Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland’s diaspora in England
By Sean Campbell
During a concert in Dublin in 2022, Bob Dylan paused between songs to pay tribute to another singer-songwriter who was in attendance that night. “I want to say ...
Lord Elgin’s plunder at the Acropolis
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was undiplomatic and rude to cancel a scheduled meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last Monday over a few anodyne remarks he made to ...
From Boomers to Gen Alpha, Cyprus’ workplace transformation
Beneath the surface of Cyprus’ workforce in 2023, beyond the stereotypes, complexities emerge among generations. Gen Z is labelled as overly sensitive, Millennials as cringe-worthy, Boomers as villains, and Gen X ...
Our View: EU unanimity has become our only weapon
A few days ago, Disy president Annita Demetriou added her voice to the issue of EU unanimity, following a vote by the European Parliament to implement a number of reforms ...
Why I’m not concerned about the billions of central bank “losses”
By Maria Demertzis
How well are central banks doing? Right now, they are making losses but, unlike most large institutions, we should not assess their performance on annual profit and ...
Google DeepMind AI reveals potential for thousands of new materials
Google DeepMind has used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of more than 2 million new materials, a breakthrough it said could soon be used to improve real-world technologies.
In ...
Meta Platforms’ ad-free service targeted in EU consumer complaint
Meta Platforms’ (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe’s largest consumer group said on Thursday as it ...
Ever-widening divisions between rich and poor in north
Many families are surviving on less than the hunger threshold of €557 a month
A growing number of Turkish Cypriots live below the poverty threshold, while the income inequality between the ...
US will be forced to curtail crypto if industry fails to act on illicit finance threats
The US government will cut off cryptocurrency companies from the broader US economy if they fail to block and report illicit money flows, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo warned the ...
Hosts Germany to face Scotland in Euro 2024 opening match
Hosts Germany will face Scotland in the opening match of Euro 2024 in Munich following the draw on Saturday and defending Champions Italy have been drawn in the same group as ...
Arsenal go four clear, home comforts at last for Burnley
Arsenal took the chance to open up a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday and Burnley finally earned ...
The Mediterranean Sea meets embroidery at Gloria Gallery
Evgenia Vasiloudes’ visual concept is a seamless extension of her ‘textual nets’ series. Her new body of work, Embroidered Textual Scapes, will be exhibited at Gloria Gallery this December, delving ...
Christmas begins in Nicosia with lighting of tree (photos,video)
The Christmas tree at Nicosia’s central Eleftheria Square was lit on Saturday evening, marking the official start of the festive season in the capital.
The lighting ceremony formed the ...
Wooden boat with 54 migrants aboard intercepted off Cape Greco
A wooden boat with 54 irregular migrants on board was intercepted by police seven nautical miles off the coast of Cape Greco on Saturday.
Of the 54, 13 were children, seven of whom ...
Earthquake of 7.5 strikes Philippines, tsunami expected in Philippines and Japan
An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines late on Saturday, triggering evacuation orders for some areas and southwestern Japanese coasts because of warnings of tsunami ...
Israel bombards southern Gaza as residents fear new ground offensive
By Suhaib Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting mosques, homes and close to a hospital, after the ...
Government to allocate half a million for winemakers
The government is set to allocate €595,000 in European Union funding for the Cypriot winemaking sector at the end of January, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Saturday.
Speaking at the ...
Israel, Hezbollah trade fire for 2nd day after Israel-Hamas truce ends
Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border on Saturday in a second day of hostilities after the collapse of a truce in Gaza between Palestinian group ...
COP28: 118 countries agree to triple renewable energy
By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and David Stanway
Governments launched new initiatives on Saturday to bolster clean energy and to wean themselves off fossil fuels at the UN climate summit ...
Prehistoric poo among topics of Palloures archaeological symposium
Prehistoric poo is set to be among the topics to be discussed at the Palloures excavation winter symposium.
The (faecal) matter will, among other subjects, be discussed at the online ...
Phoebe Philo’s fashion frenzy
NATASCHA RADCLYFFE-THOMAS on why her much-anticipated collection sold out within hours
British luxury fashion designer Phoebe Philo debuted her long-anticipated eponymous label to critical acclaim at the end of October. ...
Christodoulides: each country should ‘run faster’ to halt climate change
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that each country should “run much faster” to halt climate change.
Christodoulides is in Dubai for the United Nations’ COP28 summit, and added that ...
Taxpayers funding president’s children’s transport ‘a warped view’
The idea that the police, at the expense of taxpayers’ money, is under obligation to undertake the parental care of the president’s children is “a warped view”, the audit ...
Erdogan: chance for peace in Gaza conflict lost for now
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said that the chance for peace in Gaza after the humanitarian pause was lost for now due to Israel’s uncompromising approach, broadcaster NTV reported ...