Civil servants given more flexible working hours
Civil servants can start and finish work half an hour earlier after the plenum approved amendments to their working hours on Thursday to alleviate traffic issues.
MPs approved the regulations ...
Hellenic Bank named best bank in Cyprus by international magazine
Global Finance Magazine recently released its annual list of the best banks in Western Europe for 2023, with Hellenic Bank taking the top spot in Cyprus.
According to an announcement by ...
Stormy Daniels says Trump should not go to prison
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the centre of the criminal case against Donald Trump, said she does not think the former president should go to prison if convicted ...
Moscow approves sale of Inditex’s Russian business to UAE-based buyer
The Russian government on Wednesday said it had approved a deal for Spain’s Inditex (ITX.MC) to sell its Russian business to a UAE-based buyer, with some of its ...
Tennis should have banned Russian, Belarusian players, says Swiatek
Tennis missed an opportunity to send a strong message to Moscow by failing to impose a blanket ban on players from Russia and its ally Belarus after the invasion of ...
Xi willing to call Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, EU chief says
China’s Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the head of the EU said on Thursday, after French President Emmanuel Macron urged Beijing to ...
King Charles backs research into monarchy’s slave links
King Charles has given his support to research that will examine the British monarchy’s links to slavery, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, after a newspaper report said a document ...
Documentary has Cyprus premiere
On the 20th anniversary of the opening of crossing points in Cyprus, the documentary film Overcoming is coming to Cyprus to tell a unique tale of its islanders. As a ...
Former Italy PM Berlusconi being treated for leukaemia
Four-times Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been diagnosed with leukaemia, a source close to the matter said on Thursday, a day after he was admitted to intensive care with ...
Volunteer cleanup at Larnaca’s Spyros beach
The environmental office of the Larnaca district in cooperation with environmental NGO Cymepa and with financial technology company TSYS carried out a full clean-up of Spyros beach on Thursday.
The ...
UK investors lead the charge as offers flood in for Cyprus’ ESG bond
The Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office on Thursday announced that the Republic of Cyprus’ newly issued ten-year Sustainable Fixed Rate Reference bond, amounting to €1 billion, garnered immense interest, ...
Mystic Meg: fortune tellers have always been popular, despite a long history of efforts to silence them
William G Pooley
Since her death on March 9, celebrities and clients have been paying tribute to Margaret Ann Lake, better known by her stage name Mystic Meg. In a career ...
Chelsea reappoint Lampard as interim manager until end of season
Frank Lampard has returned to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Graham Potter, the Premier League club confirmed on Thursday.
The club’...
Environmental NGO installs new water refill station
The Dasoudi area of Limassol got its own water refill station this week, the fourth water station installed as part of the Refill Cyprus project.
Launched by the volunteer environmental ...
Two pickup trucks drive down cycle lane
It’s been a bumpy ride over the last couple of days along bicycle and pedestrian paths, this time with two pickup trucks spotted cruising along the designated areas in ...
Oil heads for third weekly gain after shock OPEC+ cuts
Oil remained on track for weekly gains on Thurday, with further production cuts targeted by OPEC+ and a drop in US oil inventories overshadowing fears over global economic growth.
Brent ...
Tory MP Benton suspended after newspaper sting
A lawmaker in Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been suspended after he was filmed in a newspaper sting offering to lobby ministers and leak market-sensitive information on behalf of ...
N. Korea: US – S. Korea drills push tension to brink of nuclear war
North Korea accused the U.S. and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills, vowing to respond with “offensive action,” state ...
The scope and majesty of Lagoudera
In the cool of the mountain air, one village offers a glimpse of the island’s mediaeval past says PAUL LAMBIS
It may be one of Cyprus’ 20 highest villages and ...
Alassa fire under control say authorities
A fire that broke up near Alassa community on Thursday morning was put under control about four hours after it started.
Firefighters remained at the scene to tackle the fire ...
Bad loans in Cyprus will not increase, finance minister assures
There are no concerns over an increase in bad loans for Cyprus’ banks, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday after a meeting with the European Central Bank’s executive ...
International guitar festival EGTA returns to Nicosia
The International Guitar Festival EGTA – Cyprus is back for its 17th edition, and once again collaborating with the Pharos Arts Foundation to present unique musical performances. It starts with a ...
Suspects found with 95,000 firecrackers plead not guilty
Three men pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal possession and transport of explosives on Thursday at the Paphos criminal court.
They had been arrested after police officers found them ...
Next ECB monetary policy decisions based on data
The next monetary policy decisions on European Central Bank’s interest rates will be based on the incoming data, Philip Lane, chief economist and member of the ECB’s executive ...