Boris Johnson: a classic pyrrhic victory
There is no such animal as an ideal prime minister
I was woken up by the earthquake on Friday morning and decided to stay up in case there was another ...
Cavusoglu arrives in north, heading to Lapithos on Sunday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in the north on Saturday night for meetings with the Turkish Cypriot leadership on Monday, reports said.
Cavusoglu is due to remain in the ...
Fire at tyre processing centre under control, residents furious (Update 1)
A fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, was brought under control before midnight, the interior ...
Transport department denies UK mulling visas for EU workers to ease airport woes
Britain’s Department for Transport on Saturday denied a report that the government was considering issuing temporary visas to workers from the European Union to ease a staffing crisis at ...
Chinese defence minister says ties with U.S. at critical juncture
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that it was up to the United States to improve the bilateral relationship, as ties were at a critical juncture.
Repeating several ...
Scholz to travel to Kyiv with Macron and Draghi before G7
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Kyiv with his counterparts from France and Italy before the Group of Seven summit at the end of June, the German newspaper Bild ...
Buy Now Pay Later business model faces test as rates rise
Reduced consumer spending, rising interest rates and trickier credit conditions spell trouble for Buy Now Pay Later lenders, raising the prospect of consolidation in the sector.
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Crypto regulation efforts need to keep pace with market growth
The number of Canadians who own cryptoassets is growing rapidly and efforts to regulate the sector need to start keeping pace, a senior Bank of Canada official said, noting many ...
Our View: Gesy is not operating on a sustainable business model
WHEN the combination of politicians, unions and civil servants take the responsibility of managing a business operating in market conditions there can only be one result – financial disaster and eventually ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A lack of perspective is part of our DNA
PERHAPS I have become a grumpy old man, no longer able to fight my innate conservatism and completely out of touch with the times. This was probably the reason I ...
Spain swelters in hottest pre-summer heatwave for 20 years
Fan-sellers were doing good business in the southern city of Seville on Saturday as Spain sizzled in the hottest pre-summer heatwave for at least 20 years.
Carriage drivers dampened down horses ...
Poseidon’s Complaint: puppet show with live music
The witty puppet show created by Roberto Braham, Marina Katsari and Vangelis Gettos, titled Poseidon’s Complaint is now ready to begin its journey. Its first stop is, of course, ...
Bieber is showing early signs of recovery, surgeon says
Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber is showing early signs of making a recovery after he was diagnosed with a virus that left half of his face paralysed, according to a ...
Murray beats Kyrgios to reach Stuttgart final
Andy Murray beat Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to book his place in the final of the Boss Open in Stuttgart.
The Scot followed up his victory over top seed ...
Ferrari star Leclerc takes pole in Azerbaijan
Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton facing a stewards’ investigation for “driving unnecessarily slowly”.
Leclerc, who trails leader Max Verstappen ...
Seven bodies found at scene of helicopter crash in Italy
Rescuers have found the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Italy, local authorities said on Saturday, two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar screens.
The ...
Ukraine ‘will prevail’ over Russia as battle grinds on
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine would prevail in its war with Russia, now focussed on a artillery slugging match over an eastern Ukrainian city.
Russian forces have ...
Ireland and Cyprus face common challenges as island states, Irish Speaker says
Ireland and Cyprus as two island nations with maritime history and tradition are facing common challenges Speaker of the Irish House of Representatives Seán Ó Fearghaíl said on Saturday.
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Blaze in tyre storage area caused by shredder malfunction (Update 2 with video)
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, between the villages of Kalavasos and Mari, mobilising the ...
Uncertainty and ECB rate hike announcement push Cypriot bonds yields upwards
Economic uncertainty amid the Ukraine war and the European Central Bank rate hikes announcement are pushing Cyprus bond yields upwards in the wider context of sovereign bond sell-off in secondary ...
Thousands to rally against gun violence across US
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to rally in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at curbing gun violence ...
Cyprus satisfied with outcome of EU Council decisions on migration
The interior ministry on Saturday said its efforts to control migrant influxes had yielded results and these were reflected on the outcome of the EU Home Affairs Council and the ...
National Guard concludes readiness drill (with video)
The National Guard on Saturday announced that the Nikitis-Dimitra 2022 military exercise was successfully concluded.
The exercise was large-scale and was conducted on land, sea and air. Government agencies and services ...
Trump says daughter Ivanka had ‘checked out’ on election issues
Ivanka Trump “checked out” on election issues in the aftermath of the 2020 election, her father and former President Donald Trump said on Friday after the release of testimony in which ...