Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the Cyprus economy is expected to grow by 5.7 per cent this year, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday addressing The Economist conference in Nicosia.
In other ...
Welcoming the first of autumn’s markets
Arts and craft markets and pop-up bazaars are back! As we enter the autumn and winter months, the anticipated season of markets begins and before all of the annual Christmas ...
Klopp receives backing as managers’ behaviour comes under spotlight
Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola’s angry touchline rants during Sunday’s stormy Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester City has put the behaviour of managers in the spotlight ...
Four-and-a-half thousand euros stolen from Paphos business
An employee has been accused of stealing a sum of €4,500 from an agency in Paphos. The owner of the agency reported the theft on Tuesday, police reported.
The complainant alleged ...
World’s top finance firms continue to fuel deforestation, report warns
By Juliette Portala
The world’s largest financial institutions increased their backing of companies in the agriculture, forestry and land use sectors most responsible for deforestation in 2021, a new study ...
Oroklini police investigate attack on pupil
Police examinations continue on Wednesday for an incident involving the beating of a 17-year-old pupil at a Larnaca lyceum by a group of students from another school, as a result ...
Today’s weather: Clear morning, increased clouds by afternoon
On Wednesday the weather will be mostly clear, although locally increased cloud cover on the west and north coasts is expected to bring isolated showers or even a storm. In ...
Road network update
Police inform the public on Wednesday morning that no problem is observed on any of the main urban arterial roads and the highways.
Rocks have fallen on the Orkoda-Kambos road ...
Russian commander admits situation is ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine
The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they were under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims ...
Cyprus based travel startup strikes new partnerships
Cyprus-based travel technology startup JourneyHero earlier this month announced that it has entered into new partnerships that will enable the company to expand its in-app travel options for users.
“JourneyHero, ...
Cyprus Business Now
The number of trips abroad made by residents of Cyprus in September 2022 was almost twice as much as last year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus ...
Flurry of funds bet on bruised bitcoin’s allure
A growing number of funds are betting on the long-term appeal of bitcoin and ether, a gritty gambit in the depths of a crypto winter.
Unfazed by a collapse in ...
Lockheed beats estimates on F-35 sales, maintains guidance
US weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday, helped by higher sales in its aeronautics unit, which makes the F-35 fighter jet, as the ...
Shouldn’t people have a say in how green spaces are managed?
By Efi Xanthou
So, some good Samaritan wants to donate €1.7 million to the Limassol municipality, what is people’s problem with this? Can’t Cypriots appreciate a good deed? It’...
Our View: Doctors’ suspension raises question of who should probe medical negligence
The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...
Italy’s Berlusconi says has exchanged “sweet letters” with Putin
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged “sweet letters” with him, according to an audio released ...
Omonia sack coach Neil Lennon after poor start to Cyprus championship
Omonia announced the sacking of their coach, former Northern Ireland and Celtic midfielder Neil Lennon soon after their fourth defeat to Nea Salamina in the Cyprus championship.
Neil Lennon, was ...
Measures to wipe out human trafficking need to be ramped up, says Lottides
More effective measures need to be adopted in an effort to crack down and eradicate human trafficking, said Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Protection, Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Tuesday on ...
Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine (wrapup)
Russia has destroyed almost a third of Ukraine’s power stations in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as Moscow rained more missiles down on infrastructure in ...
Germany fires cybersecurity chief after reports of possible Russia ties
Germany’s interior ministry fired the country’s cybersecurity chief on Tuesday and launched an investigation into his conduct after media allegations that he may have come into contact with ...
Russian forces in Ukraine under pressure as Kherson towns to be evacuated
The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine acknowledged on Tuesday that his troops were under broad pressure and faced hard choices, as the Russian-appointed governor of occupied Kherson province ...
UN envoy says intercommunal trade ties contribute to Cyprus settlement efforts
Nothing contributes more to the unification of Cyprus than expanding trade and business ties and providing the infrastructure to support them, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus, Colin ...
Hamas delegation to visit Syria after shunning Assad for years
Hamas leaders will visit Syria on Wednesday, in a move by the Palestinian Islamist group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on ...
EU proposes next steps to tackle energy crunch
The European Commission proposed a new raft of measures on Tuesday, aimed at pulling down high gas and power prices that are stoking inflation, hampering industrial activity and hiking citizens’ ...