Is Cyprus the real Island of Love?
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Alix Norman heads around the world to find competing destinations because, contrary to what you’ve been told, Cyprus isn’t the only one!
Cyprus ...
Two women survive for days in earthquake rubble as death toll tops 24,150
By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi
Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the ...
US adds 6 Chinese entities tied to balloon programme to export blacklist
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld
The Biden administration on Friday added six Chinese entities connected to Beijing’s suspected surveillance balloon programme to an export blacklist.
The new restrictions ...
Air travel demand remains strong amidst ongoing recovery
International air travel demand remained strong in December 2022, capping off a year of recovery for the sector, according to a report released this week by the International Air Transport Association (...
The success of the four-day workweek in Cyprus
The four-day workweek has numerous benefits for the organisations that implement them, both in terms of employee satisfaction, but also to their customers, according to a piece of analysis released ...
Cyprus Business Now
The presidents of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) on Friday announced that they have signed ...
Analysis: The Democracy Index
By Charles Ellinas
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organization of The Economist, published the 2022 edition of its annual ‘Democracy Index’ in the first week of February. Another respected ...
Plastic bag ban to be implemented February 18
The near total plastic bag ban comes into effect on February 18 where they will no longer even be sold, with a few minor exceptions.
The ban covers thin plastic carrier ...
Our View: The wrong choice on Sunday could damage our ties with the West
In announcing his backing for Nicos Christodoulides’ candidacy, on Thursday, former justice minister, Ionas Nicolaou, cited several reasons for his decision, some of which were shining examples of misinformation. Why ...
Candidates go head-to-head in final TV debate
The two presidential candidates, independent Nikos Christodoulides and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis battled it out in a final debate on CyBC TV on Friday night.
The debate started with each candidate ...
Belgium detains two more EU lawmakers in graft investigation
Belgian prosecutors arrested one lawmaker and took another in for questioning on Friday in connection with a corruption scandal that has hit the European Parliament.
The cash-for-influence scandal began in ...
US says it shot down object over Alaska, size of small car
A US fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President Joe Biden, the White ...
Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700 (Update)
Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President ...
Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus
A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, ...
A boy and his boat help Chile firefighters combat blazes
As his parents fought wildfires threatening their home in southern Chile, 13-year-old Lucas Cespedes decided to take action, ferrying firefighters across the local river in a small yellow rowing boat ...
Paris man fires shots from balcony, police cordon off area
A man in Paris fired shots from his balcony window in Paris’ 15th district and the police have intervened, a police source said on Friday, adding no-one was injured.
The ...
Iran releases emaciated dissident after long hunger strike
Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of ...
Syrian baby born on day of earthquake brought mother ‘back to life’
When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad’s family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour – giving birth to her third ...
Turkey earthquake drone footage shows fissure slicing through land
Drone footage in southern Turkey showed a fissure slicing across fields, roads, streams and hillsides, caused by a massive earthquake that struck the region at the start of the week.
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UK rail workers union rejects new pay offers in long-running dispute
Britain’s biggest railway workers’ union rejected the latest pay offers from train companies on Friday, signalling more pain for commuters who have been disrupted by sporadic strikes since last ...
Limassol mayor calls earthquake preparedness meeting
An earthquake preparedness meeting was called by the mayor of Limassol on Friday in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Turkey earlier this week.
“We could not stay indifferent,” ...
Unprecedented number of whales found beached in Paphos
Beached Cuvier’s beaked whales, also known as goose-beaked whales, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) were found in various Paphos locations over the past two days but all, even those helped ...
Limassol and Paphos invest in education sector
Construction on the Tepak Tourism School of and the American University of Beirut (AUB Mediterraneo) are progressing at a rapid pace, Director of the Paphos Chamber of Commerce, Marinos Stylianou, ...
Much Ado About Nothing at Rialto Theatre’s big screen
A new live broadcast from the National Theatre Live programme will reach Rialto Theatre this month. One of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, Much Ado About Nothing, will be presented ...