Partying it up in Nicosia
The carnival days may be over but for those that still crave a good party, two exciting events are taking place soon in the capital. Arriving first is the Disco ...
Ukraine says situation in encircled city of Mariupol is ‘critical’
Ukraine said on Friday the situation in Mariupol was now critical as Russian forces tightened their noose around the Black Sea port city and the death toll from Russian shelling ...
Klitschko brothers say Kyiv supply lines open, residents returning to fight
Kyiv mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko said on Friday that he believed there were nearly 2 million people still left in the city, which is being squeezed by ...
India says it accidentally fired missile into Pakistan
India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned ...
Public offered chance to have their say on future of old Nicosia
The Nicosia municipality on Friday released an online survey offering people the chance to have their say on the future of old Nicosia.
The survey is a brainchild of the ...
Rich Russians facing EU asset freeze (Updated)
Rich Russians who received Cypriot citizenship through the now defunct investment programme are facing an asset freeze under the EU and US sanctions push, as are many others with businesses ...
Petrides concerned over energy, grain prices and stagflation
The rise in energy and grain price levels due to the war in Ukraine, but also the possibility of stagflation are his main concerns Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on ...
Nine unaccompanied minors move to child-welfare NGO’s facilities (Updated)
Nine unaccompanied minors who left the migrant reception centre earlier this week and were sleeping outdoors were on Friday transferred to 24/7 facilities of Hope for Children (HFC), while a solution ...
Man United try to salvage season against unpredictable Spurs
One week on from their mauling by arch-rivals Manchester City, Manchester United take on fellow top-four hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday looking to salvage what is left of their season.
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Fallout of Ukraine war exposes Turkey’s vulnerable economy
President Tayyip Erdogan’s wager that Turkey could ride out an inflation and currency shock with low rates and reserves has all but collapsed, after the fallout from the war ...
What’s Eaten Where: Tajikistan
Tajikistan is the smallest of Central Asia’s ‘stans’: just 142,550 kilometres square. Its roughly nine million residents are also the poorest in the region.
Once, the region was prosperous – lying ...
The man who makes models
Alix Norman talks to the founder of Cyprus’ longest-running modelling agency, and finds out what it takes to be a model in this ever-changing industry
Cyprus’ modelling industry is hardly ...
Yellow warning for low temperatures on Friday night
The met office issued a yellow alert for Friday night, warning of extreme low temperature in the mountains.
The warning is in force from 9.00 pm on Friday to 8.00 am on ...
Third division footballer found guilty of illegal betting activities
Nicosia District court has fined a third division footballer for offences committed under the law combating the manipulation of sporting events for betting on matches in which he participated.
The ...
One quarter of police officers now women
Women comprise about 25 per cent of the police force, higher than the European average, while greater numbers are now in operational and executive roles, it was announced on Friday in ...
Government right to sanction Abramovich, says Liverpool’s Klopp
The British government was right to impose sanctions on Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich but the Premier League club’s employees should not have to suffer for it, Liverpool ...
Russian residents call for end to Ukraine war
A group of Russians living in Cyprus have called on their compatriots to participate in a meeting on Sunday to condemn the war in Ukraine and demand the withdrawal of ...
Kremlin says Ukraine conflict will end when West takes Russia seriously
The Kremlin said on Friday that the conflict in Ukraine would end when the West took action over Russia’s repeatedly raised concerns about the killing of civilians in eastern ...
Don’t take Russia back to 1917, Russian metals king warns
Confiscating the assets of companies that have fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine would shatter investor confidence for decades and take Russia back to the calamitous days of the 1917 ...
Mask or no mask: Stop using fat people in political cartoons
By Kristin Rodier, Athabasca University
Political cartoons and memes have made it clear that if there’s something to agree about on all sides of the political spectrum, it’s ...
Workshop brings to life the art of the Phini chair
They are a staple at most traditional Cypriot coffee shops and these handmade wooden chairs carry a little piece of the island’s crafts history with them. Diodio Handmade artists, ...
Coronavirus: Teachers to be included in Test to Stay scheme as of Monday
Teachers are to be included in the test-to-stay programme as of Monday, with the health ministry on Friday outlining the relevant protocols, which cover teachers in kindergartens, primary and secondary ...
Cyprus lags behind EU in health spending
Although Cyprus recorded the largest annual increase in the ratio of government expenditure devoted to health to GDP among EU states in 2020, it still lags behind the EU27 average, according ...
Sky-high volcanoes, singing mountains and star-studded skies: Chile’s Atacama Desert
By Sarah Marshall
A blinding-white plateau marbled with rust-red rivers and fringed by volcanoes pointier than a newly sharpened pencil, Laguna Tebenquiche could easily pass for the beginning of time.
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