Ukraine war shows West’s dominance is ending as China rises, Blair says
By Guy Faulconbridge
The Ukraine war shows that the West’s dominance is coming to an end as China rises to superpower status in partnership with Russia at one of ...
Ready, get set, tattoo
The 7th International Tattoo Convention will be held in Limassol this week. ELENI PHILIPPOU gets an inkling of what will happen
Time to get inked? The International Tattoo Convention taking ...
Presidential candidates under pressure to act on corruption
By Christos P Panayiotides
The onus of proof of the presidential candidates that they mean business when they claim that they are determined to reunite Cyprus and to combat corruption ...
Coronavirus: Measures will be taken if needed says minister
If other measures are needed against the spread of Covid they will be taken, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Sunday.
Our priority is that schools stay open and students ...
Traffic police campaign to focus on buses and trucks
A week long police campaign will begin on Monday to check buses and trucks on the roads.
Taking place as part of the European campaign Roadpol, members of the police ...
Russia prepares for next stage of Ukraine offensive in face of new Western weapons (update 2)
By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder
Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step ...
Better days ahead for mountain health services
The problems faced by health centres in the mountains are on the way to being solved, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Saturday visiting the Troodos hospital in Kyperounta.
Speaking ...
Huawei increases cloud sector share as domestic market booms
Chinese technology company Huawei cemented its position as the country’s second-largest cloud service provider in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report released this month by technology analysts ...
Turning tenants into buyers
A two-pillar solution to stop the ever-increasing rents
There has been a change of pace in the real estate sector in Limassol. The increased demand from the local market for ...
Crew members killed in Ukraine cargo plane crash in northern Greece (update 3)
A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed in northern Greece late on Saturday, killing all eight crew members on board, Greek and Serbian authorities said on ...
Clients of crypto lender Celsius face long wait over fate of their funds
Customers of crypto lender Celsius face a long and anxious wait to know how, when and even if they will get their money back after the company filed for bankruptcy, ...
A very British Indian prime minister
Rishi Sunak should replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister
By Alper Ali Riza
It is often wrongly assumed that the political left is the natural home of liberated women, ...
The big default? The dozen countries in the danger zone
Traditional debt crisis signs of crashing currencies, 1,000 basis point bond spreads and burned FX reserves point to a record number of developing nations now in trouble.
Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Russia, ...
Amazon pauses work on new office buildings to weigh hybrid work needs
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is pausing the construction of six new office buildings in Bellevue and Nashville to reevaluate the designs to suit hybrid work, the tech giant said ...
More and more patients switching to private healthcare
The number of patients seeking care at state hospitals has gone down
By Elias Hazou
While not ditching the general health system (Gesy) per se, people are getting increasingly fed ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Patriotic islanders find new cause to stand behind
WITH OUR beloved Cyprob dead and buried, despite our noble efforts to keep it alive, the great and the good of our society have been desperately looking for a new ...
Our View: Political parties have killed politics with their self-serving opportunism
Politicians and media commentators often warn about the growing disillusionment of people with politics, citing the declining turn out for elections and the thousands of youngsters not registering on the ...
E-cigarette maker Juul to explore options including financing
Juul Labs Inc said on Friday it is in the early stages of exploring several options including financing alternatives, as the company deals with lawsuits and a probable ban on ...
Coronavirus: Minister says Cyprus ready to handle new variant
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday said that Cypriot hospitals are ready to deal with an increased number of cases that might stemming from the rise of the Centaurus variant ...
G20 finance chiefs resolved on food security; war prevents communique
The Group of 20 major economies’ finance chiefs on Saturday pledged to address global food insecurity and rising debt, but made few policy breakthroughs amid divisions over Russia’s war in ...
Russia stepping up operations as more rockets hit Ukraine
Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry said on Saturday, as rockets and missiles pounded the country in the latest of a series ...
Agathangelou: I have no intention of altering Gesy philosophy
After facing heavy criticism over the last few days for his appointment to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) board, head of the Cyprus Medical Association Dr Petros Agathangelou on Saturday ...
Lewandowski set to join Barca after verbal agreement with Bayern
Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is set to join Barcelona after Bayern Munich reached a verbal agreement with the LaLiga side on a transfer, the Bundesliga champions said on Saturday.
The 33...
Sri Lanka’s ousted president ‘took all possible steps’ to prevent crisis
Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible steps” to avert the economic crisis ...