Cyprus looks to the Gulf for investment
National investment agency Invest Cyprus on Friday announced that through a mission in Kuwait made a series of contacts and presented to local government officials and investors Cyprus’ business and ...
Twitter lays off half its workforce, ‘company is losing over $4m/day’ says Musk
Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) this week announced that Cyprus has been chosen to host the 36th iteration of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) conference, something which the ...
Cypriot technology firm strikes international partnership
Cyprus-based education technology company Gear Education on Friday announced that it has entered into an official partnership agreement with software company Jamf.
The primary aim of the collaboration is to ...
Investors pile into cash at fastest rate since COVID crisis
Investors put money into cash at the fastest pace at the start of a quarter since the 2020 COVID crisis in the week to Wednesday, as heightened volatility and questions over ...
Cyprus has one of highest rates of child cancers in the world
Cyprus has one of the highest rates of child cancer in the world, with leukemia being one of the most frequent diagnoses, according to the findings of a study presented ...
Our View: A review of the HIO and the way it administers healthcare is vital
The Gesy law prohibits private doctors treating Gesy patients in hospitals that are contracted to the HIO (Health Insurance Organisation). This had always been the case, even though the HIO ...
UK new car sales up by nearly a quarter in October
British new car registrations rose for the third consecutive month in October, up by around a quarter, according to preliminary industry data released on Friday.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers ...
Ontario schools shut as some 55,000 education workers strike in Canada
Aunion representing 55,000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario after failing to reach an agreement with the provincial government for better pay ...
Putin endorses evacuation of parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia’s retreat in one of ...
UK union suspends November rail strikes to hold pay talks
Three days of strikes by tens of thousands of British rail workers over the next week have been suspended while “intensive negotiations” are held in a long-running dispute over pay ...
Nine health workers kidnapped in restive northwest Cameroon
Nine health workers have been kidnapped from a government-run hospital in Cameroon’s restive northwest, one of two regions where armed separatists have been fighting government troops to create a ...
G7 urges China to abstain from threats, use of force
The Group of Seven on Friday urged China to abstain from “threats, coercion, intimidation, or the use of force,” while the United States touted the countries’ increasingly aligned approach toward ...
Limassol municipality defends public garden revamp
Limassol municipality issued a long announcement on Friday in response to the dispute that has flared up over its handling of the revamp of the city’s public garden.
In ...
North Korea flies jets, fires artillery near border after US and South extend drills
South Korea said it scrambled warplanes in response to 180 North Korean military flights near the countries’ shared border on Friday, and Pyongyang again demanded that the United States and South ...
Mixed marriage citizenship will be taken up with ECHR, say TC unions
In a new statement on Friday, Turkish Cypriot unions said they will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if the Supreme Court’s decision on mixed marriages ...
Peru indigenous group to release tourists held in oil spill protest
A Peruvian indigenous group will release an estimated 150 tourists it held for over a day in a protest over alleged government inaction on oil spills in a river, local authorities ...
Limassol showcases underwater offerings
Limassol tourism organisation (Etal) said in a press release on Friday, it is aiming to promote diving tourism through the creation of four sea routes in the district’s marine ...
Iran celebrates 1979 US embassy seizure amid anti-government protests
Iran held state-sponsored annual rallies on Friday marking the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, as the clerical establishment that has ruled since then struggles to suppress nationwide protests ...
New exhibition puts voices of Asia Minor in the spotlight
A new series of events by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation titled Moments at the Museum, launches with an interactive sound and visual exhibition. Titled Memory Returns – Voices of ...
New CEO of Ukraine’s Naftogaz vows to increase investors’ confidence
The new chief executive of Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz promised on Friday to boost international investors’ confidence in the firm and provide energy security, despite the war with Russia.
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Germasogeia unveils sculpture honouring nurses and midwives
The public health contribution of nurses and midwives was honoured on Friday with the inauguration of a small park and sculpture in the heart of the tourist area of Germasogeia
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Jubilation shattered by gunfire: How attack on ex-Pakistani PM Khan unfolded
Moments before Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg, a young man in the cheering crowd that lined the streets for a political protest spotted ...
Supreme Court gets tough on ‘unprecedented scourge’ of child porn and abuse
The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of the attorney-general, who challenged a ruling for a court of first instance to release on parole a woman facing a multitude of ...