Just how risky is aspartame?
The WHO warning on the popular sweetener has released a media storm
The World Health Organisation’s catergorising of aspartame as a “possible carcinogen” has caused a storm of media ...
Demetriades says that CMP meeting potential step towards truth commission
President Nikos Christodoulides’ move calling for a joint meeting of the anthropological lab of the committee of missing persons (CMP) with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a good, lawyer ...
Friends’ Hospice bookshop, a small charity with a big heart
Tucked away between Loulla’s clothing boutique and a medical lab in Polis Chrysochous, lies an unassuming gem-of-a-place, the Polis charity bookshop.
Operating from its current premises since 2005 (previously out ...
Turkish Cypriot man who got his property back is a lesson for the Republic
The interior ministry has admitted it does not have a reliable database of the Turkish Cypriot properties they administrate
By Efi Xanthou
On July 13 the House of Representatives approved the ...
World girl guides conference to be held in Cyprus
A woman-led youth organisation aspiring ‘to help every girl thrive’ is hosting the biggest ever conference held in Cyprus by volunteers.
The Girl Guides Association of Cyprus (GGAC), which provides ...
Defence Minister in US to sign agreement for national guard cooperation agreement
Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas is in the United States, where he will sign an agreement for the integration of the National Guard of Cyprus into the State Partnership Programme (SPP), ...
Vintage Zelenskiy gets less than he wanted from Nato but takes home real gains
By Tom Balmforth
The Ukrainian president’s performance at a Nato summit this week was vintage Volodymyr Zelenskiy: go in hard, push allies beyond their comfort zone, and go home ...
Turkey increases fuel tax as it bolsters stretched budget
Turkey raised tax on petrol on Sunday to help to fund a 1.12 trillion lira ($42.2 billion) increase to its 2023 budget after February’s earthquakes and the May presidential election sent spending ...
The right to privacy is sacred
But in the UK it has been a long road to get there, and could only help Huw Edwards as far as his conscience allowed
Huw Edwards was the unnamed ...
Kombos heads to London and Brussels to discuss Cyprus and EU-Turkey relations
Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos is traveling to London and Brussels for several engagements to discuss Cyprus and the Cyprus issue as well as EU-Turkey relations, an announcement from the ...
Debt management issues for developing economies
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
Three years after defaulting on its repayments, Zambia recently reached a debt relief deal. The end of the impasse over the African nation’s ...
FTX regains momentum, DigiToads takes center stage of Meme Coins outperforming Shiba Inu
DigiToads (TOADS) has emerged as a standout performer in the competitive meme coin industry and has taken center stage among meme coins, outperforming Shiba Inu (SHIB). While Shiba Inu faces ...
Where have the stars gone?
Even though I was a scientist, before retiring, this is far from scientific. Consider it more as the wandering mind of an old man who doesn’t know when to ...
China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan
A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic ...
No justice over complications with auctioning property
To the president of Cyprus,
I listened to your position regarding auctioning property before the true amount owed was determined by a court.
My daughter and I are caught up ...
Where to get your dose of ancient Greek drama
The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama has returned this year offering a rich programme of four highly-acclaimed productions that are currently touring the island. The festival opened earlier this ...
Fire in Dierona under control, after overnight battle with flames (updated)
A forest fire in Dierona was put under control the forestry department said on Sunday morning, after battling with the blaze through the night.
An announcement from the forestry department ...
M7.2 quake hits Alaska Peninsula, tsunami warning issued for nearby region
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, leading to a tsunami warning for nearby regions.
USGS revised the ...
Smiling president indulges civil servants
Our happy, smiling, speech-making president is indulging the government employees with excess CoLA, and letting the rest of us foot the bill.
Sandra Tryfon, Nicosia
Rescuers retrieve eight bodies from flooded South Korea underpass
The bodies of eight people trapped in a tunnel submerged by heavy rain in central South Korea were retrieved on Sunday, authorities and local media said, taking the death toll ...
Pedestrian dies after car crash on Larnaca road
A 60-year-old woman died, after being hit by car, while attempting to cross the Dhekelia road, police said on Sunday.
According to police, just before midnight the 60-year-old expat, Sandra ...
US, China aim to revive climate cooperation as tensions simmer
The United States and China will look to revive efforts to combat global warming this week, in bilateral meetings that observers hope will raise the bar on ambitions ahead of ...
Orange weather alert issued for Sunday, as heatwave continues
The met office has issued a new orange weather warning for Sunday as temperatures are set to climb past 40 degrees C.
According to the met office, which on Saturday had ...
Netanyahu due to be discharged from hospital on Sunday, office says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be discharged from hospital on Sunday after no irregularities were found in additional medical tests he underwent following his admission for suspected ...