Tokyo douses Olympic flame, ending pandemic Games
Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global ...
Balancing supervisory practices and economic development
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
In recent years, and especially after the global crisis of 2008, supervisory requirements in the financial sector have been strengthened significantly. Taking into account the ...
Turkish Cypriot owner of land used by EAC wants it back
The family remained in Republic for years after 1974 and still pays taxes
By Evie Andreou
The Turkish Cypriot owner of a plot of land in Dhali where the electricity authority (...
German Greens co-leader defends embattled chancellor candidate
The co-leader of Germany’s Greens on Sunday defended the party’s candidate for chancellor at next month’s federal election, and brushed off suggestions that he should replace her ...
Bomb squad called in for suitcase outside Presidential Palace (Updated)
Police on Sunday afternoon said they destroyed in a controlled explosion a suitcase found outside the Presidential Palace.
Members of the police bomb squad were called in on Sunday afternoon ...
Emotional Messi says ‘I became the man I am at Barcelona’
Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona and confirmed he was talking with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move.
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Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e Pul
Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north ...
Afghanistan: how did they think it would end?
By Gwynne Dyer
“I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be-ex-president of Afghanistan. “We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations ...
Summer 2021: Few signs of pandemic in Napa
Not many Brits, but Ayia Napa has reclaimed some of its pre-pandemic bustle
By Nick Theodoulou
In the summer of 2021 Ayia Napa is back on its feet and has regained ...
‘CODA’ breaks new ground for deaf movie theater-goers
By Jill Serjeant
Going to the movies isn’t much fun for deaf people. Screenings in theatres with captions are limited and the special glasses and equipment needed to read ...
Coronavirus: fines for measure violations
Eleven businesses and 43 individuals were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said on Sunday.
In total 5,700 checks were carried out ...
Victims of a systematic distortion of reality
By Christos Panayiotides
‘They on that side and this side and we, somewhere else.’ I like this slogan, despite its bitterness. I like it because it condenses my fears and ...
Memorial for Isaac-Solomou held in Paralimni
A memorial service was held in Paralimni on Sunday for Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, both killed days apart in August 1996 by Turkish forces in the Dherynia buffer zone.
Health ...
N.Korea’s Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas
By Hyonhee Shin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, ...
Arrests for cat killing case
A man, 52, and a woman, 39, were arrested police said on Sunday in connection with the killing of a cat in the Nicosia district earlier in the week.
Arrest warrants were ...
Blaze ravages Evia island on sixth day of Greek wildfires (Updated)
Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more ...
Two communities mark Tylliria battles (Updated)
More than 40 buses with around 500 Turkish Cypriots travelled to the Kokkina enclave on Sunday morning through the Limnitis-Kato Pyrgos crossing to attend the commemoration events for the 1964 Tylliria battles.
In ...
Coca-Cola: ‘Evolving by investing in sustainable growth’
In 2020, Coca-Cola HBC achieved impressive results in its drive to reduce its environmental footprint. The company has set “A World Without Waste” as its goal. Kalia Patsia, Corporate Affairs & ...
Global gas prices to rise sharply this winter
Global gas prices are expected to break records this winter as a hot northern hemisphere summer leaves inventories low in key markets, just as green energy drives ramp up in ...
Coffee prices to climb as frost and freight costs bite
The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by Covid-19 causing massive shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year ...
Bank bonuses rise as profits rebound
Europe’s banks are stashing cash to pay bumper bonuses to top performers, amid a deal frenzy driven by pent up demand from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebounding bank profits.
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Pandemic of the unvaccinated and economic consequences
The economic consequences of a sustained pandemic would be catastrophic.
Ioannis Tirkides, chief economist at Bank of Cyprus*
The emergence of a new variant, the Delta, and people’s hesitancy ...
Extreme heatwaves and fires increasingly likely
But climate change not the sole driver of increasing temperatures and wildfires
By Annette Chrysostomou
The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot with huge fires raging in Turkey and Greece ...
Even Adam and Eve were awarded the right to be heard
By overturning a sham marriage decision this week, the Supreme Court proved itself independent of the executive in an area of law where the latter often rides roughshod over individual ...