TC labour unions decry proposed aid tax
Labour unions and politicians on Thursday in the north have decried a proposed year-long ‘government’ tax amounting to salary cuts across the ‘public’ and private sector for earthquake support to ...
Our View: When will hotel staff shortages be addressed?
Famagusta hoteliers are becoming anxious about the failure of the government to make a decision about the employment of workers from third countries. The Famagusta branch of the Hoteliers Association (...
Juventus suffer more frustration in draw with Nantes
Juventus’s disappointing season continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Nantes in the home leg of their Europa League playoff tie on Thursday.
Juventus picked up ...
UK’s Sunak travelling to N.Ireland for post-Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was travelling to Northern Ireland on Thursday evening to sound out whether its political parties back his plans to improve the post-Brexit trading arrangements for ...
Biden says he’ll speak to China’s Xi about balloon incident
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China’s President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U....
Man United and Barca play out thrilling 2-2 draw
Barcelona fought back to earn a 2-2 draw with Manchester United in a pulsating Europa League knockout round playoff first leg on Thursday.
United were the better side for large ...
Climate activists glue themselves to Berlinale’s red carpet
A man and a woman glued themselves to the red carpet at the opening of Berlin’s film festival on Thursday, calling on the German government and society to take ...
Tesla recalls 362,000 U.S. vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc TSLA.O said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system ...
Russia expels four Austrian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia said on Thursday it was expelling four Austrian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Vienna expelled four Russian diplomats in a case which appeared to be related to spying.
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Israeli foreign minister promises Zelenskiy more aid, rebuilding help
Israel will expand existing aid to Ukraine and help rebuild the country, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday during the first official Israeli visit to Kyiv since Russia’s ...
Soros says Russian defeat in Ukraine would trigger dissolution of ‘Russian empire’
Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the ‘Russian empire,’ something ...
Island-wide outpouring of humanitarian aid for quake victims
The first batch of medicine will be leave for Syria on Thursday, to help victims affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and north Syria a few weeks ...
European University Cyprus involved in study of black holes
The European University Cyprus on Thursday said it was part of a study proposing that black holes are linked to dark energy in the universe.
Astrophysicist Andreas Efstathiou, rector and ...
Island goes carnival crazy in first post-pandemic festivities (Update)
Carnival celebrations began around the island on Thursday as municipalities kicked off the festivities with Tsiknopempti events.
After two years without its famous carnival parade, its biggest annual event, Limassol ...
Film screening and fundraiser for earthquake victims
In support of the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, Social Space Kaymakkin organises a charity film screening on Friday. Held at their space in old Kaimakli, the film Kobanê, ...
German Bundestag delegation in Cyprus
Like Germany in the past, Cyprus continues to experience the consequences of occupation, President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou said on Thursday.
Her comments came after she received ...
Christodoulides to meet with Tatar next week
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides will meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar next week, it was announced on Thursday.
According to a statement released by Christodoulides’ political office, the social meeting ...
TUS Airways launches direct flights to Slovakia
TUS Airways on Thursday announced the launch of seven weekly direct flights between Larnaca and two large Slovak cities as of this summer.
Flights will start to Bratislava and Kosice ...
Cyprus and Israel are inextricably linked says defence minister
The 2,000 Israeli babies born in Cyprus after the World War II created an umbilical link between the two countries, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday.
The minister was speaking ...
House arrest does not count as time served, court says
House arrest with an ankle monitor should not count as detention time, the Limassol criminal court said on Thursday in relation to a drugs case.
According to a press release ...
Serbia arrests three after nationalist calls for riots over Kosovo plan
Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade, threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian ...
FTX customers sue financiers for giving bankrupt crypto exchange an ‘air of legitimacy’
Former customers of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX have sued three venture capital and private equity firms, accusing them in a proposed class action of fraudulently promoting the cryptocurrency exchange before ...
Christodoulides met with Green Party head Theopemptou
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides and Green Party head Charalambos Theopemptou agreed to maintain a constructive dialogue during a meeting on Thursday.
In a press release published after the meeting, Christodoulides said ...
Queerphobia and fatphobia intersect in backlash to Sam Smith video
By Rosie Nelson
Non-binary singer Sam Smith has caused waves with the release of their music video for I’m Not Here to Make Friends, a triumphantly queer declaration of ...