Is ice cream really healthy?
DUANE MELLOR on what the evidence says
Ice cream lovers worldwide were probably rejoicing when a recent article suggested that indulging in your favourite flavour might be healthy. The article ...
Sparklo (SPRK) Crypto project thrives amidst bearish pressure facing Polkadot (DOT)
Amid the bearish pressure facing Polkadot (DOT), one crypto project continues to thrive – Sparklo (SPRK). While other cryptocurrencies struggle to maintain value, Sparklo shows remarkable resilience and growth in the ...
Why are there so many Brits in Cyprus?
One in five Cyprus residents were born abroad, according to a new survey. Many of those are from the UK. What brings them all to Cyprus, asks Alix Norman
According ...
You think you need more sleep? Tell that to an elephant seal
Sleep is a precious commodity for people and across the animal kingdom, indispensable even as its biological purpose remains somewhat mysterious. We spend about a third of our lives asleep. ...
Cyprus shipping will continue improving, minister says, as revenues continue recovery
Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli this week said that as a leading maritime nation, Cyprus has a duty to accelerate the shipping sector’s transition into a low-carbon and ...
PAX Gold, TRON, and DigiToads beat out market averages as most Cryptos slide
Like every other financial market, the crypto market experiences its fair share of ups and downs as the value of some of the best DeFi cryptocurrencies skyrockets while others decline.
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Cyprus non-performing loans ratio steady at 9.5 per cent
Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Cyprus remained steady at 9.5 per cent of total loans at the end of January 2023, as in the previous month, while absolute NPL numbers rose by around €13 ...
General Trust Group review: Platform for beginners
The past few decades has seen an upsurge in the Investment in online trading market. However, beginners may find it difficult to navigate the challenging world of trading online by ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) this week announced that a tripartite business mission to Almaty, Kazakhstan is set to take place on 16-19 May 2023.
The mission, which ...
Cyprus and Vietnam explore business opportunities
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the Cyprus-Southeast Asia Business Association this week announced that they came together to organise the first business mission and forum in ...
Labour minister pledges policies to reduce workplace accidents
Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday said the state has the responsibility to ensure that the appropriate safety and health rules in the workplace not only exist and are applied, ...
Our View: Christodoulides is beating a dead horse with EU role idea
Addressing the AGM of the employers and industrialists federation Oev on Tuesday, President Nikos Christodoulides repeated the tune about “a more active role on the part of the EU” in ...
Cyprus is a safe port in E. Mediterranean for Sudan evacuees says MFA
Cyprus is a safe port in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, said on Friday,.
He added that Cyprus will continue the efforts for the evacuation of civilians ...
Paphos car crash victim, 61, in a critical condition
A 61-year-old man is in critical condition at Paphos General Hospital after a car accident that occurred on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road near Stroumbi on Friday afternoon.
According to the ...
Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim set to submit third bid for Manchester United – The Guardian
Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the son of Qatar’s former prime minister, is set to lodge an improved third bid of less than 5 billion pounds ($6.28 billion) for English ...
UK unions split over government pay offer for health workers
British healthcare and ambulance workers belonging to the GMB trade union have voted to accept a government pay offer, the union said on Friday, hours after members of another union ...
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos denies having secret daughter
Spanish former King Juan Carlos denied claims made in a new book that he had a secret daughter in comments to Spanish news agency Efe on Friday.
It is rare ...
Deal reached in principle to resume Ukraine grain transit with 5 EU countries
The European Commission said on Friday it had reached a deal in principle to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain to resume through five European Union countries that had imposed ...
Unending ‘hell’: Sudan war rages despite truce pledges (Update)
Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army ...
Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’
Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals “within days,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday in a sign of warming relations after the ...
U.S. confiscates Iran oil cargo on tanker amid Tehran tensions -sources
The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker ...
New yellow weather warning for Saturday
A new yellow warning was issued on Friday by the met office warning of rain and thunderstorms from Saturday morning from 11am until 6pm.
Localised rain and isolated thunderstorms, possibly ...
Cyprus at pains to protect its name as reliable investment hub
By Sarah Ktisti
The government will take all necessary measures to protect Cyprus’ name as a reliable business and investment centre President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday.
Speaking at the ‘...
Government IT employees sound the alarm after server damage, blame understaffing
By Sarah Ktisti
Employees at the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS) on Friday laid the blame for damage to servers at the finance ministry due to a water leak ...