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Afterpay, the Australian payments firm bought by Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc (SQ.N), and Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp (WBC.AX) ended a partnership after the firm cancelled a ...

Whoever is elected as archbishop is the church’s affair, but likewise it should not meddle with the state It is known that the Archbishop Chrysostomos has reached the age ...

Rail staff, dockers, rubbish collectors, postal workers and now even criminal barristers are on strike or will be going on strike in Brexit Britain. If higher pay is not forthcoming ...

Government rushes to pass bill to prevent takeover of systemic bank The government is faced with a race against time to ensure it has the legal power to prevent the ...

ATTENTION-CRAVING auditor-general Odysseas will have experienced heights of ecstasy unknown to ordinary mortals in the last week, during which he was the only story playing. He released the report about ...

The government quite understandably is concerned about the efforts of the US-based, Lone Star private equity firm to take over the Bank of Cyprus and sees this as a threat ...

Arsenal preserved the Premier League’s last remaining 100% record as they came from a goal down to beat Fulham 2-1 thanks to a late winner by Gabriel at The Emirates ...

Liverpool earned their first win of the season in stunning fashion after equalling the record for the biggest ever Premier League victory with a 9-0 thrashing of newly-promoted Bournemouth at ...

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will start Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix from the front of the grid despite Max Verstappen obliterating the field in qualifying. World champion Verstappen was fastest ...

A traditional day in the heart of the old city of Limassol is arriving soon as Limassol AGORA prepares for its next traditional fair, or Panayiri. A fairly new monthly ...

Staff at London’s Stansted have begun voting on whether to take strike action in a dispute over pay, the Unite Union said, threatening disruption at one of Britain’s ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and disabled people. The ...

Demetris Nicolaou joined the bank in 2017 to lead its Digital Transformation Programme – an ambitious 3-year initiative to kick-start the bank’s digital capabilities. As part of this, they have modernised ...

Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations on Saturday of shelling around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of international concern that fighting in ...

The traditional village of Choulou in Paphos is set for significant renovation and beautification works to maintain and showcase its history – most notably the mediaeval fountain. Paphos district officer Mary ...

Turkey’s military ‘neutralised’ seven members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an operation in northern Iraq, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday. Turkey regularly carries out air ...

A second-half strike from Bruno Fernandes was enough to give Manchester United a 1-0 win at Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday. The victory, United’s second on the ...

Welcome to the Gates of Hell – the name Portuguese sailors once gave Namibia’s western coast. The locals are even more poetic, referring to it as The Land God Made ...

A US judge has recommended that victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court ...

Argentina stunned the All Blacks by beating the three-times world champions for the first time on New Zealand soil with a 25-18 victory in a Rugby Championship test in Christchurch ...

Prices have turned bullish in the cryptocurrency markets, but the overall situation is still bearish. With the value increases seen in altcoins, it can be seen that investors are starting ...

Cyprus has always exhibited tremendous resilience throughout its short history as an independent country to bounce back from catastrophic events and external shocks. To achieve this feat, it has had ...

Ykan (drug squad) officers carried out a series of busts across Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol as four arrests were made, and various substances were identified – ranging from cannabis and cocaine ...

Bones believed to be the human remains of three Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963 have been found in a well in Troulli. According to the Turkish Cypriot representative from the committee ...