Oil slumps 5 per cent on recession concerns, US gasoline price drop
Oil prices tumbled about 5 per cent to a three-week low on Friday, led by a slump in US gasoline futures, as investors worried interest rate hikes from major central banks ...
Cypriots spend the least on housing needs compared with other EU states
Based on data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), Cyprus recorded the lowest rate of housing cost overburden in the EU in 2020, the finance ministry said in a statement.
The ...
Our View: Mavroyiannis’ proposal to sell gas to Turkey is riddled with political obstacles
On the surface, the suggestion about selling natural gas to Turkey by presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis, seems like a good way of breaking the deadlock in the talks. With direct ...
WHO panel backs use of Omicron-adapted vaccine as booster dose
A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organisation said ...
Global dirty money watchdog removes Malta from its grey list
The world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF) said on Friday that Malta was no longer subject to its increased monitoring process, a decision welcomed by the Mediterranean ...
Disy brings out the big guns in show of support for Neophytou
President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Christian Democrats president Manfred Weber took to the podium at Disy’s party conference on Friday night to send strong messages ...
WRAPUP-EU backs Ukraine’s membership bid to ‘live the European dream’
The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for ...
Brush fire in Xylofagou under control
A thousand square metres of scrubland turned to ashes by a fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in an area near Xylofagou.
A written statement from the forestry department ...
Putin says Russia has ‘nothing against’ Ukraine joining EU, expects Russia-Ukraine relations to normalise
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had no objections to Ukraine joining the European Union following the European Commission’s historic decision to back Kyiv’s bid to ...
Britain will give Kyiv strategic endurance to prevail against Russia, Johnson says
Britain will give Ukraine the “strategic endurance” to prevail against Russia’s invasion, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a visit to Kyiv on Friday.
Britain will also work ...
Dive into the story of water in Nicosia on this guided tour
A participatory walk in Nicosia is coming up on June 21, unlike any other. The guided tour in old Nicosia explores the city, yet it goes beyond the charming corners and ...
UK set to step in to host next Eurovision due to war in Ukraine
The Eurovision Song Contest is likely to be held in Britain in 2023 as the organisers deem it too risky for this year’s winners Ukraine to host it due to ...
U.S. FDA opens way to COVID vaccines for children under five
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized two COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 and under, opening the door to vaccinating millions of the country’s youngest children.
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Senior cop ‘colluded with inmate in attempt to compromise prisons director’ (Update 3)
By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou
Central prisons director Anna Aristotelous on Friday called for the appointment of independent criminal investigators after she said she was targeted by a senior ...
Bayern agree deal for Liverpool’s Mane
Bayern Munich have agreed terms with Liverpool to sign Sadio Mane, British media reported on Friday.
German champions Bayern will pay a fee in the region of 35 million pounds for ...
Greens support weekend protest for Akamas
The Green Party on Friday announced it will participate in a protest march for Akamas over the weekend, saying the government is “politically irresponsible” in its rushed effort to complete ...
Europeans pant in early summer heatwave compounding climate change fears
Spain headed for its hottest early summer temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers as a heatwave sent Europeans ...
Mitsotakis promotes dialing down tensions with Turkey (Update 2)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Cyprus on Friday where he promoted a message of dialing down tensions, amid the backdrop of increasingly sharp rhetoric emanating from Ankara.
President Nicos ...
GOVR Games: Cyprus’ first VR arcade opens in Ayia Napa
A store from the future has opened its doors at Ayia Napa’s Nissi Avenue, aiming to shake things up on the entertainment scene.
The new GOVR Games is the ...
Russian warship violated Danish territorial waters in Baltic
A Russian warship early on Friday twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm where a democracy festival attended by senior lawmakers and business people ...
By end of June all EU states will receive first batches of monkeypox vaccine
By the end of June all EU member states, including Cyprus, will receive the first batches of the monkeypox vaccine, according to EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou.
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Putin dismisses ‘stupid’ Western sanctions ‘blitzkrieg’
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Friday of colonial arrogance and trying to crush his country with “stupid” sanctions that amounted to an economic “blitzkrieg”.
Addressing the St ...
Aglandjia ‘on its own’, interior ministry passes the buck on rockslides
The state has no responsibility for rockslides on private plots, the interior ministry reiterated on Friday, a day after MPs and the Aglandjia mayor plead for financial assistance to clean ...
F1 governing body to eliminate car ‘porpoising’
Formula One’s governing FIA on Thursday said it plans to introduce changes to reduce or eliminate the “porpoising” that has affected this season’s cars, after Lewis Hamilton suffered ...