Russia gives exiting firms time by pausing asset seizure law
Moscow’s plan to implement a new law enabling authorities to seize the assets of Western firms leaving the country failed to get through parliament before the summer recess, giving ...
‘Most wanted man in Australia’ arrested in north
Australian fugitive and underworld boss Mark Buddle is set to be extradited to his native country after he was arrested in the north on Saturday and taken to Turkey, according ...
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack
Ukraine launched long-range rocket attacks on Russian forces in southern Ukraine and destroyed an ammunition store, its military said, as Russia continued to pound the country’s east.
The strike ...
Nicosia preparing demarche over UNSG reports
Nicosia is preparing a demarche to be sent both to the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council over the former’s reports on Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on ...
Yellow weather warning issued for high temperatures on Wednesday
A yellow weather warning has been issued for Wednesday’s “extremely high” temperatures between 11am and 4pm, with temperatures set to hit 40C inland.
“It’s likely that there may ...
New poll shows Omonia most popular Cyprus football team
Omonia is the most popular team in Cyprus, followed by Apoel and Anorthosis, according to a poll conducted by the University of Nicosia and released on Tuesday.
Out of 3,505 people ...
Charterparties: what happens when the charterers affirm the contract through their conduct?
By Katerina Kefaloniti
In April 2022, in SK Shipping Europe Ltd v. Capital VLCC 3 Corp (C Challenger) [2022] EWCA Civ 231, the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) was called to decide whether ...
India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023
India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023 -UN report
By Manoj Kumar
NEW DELHI, July 11 (Reuters) – India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous ...
London’s Heathrow caps passengers at 100,000 a day (plus Europe’s travel chaos)
London’s Heathrow said it would cap departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to limit queues, baggage delays and cancellations, and it was asking airlines to stop selling tickets ...
Euro pulls back from near parity, up 0.2 per cent
The euro bounced from near-parity versus the dollar on Tuesday and pushed into positive territory in volatile London trading.
Against the greenback, the euro rose 0.2 per cent to $1.0057 after falling 0.4 ...
Stolen 16th century icon handed back to the Church
A 16th century icon stolen from the Antifonitis church in Kalograia in the Kyrenia district was officially handed over to Archbishop Chrysostmos on Tuesday after being repatriated last week.
The ...
Farmers donate bulgur wheat to Church
Fourteen tons of bulgur wheat was given to the Church of Cyprus on Tuesday by the Pancyprian Committee of wheat producers, to be headed on to the needy.
Quantities are ...
EU has frozen £13.8bn of Russian assets over war
The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros worth of assets held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for Moscow’s war against Ukraine, the bloc’s ...
From Cyprus to New South Wales
What started out as a brotherhood almost 100 years ago has become a vital tool for supporting the community in one area of Australia finds PAUL LAMBIS
The story of the ...
Cryptoverse: Shrimps and whales keep bitcoin afloat
The shrimps of the crypto world have joined the whales in a glorious last stand to banish the bleak bitcoin winter.
These two contrasting groups are both HODLers – investors in ...
Book review: The Employees by Olga Ravn
We all know that HR people tend to be treated with suspicion in the workplace. (Apologies to any HR people reading this. You may, of course, be the exception, so ...
Sir Mo Farah: the truth is I’m not who you think I am
Sir Mo Farah has revealed in a BBC documentary that he was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child.
The four-time Olympic champion said “the truth ...
Three remanded over drugs haul at Larnaca airport
Three men were on Tuesday remanded in police custody for eight days after 13.5kg of cannabis was found in two packages that arrived at Larnaca airport.
Members of the drug ...
Anastasiades says ‘shocked’ by death of Abe
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday he was shocked by the death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe who was recently assassinated, as he signed the condolences book opened ...
Why top NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and CryptoPunks will swarm to Degrain
NFTs are unique cryptographic assets that are stored on the blockchain. These assets are usually a digital representation of a real-world item like artwork, image, music, or video. A non-fungible ...
Failure to implement Russian oil price cap could jack up oil prices
The global price of oil could surge by 40 per cent to around $140 per barrel if a proposed price cap on Russian oil is not adopted, along with sanction exemptions that ...
New president of Supreme court sworn in
Antonis Latsiou was confirmed on Tuesday as the new president of the supreme court at a ceremony hosted at the presidential palace by President Nicos Anasasiades.
Anastasiades praised Latsiou’s ...
African states’ private debts three times that owed to China
African countries’ debts with China are a third of what they owe non-Chinese private lenders, while interest rates are just over half, according to a report published on Monday amid ...
Paphos mayor says 300 people to be evicted following balcony collapses
Around 300 migrants are set to be evicted from buildings on Poseidonos Avenue in Paphos after two balconies on the same street collapsed last week, injuring five people, three of whom ...