Haaland double earns Man City 2-0 victory at West Ham
New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland marked his Premier League debut with a double as the champions began their title defence with a clinical 2-0 victory over West Ham United ...
UK interest rate rise on the back of higher inflation
Biggest rate increase for 27 years
By St John Coombes
This week the Bank of England increased interest rates by 0.5 per cent, taking interest rates to 1.75 per cent. This is the ...
Ten Hag era at United begins with defeat to Brighton, Brentford snatch point at Leicester
The Erik ten Hag era at Manchester United began with a 2-1 Premier League defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday as the Dutch manager was shown ...
My kids don’t know the sea isn’t supposed to be full of plastic
Iole Damaskinos asks why we deserve the coveted Blue Flag award for so many of our beaches when they are devoid of marine life and awash in plastic
And just ...
One and done? Some Democrats say Biden should not seek second term
By Richard Cowan
A few Democrats in the US Congress have begun to voice what many have mulled privately: whether President Joe Biden, the oldest person to ever occupy the ...
Something rotten in the state of local veggies
“Growing up, in the old days, we had good vegetables”
It’s a truism that sun-ripened fruit and vegetables in Mediterranean countries are among the best in the world. The ...
Ineia landowners plan to block roads next Sunday to protest Akamas plan
Landowners from the Akamas community of Ineia said on Sunday they would block the roads in and out of the Lara area next Sunday as part of measures they’ve ...
The risk of economic stagnation
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
Recent developments suggest that the US and the EU are moving towards stagflation, that is the coexistence of inflation and low economic growth, with ...
Debt restructurings slow down in 2022 following a record year
By Gregoris Savva
Debt restructurings in Cyprus declined to €545 million in the first half of 2022, with loan renegotiations slowing down following a record 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and as ...
Israel, Palestinians agree truce from Sunday evening (Updated)
Israel and Palestinian militants have agreed to a truce in Gaza from Sunday evening as mediated by Cairo, sources said, after a weekend-long pounding of Palestinian targets by Israel triggered ...
Body found on Paphos beach identified as Greek Cypriot aged 57 (Update 2)
The body found on a beach in Paphos early Sunday has been identified as 57-year-old Greek Cypriot Andreas Katsaris who went to the area daily to swim, police said.
His ...
Covid lockdown turns Chinese tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded tourists
When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year’s summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect COVID track record.
The island ...
Amnesty regrets ‘distress’ caused by report rebuking Ukraine
Amnesty International apologised on Sunday for “distress and anger” caused by a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians which infuriated President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and triggered the resignation of its Kviy ...
‘EU has punished Turkey over invasion of Cyprus’ says EP president
The EU has punished Turkey for its behaviour towards Cyprus by freezing several chapters of the accession negotiations, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was quoted as saying on Sunday.
In ...
Fishing in Paphos is ‘borderline tragic’
Professional fishermen in Paphos have been insistently calling for a new port to dock their boats, the head of the town’s fishermen’s association Leonidas Leonidou said after repeated ...
Hadjipantela defends ministry’s procedures in face of spat with HIO
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Sunday defended expenditure by his ministry after a public spat with the health insurance organisation (HIO) from whom it is claiming back €120 million for using ...
West is blundering into two proxy wars
At a massive cost to us all – except the oil companies
“I urge people everywhere to send a clear message to the fossil fuel industry and their financiers: that this ...
‘Turkey’s resolve should not be tested’
Turkey’s resolve in the eastern Mediterranean should not be tested, the leader of Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Sunday.
Referring to the new mission ...
Seven contacts of first monkeypox case vaccinated on Sunday
Seven people, contacts, of Cyprus’ first monkeypox case, were in the process of being vaccinated on Sunday, a day after a quantity of the jabs arrived in Cyprus.
Cyprus detected ...
‘Over-ambitious’ talk about sanctioning Turkey not enough to save Varosha
The people of Famagusta are tired of 48 years of false hopes of return and everything the government is doing is leading nowhere, the mayor of the occupied town has said.
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Four more cargo ships sail from Ukraine – Turkish, Ukrainian officials (Updated)
Four more ships carrying almost 170,000 tonnes of corn and other foodstuffs sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday under a deal to unblock the country’s exports after Russia’...
Five arrested for working illegally in Napa nightclubs
Four new cases of illegal hiring and employment are being investigated by Famagusta police, they said on Sunday.
On Saturday night, police carried out checks on clubs and pubs in ...
Temperatures fall slightly, more cloudy over next few days
Temperatures on Sunday and for the coming days will be slightly down on what it has been over the past two weeks, the met office said on Sunday.
Sunday should ...
Palestinian rockets reach west of Jerusalem on third day of Gaza fighting (Updated)
Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Sunday, causing no casualties but signalling new reach and resolve as Israel pressed air strikes in the Gaza Strip and admitted Jewish visitors ...