High hopes that tourism will steady Turkey’s economy
Tourism in Turkey is set to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year, boosting the crisis-hit economy with the help of a recent currency crash that has made it a ...
Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial under way
Prosecutors began a US corruption trial on Monday by accusing a former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker of seeking to make millions of dollars laundering money looted from Malaysia’s 1...
UK makes first seizure of NFTs in tax crackdown
British tax authorities said on Monday they had made their first seizure of non-fungible tokens in a crackdown on suspected criminal activity to hide money.
Her Majesty’s Revenue & ...
Our View: We cannot keep cheating the EU over VAT on homes
When the legislature approved by overwhelming majority, the reduced VAT for the purchase of primary residences in 2016, deputies claimed they were assisting the less-off and young families buy a home. ...
Protest over gender discrimination in the army
Relatives of female army sergeants announced on Monday they are planning a demonstration to protest gender-based discrimination in the National Guard, a claim backed up by a recent report by ...
Sarah Palin loses defamation case against New York Times (Updated)
A US judge on Monday threw out Sarah Palin’s lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate by ...
Medical association said it had warned HIO of Gesy shortcomings
Cyprus medical association (CMA) on Monday slammed the health insurance service organisation (HIO) for “shoddy planning”, reiterating they had warned about the inadequacy of the Gesy budget prior to its ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy declares ‘day of unity’ for Feb 16, cited as possible invasion day
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called in his country to fly Ukrainian flags from buildings and sing the national anthem in unison on Feb. 16, the date that some Western media ...
Adrian Peterson after arrest: ‘I don’t hit women’
Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson insists he didn’t do anything that warranted Sunday’s arrest in Los Angeles on a felony domestic violence charge.
“I don’t hit women,” ...
US moving Ukraine embassy from Kyiv to Lviv amid Russian buildup
The United States is relocating its embassy operations in Ukraine from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, citing the “...
Canada’s Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to end protests; how will it squeeze funding of the trucker protests?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings and paralyzed parts of ...
Fears over access to borrowers’ data in loan recovery plan
Opposition parties on Monday stayed unsatisfied with tweaks to a government bill regulating the access to borrowers’ data by companies buying loan portfolios and debt administrators.
Although the bill will ...
Turkey’s Erdogan visits UAE as countries repair strained relation
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Monday on the first such visit since 2013, as the two countries mend ties strained by years of animosity in ...
Handling of Napa rape case highlights ‘systemic sexism’
Cyprus’ legal system was tested and failed in its handling of the 2019 Ayia Napa gang rape case concerning a British woman, the chairwoman of the House human rights committee said ...
Coronavirus: Three deaths, 2,930 new cases
Three deaths from coronavirus and 2,930 new cases were reported on Monday out of 134,415 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.18 per cent.
The deaths concerned an 85-year-old woman who ...
From classical to improvisation
A piano recital scheduled for Wednesday in Paphos with Tatiana Stupak and Andrey Pronin has changed its line-up after one of the musicians tested positive for Covid. Pianist Andrey was ...
Insults fly over who’s to blame for VAT on homes debacle
The government and the opposition traded barbs on Monday over whose fault it is that Cyprus has come under the European Commission’s scrutiny over its VAT policy on primary ...
Cyprus and France wrap up air defence exercise
Cyprus’ National Guard and the French armed forces successfully completed the air defence exercise “Talos 2022” on Monday.
The exercise was part of the bilateral defence cooperation programme, between Cyprus and ...
Cost of fire damage in 2021 hit €512m
The fire department in 2021 responded to a total of 12,333 calls for assistance, 7,383 of which concerned fires, 2,909 taking place in urban areas and 4,474 in the countryside.
According to the annual report ...
Turkey will not allow Turkish assassination suspects to be tried in north (update 3)
Turkey will not extradite three suspects arrested in Istanbul in relation to the murder of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, it emerged on Monday.
A total of twelve people, six ...
Ski jumping team format tees up another Olympic thriller for Austria
The team format of the final ski jumping competition of the Beijing Games ended the programme on a high note on Monday, as Austria edged out Slovenia on the very ...
Coronavirus: Ministry investigates death of woman for alleged vaccine link
The health ministry on Monday said they will investigate the sudden death of a 33-year-old mother of two and whether she died from the anti-coronavirus vaccine she had recently received, ...
Man United’s Rangnick calls for more focus to see out games
Manchester United need greater focus to see out games following back-to-back Premier League draws in which they failed to hold onto a lead, interim manager Ralf Rangnick said on Monday.
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Kasoulides: new focus on confidence building rather than sanctions against Turkey
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides announced a modification in foreign policy in a newspaper interview on Sunday, saying the government would focus on promoting the president’s confidence building proposals rather ...