Djokovic can’t forget being deported but ready to move on in Australia
Novak Djokovic will never forget how it felt to be deported from Australia earlier this year but the Serb said his willingness to return for next month’s Grand Slam ...
Health ministry creates special scientific group to examine long Covid
The health ministry on Thursday said it would establish a special scientific committee to study and evaluate the presence of long Covid in Cyprus.
The aim of this committee is ...
Cetinkaya stadium to reopen next month
The ‘Taksim’ stadium inside the Green Line in Nicosia and used by the Cetinkaya football team but under the control of the United Nations, will reopen next month, it was ...
Cyprus realised goal of becoming a business hub in 2022
Almost 10,000 specialised professionals have relocated to Cyprus
Information technology sector alone contributes €3 billion to economy
More than 1,200 international companies have relocated to Cyprus in 2022, alongside 9,800 specialised members of staff, according ...
Indian FM lauds ‘mutual solidarity’ between Cyprus and India
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday reaffirmed his solidarity and support for a solution to the Cyprus issue based on the relevant UN resolutions.
His statements were relayed ...
Isotita rep for prison guards ‘resigned from union position after threats’
The real reason for Giorgos Maltezos resignation as head of the prison guard branch of Isotita were threats he received against his life and his family, the labour union said ...
Erdogan drops retirement age requirement for millions of Turks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan eliminated a retirement age requirement on Wednesday in a move that allows more than 2 million workers to retire immediately, less than six months before an election.
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Teachers’ unions meet government on recruitment issues
Teaching unions Oelmek, Poed and Oltek met with government officials on Thursday to discuss a proposal that would hypothetically improve the recruitment of permanent teaching posts and cut down on ...
A new era of tourism
Visitors are encouraged to look skywards. PAUL LAMBIS meets the men leading the island’s Astro-tourism who are also helping create the first observatory here
As a growing part of ...
Christmas films: there might be some truth to stories about hometown romances
By Viren Swami
The festive season seems to be a good time for love, or so many Christmas films would have us believe. One incredibly popular trope is “the return” – ...
Cyprus concerned over China Covid surge, scientific team to meet
The health minister will convene an extraordinary Covid advisory committee on Monday as nations impose restrictions on travellers from China amid its surge of the virus.
China, undergoing up to ...
UK minister denies passport staff strike leaving borders exposed
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace dismissed trade union claims that the country’s borders are less secure with military personnel manning immigration desks rather than border force staff, who are ...
Israel’s Netanyahu returns with hard-right cabinet set to expand settlements
Benjamin Netanyahu sealed a comeback as Israeli prime minister on Thursday as his hard-right cabinet was being sworn in with promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank ...
Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies
US oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, ...
Musk tells Tesla workers not to be ‘bothered by stock market craziness’
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees that they should not be “bothered by stock market craziness” after the company’s shares fell nearly 70 per cent this ...
Neophytou meets Akinci, discusses Cyprob (Updated)
Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou met with former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci as they discussed the Cyprus problem.
The announcement came from Akinci on social media with ...
Extra performances of The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story but not for the faint-hearted. Written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and first published in the New England Magazine, it is considered an ...
Hadjipantela visits Famagusta general hospital, update on four-year-old with Strep A
The four-year-old girl who was transferred to Israel with Strep A infection has shown slight signs of improvement, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday during ...
What investors watch out for in emerging markets in 2023
It has been a rough 12 months for emerging markets that have seen more governments stumble into default, currencies suffer and double-digit losses in stocks and bonds alike – though many investors ...
Apollon denounce CFA’s decision to reject appeal
Apollon on Thursday slammed the decision of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) to reject the appeal filed by the club over the decision to hold the derby against Ael behind ...
Inflation, recession and earnings among factors to drive US stocks in 2023
US stock investors could not be more eager to turn the page on 2022, a brutal year dominated by market-punishing Federal Reserve rate hikes designed to tamp down the steepest inflation ...
Ireland donates €25,000 to Committee on Missing Persons
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Thursday announced it has received a donation of €25,000 from the Republic of Ireland.
A statement said the donation, made on December 27, brings Ireland’...
Cyprus is not facing pharmaceutical shortages, officials say
Officials denied that Cyprus is facing a shortage in key medicines such as antibiotics, amid reports of pharmacies running low.
Elena Panayiotopoulou, deputy director of the pharmaceutical services, said on ...
Man arrested after positive narcotest
A 33-year-old Paphos man was arrested at 1am on Thursday after he tested positive on a narcotest during a police check. Police also uncovered 5.5 grammes of cannabis in the suspect’...