The food crisis is about soil
By Dr Elias Allayiotis
Everything that we have comes from soil; the food that we eat, the things that we use every day, even our own body grows from nutrients ...
UCy participating in test scheme for use of drones in maintaining photovoltaic systems
The PV Technology Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy of the University of Cyprus, is participating in a transnational network ...
Above-average temperatures for next three days
The current above-average temperatures are expected to remain over the next three days, the met office said.
On Wednesday, the temperature will rise to around 37C inland, around 25C on ...
Global oil refiners falter in efforts to keep up with demand
Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages from big consumers like the United States and Brazil to smaller countries ...
Coronavirus: Entry requirements, indoor masks scrapped from Wednesday
As of today, coronavirus-related entry requirements and the use of masks indoors in most areas has been scrapped.
All travellers, irrespective of their country of origin, will from Wednesday no ...
Nadal beats Djokovic in epic clash to reach French Open semi-finals
– Talks of an end to Rafael Nadal‘s reign proved premature once again as the claycourt king stayed on course for a record-extending men’s 22nd Grand Slam title by ...
Russians feel little economic pain now, long-term outlook darkens
For Oleg Kechin, owner of a chain of barbershops, forecasts that Russia will be plunged into its deepest economic crisis in a generation feel overdone.
US President Joe Biden may ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Industrial Production Index for the month of March 2022 reached 135.7 points (base 2015 = 100), recording an increase of 6.9 per cent year-on-year, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...
‘Inflation policies should be targeted and help the poorest’
University of Cyprus economics professor Marios Zachariadis on Tuesday said that tackling inflation requires an immediate and drastic increase in interest rates combined with targeted fiscal measures that will not ...
Cyprus – an energy island with challenges
By Roberto Sciffo
The evidence of ‘energy dependency’ becomes more acute when events, such as what is currently happening in the Ukraine, bring to light both the sensitivity of international ...
Our View: About time HIO took moves to regulate GPs
It was about time the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme Gesy, tried to address the weaknesses of the scheme that incur higher costs and also ...
Zverev tames Alcaraz to return to French Open semis
German third seed Alexander Zverev capitalised on an error-filled performance from Carlos Alcaraz to tame the high-flying teenaged Spaniard 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) on Tuesday and reach a second straight ...
Canada to temporarily decriminalise some drug possession to tackle abuse problem
Canada will temporarily decriminalise the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use by adults in British Columbia (B.C.) to help tackle a burgeoning ...
Ukrainian troops hold out as Russia assaults Sievierodonetsk (Update)
Ukrainian forces were holding out in the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday, resisting Russia’s all-out assault to capture a bombed-out wasteland that Moscow has made the principal ...
UK’s Boris Johnson faces new threat of confidence vote over lockdown parties (Updated)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing the growing threat of a confidence vote as two more lawmakers suggested they had lost faith in his government over the “partygate” scandal ...
Prince Andrew is trying to ‘make amends’, Archbishop of Canterbury says
The Archbishop of Canterbury said Prince Andrew is seeking to “make amends” and highlighted the importance of forgiveness after Queen Elizabeth’s son’s fall from grace following accusations of ...
Turks clash with police on anniversary of anti-Erdogan ‘Gezi’ protests
Turkish police clashed with protesters around Istanbul’s main Taksim Square on Tuesday as they gathered to mark the anniversary of nationwide anti-government demonstrations that began nine years ago in ...
MoU signed by CMMI and technical university of Athens
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) and the National Technical University of Athens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at future partnerships in the fields of maritime and ...
Berlin to supply arms to Greece, Athens to deliver Soviet weapons to Kyiv -Scholz
Germany will deliver infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Greece so that the government in Athens can pass on Soviet-style weapons to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday.
“We ...
Uvalde begins to bury its dead in wake of school massacre (Update 2)
The grieving Texas town of Uvalde begins laying to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with funerals ...
UN had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports (Updated)
A senior UN official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, UN spokesman Stephane ...
Rapist gets four years
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to four years in jail on Tuesday after he was found guilty of raping a woman in the sea in Ayia Napa.
The Larnaca-Famagusta district ...
Medical negligence claim against clinic
A medical negligence case was reported to Limassol police by the family of a 55-year-old man who died on Tuesday morning while he was treated at a private clinic.
Police ...
K-pop supergroup BTS to meet Biden, speak at White House Tuesday
South Korean supergroup BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for social justice causes in the United States, will visit the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians with US ...