Russia stocks jump as trade resumes after month-long break
Russia’s stocks jumped on Thursday, the first day of trading in almost a month in the wake of its troops entering Ukraine, with gains in commodity stocks offset by ...
Organ concert coming up in Limassol
The Tatiana Stupak School of Music is presenting another organ concert at St Catherine’s Church on Limassol’s sea front on March 30 with Stupak on the organ accompanied by ...
Finnair to launch direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki next month
Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki from April 10 this year, an announcement from the Finnish embassy in Cyprus said Thursday.
The Finnish ambassador to Cyprus, Harri Mä...
RCB to close its banking operations in shift towards asset management
RCB Bank on Thursday announced that it will cease operating as a bank and would become an asset management company.
The bank cited the “ongoing and extremely volatile geopolitical situation” ...
Free upgrade of Cyta RED and FREEDOM plans from April 1
Next month will see Cyta offer a free upgrade of all RED and FREEDOM plans, improving the daily lives of its 180,000 customers.
As of April 1, all such packages will get ...
Cyprus to mark Greek independence anniversary with parades, events
Cyprus will on Friday celebrate Greek Independence Day with schoolchildren taking part in parades in all towns.
March 25, which also is a public holiday in Cyprus, commemorates the start of ...
Coronavirus: Friday’s free testing sites for eligible groups
A total of 37 free rapid testing sites will operate around the republic on Friday, the health ministry announced.
Aside from any medical certificates exempting them from vaccination/entitling them to ...
Russian ambassador says Poland blocked his embassy’s bank accounts
Russia’s ambassador to Warsaw said on Thursday that Poland had blocked the Russian embassy’s bank accounts on the basis that they might be used to finance terrorist activity ...
Sunak’s Spring statement 2022, a quick analysis
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2022 spring statement was delivered in the haze of an extremely testing economic environment. As the war in Ukraine rages on, inflation has hit a 30-year ...
Nicosia bus drivers return to work, call off strike pending new dialogue
Nicosia bus employees returned to work on Thursday, after they temporarily called off their indefinite strike which started last week.
The decision to suspend the strike was announced after a ...
Five South American teams still vying for World Cup berth
The penultimate round of the South American World Cup qualifiers takes place on Thursday and five teams are still in with a chance of joining Brazil and Argentina at the ...
Italian police seize documents in Juventus accounting probe
Italian tax police have seized documents as part of a Turin prosecutors probe of allegations of false accounting at Italian Serie A football club Juventus JUVE.MI, a source with ...
Illumina launches multiple-gene test to spot rare treatable cancers
Genome sequencing group Illumina (ILMN.O) on Tuesday launched a cancer test in Europe that checks for a wide range of tumour genes in one tissue sample, potentially helping patients ...
10 things to know about collaborative robots
Collaborative robots are the new hotness in industrial automation. Manufacturers in virtually every industry are eager to try them out on the plant floor, but there are a few things ...
Migrants, those with disabilities and LGBTQI people ‘most vulnerable to discrimination’
Despite the Cyprus legal framework providing extensive protection from discrimination on the basis of a person’s race and ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, sexual orientation, gender ...
World TB day: Tuberculosis has killed more people than any other single infectious agent in history
By Tom Wingfield and Jessica Potter,
In recent years, conflicts in Ethiopia, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen have caused huge suffering. They have devastated the health and wellbeing of local populations ...
West to warn Putin in trio of summits: ‘Russia will pay’ (Update)
Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will agree to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe and increase military aid to Ukraine as the Russian assault on its neighbour entered ...
Forty recycled tablets donated for kids in need
Cyta and DeeJay Radio partnered up to acquire 40 tablets for the Nicosia municipality, which will donate them to the children at the Nicosia Municipal Multipurpose Centre, according to an announcement ...
Is more micro-happiness what we need right now?
By Abi Jackson
As tempting as it was to hope the pandemic would suddenly disappear – taking all the grief and angst of the past two years with it – that’s ...
Portugal confident of winning ‘final’ against Turkey
Portugal have what it takes to win their World Cup playoff semi-final against Turkey, their coach Fernando Santos said on Wednesday.
Portugal play Turkey in Porto on Thursday, with the ...
Italy just need to be themselves to qualify for World Cup
Italy do not need to do anything extraordinary to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar and will not have to outdo themselves to reach the same level they did ...
RCB to become regulated asset-management company
RCB Bank Ltd has taken a decision to transform the Bank into a regulated asset-management company, shifting away from banking operations, which will be phased out.
Although RCB has been, ...
Children’s workshops coming up in the 20th Cyprus Film Days
Only a few weeks remain until Limassol and Nicosia fill with film screenings and world cinema as the 20th edition of the Cyprus Film Days International Festival takes place. Apart ...
International Bridge Festival in Limassol a success
The 32nd International Bridge Festival was held with great success at the Navarria hotel in Limassol from March 18-22.
One hundred and fifty participants from various countries such as Cyprus, ...