Chevron seeks drilling ship to expand East Med gas search
Chevron is seeking a drilling ship to explore for natural gas off Cyprus, Egypt and Israel as the US energy major looks to meet growing demand in the region and ...
China’s electric car drive, led by BYD, leaves global brands behind
China’s auto market, the world’s largest, is accelerating toward an electric future – leaving established global brands stuck in the slow lane.
When auto executives convene in Shanghai for ...
The systemic injustices of marine plastic pollution must be addressed
“There is no such thing as ‘away.’ When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
By Panagiotis Kleanthous
Plastics are a ubiquitous aspect ...
Our View: Government and banks behaved competently over sanctions lists
The sanctions imposed on Cypriot companies and individuals by the US and UK last week took the government by surprise. It was not expecting this and found itself in a ...
Rodrygo double eases Real Madrid into semi-finals, AC Milan stun Napoli
Holders Real Madrid breezed past Chelsea into the semi-finals of the Champions League with Rodrygo’s double securing a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday to set up a ...
Nigerian students escape abductors two weeks after kidnapping
Eight Nigerian secondary school students kidnapped by gunmen in northern Kaduna state two weeks ago escaped from their captors and were found by villagers who alerted security forces on Tuesday, ...
Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teenager surrenders to police
An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the suspect’s house in Kansas City has surrendered to police, ...
Bank of Cyprus closes accounts of Russian clients – Forbes
The Bank of Cyprus has begun notifying its clients who are Russian citizens that their accounts will be closed, the Russian edition of Forbes magazine reported on Tuesday.
Forbes cited ...
UNDP stresses commitment to protecting Cypriot cultural heritage
United Nations Development Programme Cyprus stressed its commitment to protecting the island’s cultural heritage on the occasion of the World Heritage Day.
In a post on twitter, UNPD said ...
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US (Update)
Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that ...
Ukraine agrees with Poland on grain transit, but Black Sea deal in doubt
Poland agreed on Tuesday to lift a ban on the transit of Ukrainian grain and food products, but Ukraine said a wartime deal allowing it to safely ship grain from ...
President to visit member states to discuss EU involvement in the Cyprus problem
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he will soon travel to EU member states to discuss his proposal regarding a more active EU involvement in breaking the deadlock to the ...
Housing schemes for young people in the works
The government will soon announce incentive schemes for young people to build houses in rural communities, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.
Christodoulides was speaking from the event held on ...
Guardian reports link Abramovich, Chelsea and Cyprus, President says sanction evasion will not be tolerated (Update)
What do Russian oligarch Abramovich and Chelsea football club have in common? Links to Cyprus apparently.
In a series of exclusive reports dubbed ‘Oligarch files’ published by The Guardian on ...
Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging the medication’s federal regulatory approval told the justices in a filing on ...
Spanish artist hosts first solo show in Cyprus
The Edit Gallery’s next showcase is a solo exhibition by visual artist Alejandra Atarés. Between April 28 and May 19, Possible Answers to Nature will run at the Limassol gallery, ...
Cyprus records highest excess deaths rate in EU for February
Cyprus recorded the highest excess mortality among EU member states this February while the union as a whole recorded no monthly excess mortality for the first time since the Covid-19 ...
J&J talc unit again seeks to halt 38,000 cancer lawsuits
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is again asking a U.S. judge to pause tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s baby powder and other talc products ...
West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, say UN agencies
Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations’ ...
North launches airline, plans international flights
The north launched a new airline on Tuesday as Fly Kibris’ maiden flight saw an Airbus A320 travel from Tymbou (Ercan) to Istanbul, with flights scheduled later for Iran, Kosovo, ...
Bitcoin miners escape the bear trap
Beleaguered bitcoin miners are finally feeling the spring sunshine after a cold, hard crypto winter.
The power-hungry companies that pump new bitcoin into circulation have been thrown a lifeline by ...
A Cry for Justice: Tatar biography published
A biography about Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s life has been published by British writer Jennifer Vardy, reports from the north said on Tuesday.
According to Kibris, the launch ...
Road to strengthening patients’ rights a long one says Osak
The introduction of a patients’ rights commissioner is among the demands of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) to assure that no one is deprived of their health rights, ...
Two communities more estranged since ‘spectacular collapse’ of talks says think tank
Greek and Turkish Cypriots have become more estranged since the “spectacular collapse” of talks in 2017, according to the latest Crisis Group report on Cyprus – which argues that small, but meaningful, ...