Fengaros Music Village workshops offer range of skills
Music in the village is back this summer. A week before the 10th anniversary edition of the Fengaros Festival, the Fengaros Music Village will take place in Kato Drys with ...
Larnaca students taking part in European Sci-Tech contest
A team of Larnaca students will represent Cyprus at the European Sci-Tech competition this May after winning the national corresponding challenge, it was announced by Junior Achievement.
The Sci-tech challenge ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, we hear that a fourth Covid-19 vaccine is available to the over 60s and some select groups, that Cypriots are getting better at recycling and of ...
All-private astronaut team returns safely from landmark space station visit
The first all-private astronaut team ever flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Monday, concluding a two-week science mission ...
Four people arrested in connection with stolen property
Police arrested four people for theft and illegal possession of property in Famagusta district on Monday.
During a search of the residence of a 29-year-old suspect conducted with his written ...
Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City to forget Real Madrid’s history
Pep Guardiola has urged his players to play the team rather than the club as Manchester City prepare to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
City host ...
Man injured while using hand tractor
A 28-year-old man was admitted to Paphos General hospital after being seriously injured while operating a hand tractor in Kouklia.
According to a police spokesperson, the 28-year-old was cultivating a ...
Coca-Cola results exceed expectations on higher prices, stable demand
Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) beat quarterly revenue and profit expectations on Monday, helped by higher prices and a rebound in demand for its sodas at theaters and restaurants.
Consumer goods ...
Beijing to test 20 million for Covidas lockdown jitters grow
Residents across Beijing joined growing lines of people waiting to be screened for COVID-19 on Tuesday after the Chinese capital overnight ramped up plans for mass-testing to 20 million people and ...
Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of ‘free speech’ plan
Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N for $44 billion cash in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of ...
US trucking downturn foreshadows possible economic gloom
Craig Fuller monitors millions of transactions between US truckers and their customers as chief executive of transportation data company FreightWaves – and he does not like what he is seeing.
There ...
Man arrested for car arson in Limassol
A 45-year-old man was arrested for arson on Tuesday morning. According to police statement the car was set on fire in the early morning hours on Monday, while the vehicle ...
Ukraine fires at Russian village, Russian official says
Several buildings were damaged in the Golovchino village in Russia’s Belgorod province which came under fire from Ukraine on Tuesday morning, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on messaging app ...
Germany to hike 2022 inflation forecast to 6.1 per cent
The German government is set to hike its inflation forecast for this year to 6.1 per cent due to the impact of the war in Ukraine, up from 3.3 per cent it ...
Graphic chip price drop raises questions on whether end of shortage is in sight
A sharp drop in graphic chip prices could presage an unexpectedly quick ending to a global chip crunch that has crippled manufacturing from smartphones to cars, and the issue will ...
Our View: Time to put an end to unacceptable behaviour in the name of Easter
It’s almost incomprehensible that every year the police and fire service spend all of Easter Saturday night literally putting out fires rather than being able to stay home with ...
Sounds of Cuba coming to Nicosia stage
Three nights of live music are coming to Sarah’s Jazz Club to wrap up the month in the best way the bar knows. Inviting the many musicians of the ...
Coronavirus: Free testing sites for eligible groups on Tuesday
A total of 41 free rapid test mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Tuesday for eligible groups, the health ministry announced.
In addition to any medical certificates exempting them ...
Israel’s Econergy to team up with Terna Energy to build solar plants in Greece
Israel’s Econergy Renewable Energy (ECNR.TA) has partnered with Greece’s Terna Energy (TENr.AT) to develop 460 megawatts (MW) of solar plants in Greece, it said on Monday.
Econergy ...
Twitter set to accept Musk’s original $43 bln offer
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called ...
Coronavirus: Fourth jab now available for those over 60
People over 60 and other vulnerable groups will be able to get their second Covid booster shot from Tuesday, the health ministry said on Monday.
Fourth jabs will be available for ...
Government debt to GDP ratio falls in Q4 2021
At the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 government debt to GDP ratio in Cyprus was 5.4 percentage points lower compared to Q3 of 2021, and 11.4 percentage points lower than at ...
Reshuffle of ‘cabinet’ announced in north
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday announced the new ‘cabinet’, the nominees having got the nod from the north’s ‘president’ Ersin Tatar.
The announcement came shortly after ...
Police fire on car in Paris, killing two
French police shot dead two men in a car that drove at them after failing to stop for a check in central Paris, the public prosecutor’s office said on ...