Rich nations must do more to fight pandemics -WHO draft treaty
Richer countries should be asked to better pull their weight in helping the world cope with pandemics, according to a new draft of a treaty being negotiated at the World ...
Hiring almost 2,000 civil servants would be ‘a step backwards’
Hiring almost 2,000 employees to the civil service would be a step backward, opposition Disy MP and former finance minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday, a day after the House finance ...
Microsoft beefs up ChatGPT and Bing in wide-ranging AI product launch
Microsoft Corp MSFT.O on Tuesday started making available to users a host of AI upgrades, including to ChatGPT, its search engine Bing as well as to cloud services – an ...
20 refugee complexes in immediate danger of collapse
Twenty complexes in refugee housing estates have critical stability issues and will need to be evacuated immediately, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
He was speaking at a press ...
EU envoy plans to be outlined during Germany trip
During his upcoming visit to Berlin, President Nikos Christodoulides will explain in detail to the German Chancellor his proposal about the appointment of an EU envoy on Cyprus, the government ...
Starlink to be available in Cyprus later this year
SpaceX’s Starlink is ‘coming soon’ to Cyprus with works starting in Q3 of 2023, meaning the public will have even greater market choice in how it accesses the internet.
Cyprus ...
English language undergrad courses to be introduced at Tepak
More English-language study programmes will soon be offered by the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak).
The move is within the framework of the European University Alliance EUt+, in which it ...
Greek opposition parties unable to form alliance, new election seen (Update 2)
Greece’s two main opposition parties on Tuesday turned down mandates offered to them to form a coalition government, setting the stage for a second election in June after an ...
Two women jailed for receiving drugs
A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday after she was found guilty of importing almost 13kg of cannabis resin, as a second woman aged 42, was jailed ...
Mistakes were made in handling of Turkish Cypriot properties says minister
Mistakes were made in the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, the interior minister conceded on Tuesday as he pledged transparency and accountability going forward.
“It is generally ...
‘Gender determined by body’s physiology’
Gender is determined by the body’s physiology, the Holy Synod said on Tuesday, calling on MPs to vote against a bill aiming to put an end to conversion therapies ...
Italy approves $2.2 billion relief package for flood-hit areas
Italy approved an emergency relief package worth more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to help flood-hit areas in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.
Almost ...
New Limassol gallery presents first exhibition
Italy-based Russian artist Andrei Arkhipov, whose paintings are part of significant Russian collections, is holding an ongoing exhibition at the Aphrodite-Amathusia Cultural Centre in Limassol, hosted by the newly-established Insight ...
‘Solution would pave the way for all Cypriots’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar again stated that the north is ready for a solution as he attended a ceremony celebrating the release of his book titled Vision for Two ...
Civil servants to get shift allowances, overtime restored
President Nikos Christodoulides pledged to gradually restore shift allowances and overtime pay for civil servants by 2025 on Tuesday.
Addressing the annual conference of civil servants union Pasydy, he said efforts ...
Perfect perfume or eau de cat’s bum?
MAGDALENA WAJRAK on why scents smell different
The word ‘perfume’ is derived from the Latin per fumus, meaning “through smoke”. The very first account of using perfumes dates back to 1200 ...
Myanmar, Bangladesh need $375 mln in aid, UN says
The United Nations on Tuesday said it needed $375 million in funding to get food, medicine and other relief supplies to millions of people affected by a cyclone that devastated parts ...
Fighting in Russian region enters second day after raid from Ukraine
Fighting in Russia’s Belgorod region entered a second day on Tuesday, and its governor told residents who fled after a cross-border incursion of armed fighters from Ukraine that it ...
Limits of free speech being overstepped says AG
The audit service is engaging in character assassination and overstepping the limits of free speech, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday, as the two offices continued to exchange barbs.
“We ...
Cyprus hosts EU officials in Nicosia, seeks to boost knowledge exchange
The General Secretariat for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated a study visit of EU officials on Monday, with the aim of enhancing relations between the administrations ...
Galloping ahead: TMS Network (TMSN) outstrips Litecoin (LTC) and Uniswap (UNI) and takes 1700% lead
In a race towards financial innovation, TMS Network (TMSN) has emerged as a frontrunner, leaving competitors Litecoin (LTC) and Uniswap (UNI) in the dust. Surging ahead with an astonishing 1700% lead, ...
As Bud slips, Heineken plots further shake-up of US light beer
As investors try to assess the fallout on global brewing leader Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) from a backlash against Bud Light, rival Heineken (HEIN.AS) is spending $100 million to promote ...
Cyprus credibility being judged abroad says AG
Cyprus must be cautious on the matter of sanctions as the country’s credibility is being judged abroad, Attorney General Georgios Savvides told reporters on Tuesday.
Asked what the situation ...
Opening gateways in Cyprus to imaginary worlds
Reading is something we all learn in school, but it really can expand the world we live in. ELENI PHILIPPOU speaks to a woman about growing the island’s love ...