Federer to bow out in style with Nadal by his side
Some of the most iconic moments of Roger Federer’s glittering career featured Rafa Nadal across the net but on Friday his great Spanish rival will be alongside him for ...
Cyprus News Digest: Why are we are still waiting for the liberalisation of the electricity market
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international.
Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...
Finland says traffic on border with Russia remains busy
Traffic into Finland across its southeastern border with Russia was busy on Friday, the border guard told Reuters, adding that the number of Russians who entered the previous day was ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking ceasefire pact
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other opening fire overnight on Friday, breaking a fragile ceasefire agreement that had brought the worst fighting between the two ex-Soviet countries since 2020 to a ...
Coronavirus: two deaths and 2,932 new cases seen in last week
Two deaths from Covid in addition to 2,932 new cases were reported in the past week, the ministry of health announced on Friday.
The two deaths refer to a 76-year-old woman ...
Stage One brings laughter and tears to Paphos
The season’s theatre performances have brought local and international productions to the island thanks to annual festivals and theatre companies. As usual, the majority are in Greek but later ...
Estonian PM tells nation to prepare for blackouts if Russia switches off power grid
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told her nation that power blackouts are possible if Russia kicks the Baltic states from the joint power grid, as she announced a snap defence ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, traffic congestion on roads can initially be alleviated through the promotion of mass transit – more bus lanes – and eventually with the construction of a tram system ...
President Anastasiades to address UN general assembly
President Nicos Anastasiades will address the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday afternoon.
The address will start at 4.45 Cyprus time and later he will meet with Secretary General ...
Man arrested after spotted picking up irregular migrant
A 26-year-old was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with a case of assisting third-country nationals to illegally enter the Republic
At around 9pm a police patrol spotted a man ...
Famagusta man swindled out of €89,000
A man in the Famagusta district has been tricked out of €89,000 by unknown people, police reported on Friday.
According to a complaint made on Thursday by the 45-year-old, about a ...
Cyprus GDP to grow as unemployment falls and inflation normalises
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Thursday said that the Cypriot economy’s primary macroeconomic figures for the years 2022-2024 are favourable according to its projected medium-term forecasts, which ...
Paphos shortlisted in European smart capital contest
The Paphos tourism board (Etap) this week has released a statement congratulating the Paphos municipality for competing among other cities in order to be designated as the European Capital of ...
Cyprus sees increased interest in digital nomad visas
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Thursday said that the government’s adoption of a new strategy designed to attract international businesses to Cyprus has led to significantly increased interest from ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Turnover Value Index of Wholesale Trade in Cyprus during the second quarter of 2022 rose by 33.4 per cent, compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, according to data ...
Tourism: Cyprus preparing for a ‘difficult’ 2023
After reaching the target of surpassing the number of flights recorded last year, the deputy ministry of tourism is preparing for a “difficult” 2023, as the end of the war in ...
Our View: More delays in opening up the electricity market
Nobody would have been surprised to have heard that the opening of the electricity market to independent providers will be postponed yet again. This was meant to have happened in ...
HSBC fund arm toughens thermal coal policy to curb climate change
HSBC Holdings Plc told Reuters on Thursday it will stop financing the expansion of thermal coal from funds it manages actively with immediate effect, marking an acceleration of a broader ...
Lavrov defends Russia at U.N. showdown rife with anger over Ukraine war
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended Moscow’s war in Ukraine at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday as the United Nations warned Moscow against annexing Ukrainian regions and ...
Britain wants to resolve post-Brexit trade row with EU quickly
Britain wants to reach an agreement with the European Union to solve post-Brexit trade to Northern Ireland issues quickly, foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday, suggesting a softer approach ...
Cyprus ‘disappointed’ with CoE decision on Titina Loizidou case
The government on Thursday expressed disappointment with the same-day decision by a Council of Europe committee to end the supervision process in the implementation of a prior European Court of ...
‘Scourge’ of traffic congestion can be eased with more buses, trams, MPs told
Traffic congestion on roads can initially be alleviated through the promotion of mass transit – more bus lanes – and eventually with the construction of a tram system in Nicosia and Limassol, ...
Finland mulls barring Russians from entering as border traffic grows
Finland said on Thursday it was considering barring most Russians from entering the country as traffic across the border from its eastern neighbour “intensified” following President Vladimir Putin’s order ...
Saudi mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut
Saudi Arabia’s mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include a woman who would become the world’s first female Arab astronaut, according ...