Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the foreign ministry is in negotiations with Brussels in the hopes of securing an exemption from EU sanctions against Russia in case Cyprus is unsuccessful in ...
Book Review: Strange Hotel by Eimear McBride
There is a chance that you might find Strange Hotel boring. After all, very little happens: we see the nameless protagonist in hotel room after hotel room, city after city, ...
Man held for theft, illegal residence in Republic
A 26-year-old third-country national is under arrest on suspicion of burglary, theft, assault, causing actual bodily harm, and residing illegally in the Republic, police said on Tuesday.
The theft had ...
Two of ten suspects wanted for football incidents charged
A 22-year-old man, wanted by the police for incidents that took place outside Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca before the football match between Anorthosis and Apollon on Saturday, presented himself ...
Burglar arrested after ten years of thefts
A 50-year-old man, who was wanted in connection with four investigated cases of burglary, theft and malicious damage, committed in Nicosia district between 2011-2022, was arrested Monday afternoon and taken ...
Cyprus hit by Gazprom turning off tap despite non-reliance on Russian gas, says Panayides
The energy situation in the European Union as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the next steps after the suspension by Gazprom of supplies to Poland and ...
US natural gas production growth wanes as need arises
US natural gas production growth is waning at the same time many countries are looking for new suppliers to help break their dependence on Russian gas after Moscow’s invasion ...
Saudi Arabia’s economy estimated to grow 9.6 per cent in Q1, driven by oil
Saudi Arabia’s economy grew by 9.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, compared to a year earlier, according to flash government estimates on Sunday, as a recovery in the ...
Debt ratio down 30 per cent for households in last five years
Debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (debt ratio) of households has decreased by nearly 30 per cent and for non-financial corporations 57 per cent in the last five years, the ...
Retail turnover value index rose 7.7 per cent in March
The Retail Turnover Value Index increased by 7.7 per cent in March 2022 in comparison to the corresponding month of the previous year, according to data published by the statistical service on ...
Serious gaps in provision of legal aid to women victims of domestic violence
Free legal aid is not provided to all women who have suffered violence as applications are based on financial criteria, resulting in millions of euros remaining unused, MPs heard on ...
Our View: If Akel has a way to halt inflation they should tell us
Labour Day offered an opportunity to Akel to repeat the narrative about the government widening economic inequality and creating a bleak future for the workers. This narrative has been served ...
China’s Wisdom and Solution for Global Security Governance
By Liu Yantao
What is the Global Security Initiative?
At the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 on April 21, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote ...
Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots
Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan wins record-equalling seventh snooker world title
Emotional Ronnie O’Sullivan shrugged off a stirring fightback from Judd Trump to claim a record-equalling seventh World Snooker title at the Crucible.
O’Sullivan had seen a seven-frame overnight ...
Sanctions will not be lifted until Russia signs peace deal with Ukraine -Germany’s Scholz
The sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine will not be lifted until Moscow reaches a peace agreement with Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, adding ...
EU prepares next Russia sanctions including German-backed oil ban
The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on Monday by Germany, Russia’s biggest energy customer, that could ...
Germany drops opposition to Russian oil ban, ministers say
Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government on Monday said Germany would be ready to back an immediate European Union ban on Russian oil imports, and that Europe’...
Creating student halls in old Nicosia ‘becoming a reality’
Incentives for the creation of student residences within walled city of Nicosia is another step towards the permanent revitalisation of the area, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday.
Speaking ...
Cyprus is first EU state to become fully 5G
Cyprus has become the first EU member-state to achieve 100 per cent 5G population coverage, even in its remotest areas, Cyta announced on Monday.
The announcement came after the network reached ...
Around 20,000 collected at Athienou rally
In total €20,000 was collected from the 5th Athienou rally with classic cars which will be donated to the municipality’s social welfare committee to help residents in need, it was ...
Nicosia municipality announces annual clean-up
Nicosia municipality on Monday announced it will launch next week a clean-up campaign for empty plots and uninhabited houses, and will also provide a free pickup service for garden waste ...
Petrides: The next few years will be difficult
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday pledged support for vulnerable groups in the face of growing inflation and rising costs.
He conceded that the next few years would be difficult, ...
UN: More than 3,000 civilians killed in Ukraine so far
The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Monday that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 had exceeded 3,000 ...