President to meet UN envoy again on Friday
President Nikos Christodoulides will have a new meeting with the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, on Friday at noon, he announced on Thursday on arrival ...
Women In Tech Cyprus launches educational programme “Advocate for Yourself”
TechIsland, the largest technology association in Cyprus, and member company Adsterra, on Thursday announced the launch of “Advocate For Yourself,” an educational programme under the Women in Tech Cyprus initiative.
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Czech it out: a journey of discovery
Discovering Prague for the first time, ELENI PHILIPPOU is enchanted by the old, new and mysterious
Right at the heart of Europe, a Bohemian gem awaits. On a crisp winter ...
Low attendance and staff shortages at hotels and restaurants
The head of the association of hospitality sector owners (Osika) Neophytos Thrasivoulou said attendance at leisure centres nationwide currently hovers around 30 per cent, making January one of the most difficult ...
Wall Street explores novel ways to repackage bank loan risk
A financial product that enables banks to shed risk from loan portfolios is gaining more popularity among lenders in the United States, with investors and lawyers devising new structures to ...
Patients’ safety top priority, says Health Minister
Patients’ safety is a top priority in the formulation of health-related policies, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Thursday.
Damianos was speaking following the introduction of a new international standard ...
Personal doctors’ salaries in Cyprus range from €100K to 450K
The health insurance organisation (HIO) has begun its comparison of doctors’ salaries from 2022 and the second half of 2023 when quality criteria and performance indicators were introduced, it emerged on Thursday.
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Lapithos camp hosting flood evacuees
The youth camp in Lapithos was put to use on Thursday to house people forced to flee their homes during floods and storms on Tuesday night.
The north’s ‘deputy ...
Oil buoyed higher by US rate cut expectations
Oil prices rose on Thursday, supported by signals from the US Federal Reserve on a possible start to rate cuts and on new support measures for China’s embattled property ...
Finnish workers begin two days of strike action over labour reforms, welfare cuts
Some 290,000 Finnish workers began two days of strike action on Thursday to protest against the right-wing government’s planned labour market reforms and proposed cuts to social welfare.
Companies and ...
Greek same-sex wedding bill allows couples to dream, at last
When Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou fell in love eight years ago, they said the idea of getting married was “science fiction” in deeply conservative Greece, where LGBT+ couples cannot ...
Dollar rises as March Fed cut bets unwind, euro at seven-week low
The euro hit a seven-week low on Thursday as the dollar rose after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against bets of a US rate cut as soon as ...
Russian oil flows through Red Sea still face lower risks
Tankers carrying Russian oil have continued sailing through the Red Sea largely uninterrupted by Houthi attacks on shipping and face lower risks than competitors, according to shipping executives, analysts and ...
Covid-19 vaccines available at Athienou health centre
Coronavirus vaccinations for anybody over the age of 18 will be carried out at the Athienou health centre on February 10, the municipality announced on Thursday.
The municipality said the health ministry ...
Taylor Swift at Super Bowl could be a game time decision
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is sure to be in Las Vegas for the Feb. 11 Super Bowl showdown with the San Francisco 49ers but whether his girlfriend, mega-pop ...
‘North’s population is 400k, accept it’
The north’s ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Thursday that the north’s population is 400,000, “and we have to accept it”.
He added that “it is time for a ...
Europe’s angry farmers fuel backlash against EU ahead of elections
In the last 12 months, the cost of running Jean-Marie Dirat’s lamb farm in southwest France has jumped by 35,000 euros ($38,000), driven up by increasingly expensive fertilisers, fuel, electricity and pesticides.
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Is the Metaverse over before it even starts? Sandbox (SAND), and Decentraland (MANA) continue to slide while all eyes remain on Pullix (PLX)
The hype generated by the metaverse in 2021 resulted in a significant price increase for the metaverse tokens. Since then, the hype has died down, with investors concerned about the prospect ...
‘Urgent’ healthcare referral system now in force
The new system for urgent care referrals under Gesy came into force on Thursday.
Under the new system, there are now two categories for referrals – “urgent” and “normal” – thus allowing ...
Minister pledges ‘immediate compensation’ to potato farmers
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday she had given instructions for immediate compensation to potato producers in the Famagusta region who had suffered immense damage from last week’s ...
F1 rejects Andretti-Cadillac bid to join grid … for now
Formula One rejected a bid by American Michael Andretti and Cadillac to join the grid in 2025 or 2026 but left open the possibility of admission in 2028.
Andretti’s effort to become ...
Man in jail for fake gun robbery at Protaras kiosk
The Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old man to five years in jail after finding him guilty of robbing a kiosk in Protaras using a fake gun.
According ...
Napkin Messi signed to join Barcelona goes to auction
The napkin on which 13-year-old Lionel Messi signed his first contract with Barcelona will be auctioned in March for a starting price of 300,000 pounds ($381,000), British auction house Bonhams said on ...
25,000 see salary increase after minimum wage rise
A total of 25,000 workers received an increase in their salaries upon being paid for the month of January according to the Labour ministry, following an increase in the minimum wage.
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