first time since 2017 to try to fix funding crisis
The British government announced plans to raise the cost of university tuition fees for domestic students in England on Monday for the first time in eight years, in an attempt ...
Unhealthy non-EU citizens in Cyprus
For 2023, just over 10 per cent of non-EU citizens aged 65 and over living in Cyprus perceived themselves to be in bad or very bad state of health, according to a Eurostat ...