Israel says no exceptions to Gaza siege unless hostages freed
Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel ...
Overlooked Dogecoin (DOGE)? See potential returns with TRON (TRX) and VC Spectra (SPCT)
Dogecoin (DOGE) has announced to honor the Shiba Inu dog that is behind the famous internet meme. Meanwhile, TRON (TRX) announced a new exciting partnership with GT Protocol. On the ...
Tourism sector jitters over impact of Israel-Gaza crisis
Cyprus’ tourism sector is jittery as concerns are mounting that the conflict in neighbouring Israel could see its second largest market dwindle.
President Nikos Christodoulides held a meeting on Thursday ...
Conference on ‘The Left and the Cyprus Problem’
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot left-wing parties will meet over the weekend in the fifth conference ‘The Left and the Cyprus Problem’, an announcement said on Thursday.
The conference will ...
16-year-olds can become mayors and officiate marriages in Malta, but need parental consent for themselves to marry
Maltese government plans to allow 16-year-olds to serve as mayors have drawn humour, revulsion and little apparent support on the Mediterranean island.
The plans were announced on Wednesday by local ...
WIP Arts & Technology Festival returns
Following the success of last year’s event, which attracted over 3,000 visitors, the WIP Arts & Technology festival, which stands for Work in Progress, is set to return for the ...
Free dental service for fifth graders
All fifth grade primary school students will have free dental services as part of a health ministry programme for the current school year.
An announcement from the dental services on ...
24 flights scheduled from Israel to Cyprus on Thursday (Updated)
A total of 24 flights are scheduled to land in Cyprus from Israel on Thursday as people flee the ongoing conflict in the country.
Of the flights, 23 are set to land ...
Supreme Court orders release of Palestinian-Lebanese man
The Cyprus Supreme Court has decided to release a Palestinian-Lebanese man who had been held for deportation for over a year, saying that state had no reason to keep him ...
Finland can’t rule out ‘state actor’ involvement in pipeline damage
Finland can’t rule out the possibility that a “state actor” was involved in damaging a Baltic Sea gas pipeline and a parallel telecoms cable, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service ...
Cyprus looking to boost business ties with Georgia
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) on Thursday announced that it has partnered with the EU-Georgia Business Council and received support from the Cyprus-Georgia Business Association, in a ...
Ioannou pushes for deputy ministry of migration (Updated)
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Thursday.
He said the creation of such a ...
OpenAI plans major updates to lure developers with lower costs
OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based on its artificial intelligence models, as the ChatGPT maker ...
Japan firms to issue digital currency for clean energy transaction
A group of Japanese firms will issue a digital currency by July 2024 for the transaction and settlement of clean energy certificates, cryptocurrency exchange DeCurret said on Thursday.
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Ireland have shed inferiority complex, says coach
Andy Farrell concedes that Ireland have suffered from an inferiority complex in the past but believes his team are ready to embrace the challenge of being the best in the ...
Benzema tempted by Saudi Arabia’s ‘huge’ football project
Karim Benzema was lured by Saudi Arabia’s “huge project” and the fact it is a Muslim country when he decided to end a trophy-laden stint with Real Madrid to ...
CBC governor attends World Bank and IMF meetings in Morocco
Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Constantinos Herodotou is participating in the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), taking place this week ...
Lidl’s fourth Wellness Camp: living mindfully means living better
Lidl Cyprus recently organised a weekend dedicated to health, wellness and sustainability. The event featured lectures and experiential workshops with leading scientists and experts. Lidl’s fourth Wellness Camp raised ...
UK’s easyJet agrees deal with Airbus to expand fleet beyond 2028
British airline easyJet (EZJ.L) said on Thursday it had reached a proposed deal with Airbus to expand its fleet by up to 257 additional aircraft, plotting its growth beyond 2028, with ...
Law commissioner ‘welcomes’ cabinet code of ethics approval
Law commissioner Luisa Christodoulidou Zannettou said on Thursday she “welcomes” the cabinet’s decision to approve the code of ethics for government members.
Zannettou had drawn up the code of ...
A brief history of Gaza’s 75 years of woe
Gaza is a coastal strip of land that lay on ancient trading and maritime routes along the Mediterranean shore. Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to ...
US State department welcomes Pyla mutual understanding
The United States State Department said on Thursday it “welcomes” the mutual understanding found to solve the dispute surrounding the buffer zone village of Pyla and construct a road from ...
Housebound to be vaccinated at home
Housebound people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 and influenza at home, the health ministry said on Thursday.
They explained that, as in the past, housebound people will be vaccinated through ...
Sluggish UK economy only stages partial bounceback in August
The United Kingdom’s economy partially recovered in August after a sharp drop in July but the bigger picture remained one of only sluggish growth after last year’s surge ...