Anastasiades and Tatar to attend same event on Wednesday
President Nicos Anastasiades will attend an event on Wednesday the Ledra Palace, which will also be attended by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar under the aegis of Colin Stewart, Special ...
TUI kicks-off Cyprus summer 2022 with new flying ambassador
Just in time for the start of the summer season, Cyprus is getting a new flying ambassador, a plane that was christened ‘Larnaca’ at a special ceremony on Sunday.
Larnaca, ...
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman in W. Bank, military investigating
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, after a string of deadly Arab and Palestinian attacks in ...
Russian rockets destroy Dnipro airport -Ukraine officials
Russian forces fired rockets into Ukraine’s Luhansk and Dnipro regions on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, completely destroying an airport and wounding at least five people.
Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of ...
East Med gas – a new message
With tectonic shifts on the world stage, now really is the time to solve the Cyprus problem and put Cyprus’ energy finds to use
In a fast-changing geopolitical world – following ...
Nicosia keen on Nato membership but Turkey remains an obstacle
Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides on Sunday suggested that Nicosia was keen on joining Nato in light of the current status quo on the island, if it wasn’t for Turkey.
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Polling station for French presidential elections operating at Nicosia embassy
As presidential elections got underway in France on Sunday, the French Embassy in Nicosia was operating a polling station for individuals who are registered to vote.
A French Embassy spokesperson ...
Russia confirms prisoner exchange with Ukraine
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova confirmed on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday.
Moskalkova said that among those returned to Russia were ...
Iran MPs set conditions for reviving 2015 nuclear deal amid stalled talks
Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media ...
Shanghai residents question human cost of China’s Covid quarantines
Lu, 99, was a long-time resident at Shanghai’s Donghai Elderly Care hospital, her loved ones secure that she was getting round-the-clock care at the city’s largest such centre.
That ...
On Palm Sunday, pope calls for Easter truce in Ukraine
Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, and in an apparent reference to Russia, questioned the value of planting a victory flag “on a heap of ...
Early Warning Brief: China’s contorted response to Russia sanctions
By Alicia Garcia-Herrero
The unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine will devastate its economy, but the extent of the severity partially depends on ...
Cyprus defence spending peaked in 2021 to highest level over last 18 years
Cyprus’s defence minister, Charalambos Petridis said that the island’s defence expenditure in 2021 was at its highest level since 2004.
Speaking at the Pancyprian Artillery Reserve Association’s annual gala, ...
Musk proposes Twitter Blue subscription shake-up days after disclosing Twitter stake
Elon Musk, Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) biggest shareholder, on Saturday suggested a raft of changes to the social media giant’s Twitter Blue premium subscription service, including slashing its ...
Five key questions to answer about resilient and sustainable food systems
By Jonathan Smith
Food systems are highly complex and interconnected. If our grocery stores and kitchens are to have a future with packed shelves, we need to be able to ...
Paphos on its way to becoming higher education hub
American University of Beirut campus a massive boost
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos is bursting with pride that a campus of the prestigious American University of Beirut is coming to the ...
Russia confirms prisoner exchange with Ukraine; two dead in Russian shelling NE of Kharkiv
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova confirmed on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday.
Moskalkova said that among those exchanged to Russia, there were ...
Russia calls for integrating BRICS payment systems
Russia, hit by Western sanctions, has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to extend the use of national currencies and integrate payment systems, the finance ministry said on ...
For a modern and adaptable future society we must reform education now
By Achilleas Demetriades
The new generation is facing huge changes, at home and abroad. In an ever-changing world, it becomes more imperative to answer the following questions: Is education at ...
Dog attacks four-year-old at Xylotymbou park
A four-year-old girl was attacked by a dog late on Saturday at a park in Xylotymbou, in the Famagusta district.
According to the police, the child’s father reported to ...
Moody’s upgrades Israel’s outlook to positive, affirms A1 rating
Global ratings agency Moody’s on Friday upgraded Government of Israel’s outlook to “positive” from “stable” and affirmed sovereign credit rating at “A1”
Moody’s said the key drivers ...
Drilling of first Eni-Total well expected in the coming weeks – Energy Minister (Update)
Cyprus’s Energy Minister, Natasa Pilidou, said that drilling of the first well in the Eni-Total consortium will get underway in the coming weeks.
Pilides, in an interview to Greek-language ...
Our View: Crucial for Cyprus to be on the side of the West as of now
Defending Akel’s decision to boycott the speech in the House of Representatives via video link by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, deputy Aristos Damianou said the party had “reservations about ...
Indian police hunt gang accused of stealing a bridge!
Police in India were seeking to arrest members of a gang who dismantled a 60-feet-long iron bridge and likely sold it off in parts as scrap metal, officials said on ...