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Two screenings from Spain’s cinema world will soon hit Nicosia as the Embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes and the Friends of Cinema Society collaborate. The screenings will be held ...

In today’s episode, a crucial meeting between trade unions and employers’ organisations has ended in deadlock over reinstating the cost of living allowance (CoLA), with the labour minister – acting ...

A Russian foreign ministry official said on Friday that Belarus may enter the conflict in Ukraine if Kyiv decides to “invade” either country. Russia used Belarus as a springboard to ...

All roads towards Troodos are now restricted and only open to cars with four-wheel drive or snow chains, the police announced on Friday. The police cited ice on the roads ...

A 21-year-old was arrested and his home searched on suspicion he was sharing abusive sexual content of a minor. The cybercrime unit carried out the operation after having received a ...

For roughly 30 years Federal Reserve policymakers and other central bankers enjoyed a world where market interest rates were falling, inflation was low, globalization effectively expanded the supply of labor, and, ...

The peak of China’s COVID-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a ...

A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail’s international export services was caused by Lockbit, a ransomware group that some cybersecurity experts say has members in ...

Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Elvis Presley, died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being rushed to a Los Angeles-area ...

Newly unemployed Goldman Sachs workers are tapping head-hunters after losing their jobs in its biggest restructuring since the 2008-9 financial crisis, with a sluggish global economy set to make finding ...

There was a decrease of 4.9 per cent in the number of building permits issued in Cyprus between January and October 2022, according to a report released on Thursday by the Cyprus ...

Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s biggest retailer, kept its full-year profit guidance after it joined rivals in reporting stronger than expected Christmas sales despite an escalating cost-of-living crisis. The supermarket ...

Blockchain firm Venom Foundation and Abu Dhabi-based investment manager Iceberg Capital Ltd on Wednesday launched a $1 billion crypto venture fund and said it was leading a $20 million funding round in ...

There were 6,579 deaths recorded in Cyprus during 2020, while 59,533 patients were hospitalised in general hospitals across the country, statistics published on Thursday revealed. The figures from Cyprus’ statistical service centered on ...

There was an amusing exchange about state funding of election campaigns during Wednesday night’s television debate that hosted seven presidential candidates. It was sparked by Giorgos Colocassides, who complained ...

Sandwich chain Subway is exploring a sale of its business, a source told Reuters on Wednesday. The sale could value the sandwich chain at more than $10 billion, the Wall Street ...

Ukraine said its troops were holding out against pro-Moscow forces in the eastern salt mining town of Soledar as more than 500 civilians including children were trapped there. In a video ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that security force members were complicit in letting an anti-government mob ransack the seat of power in Brasilia, and promised ...

Independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides continues to lead by a significant margin, although this lead has been reduced, ahead of next month’s presidential elections, according to an opinion poll for ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Blackstone Inc BX.N Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman on Thursday, receiving one of Wall Street’s most prominent figures at his Downing Street office ...

Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador to Ankara on Thursday, a diplomatic source said, over a demonstration in Stockholm in which a puppet of President Tayyip Erdogan was hung from its ...

Doctors and nurses at state hospitals have decided to go on a two-hour work stoppage next week, in a bid to exert pressure for having certain collective agreements renewed. Unions ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he spoke on the phone with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who briefed him on the ongoing conflict. “Received a phone call by President Zelenskyy ...

Thursday’s meeting between trade unions and employers’ organisations ended in deadlock over reinstating the cost of living allowance (CoLA), with the labour minister – acting as mediator – scrambling to find ...