End-of-year gigs at Savino
Wrap up the year with music in Larnaca suggests ELENI PHILIPPOU
With just a week until we bid farewell to 2022, the island’s entertainment venues are in their final stretch ...
Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners’, says prosecutor
The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday.
The 69-year-old man was arrested ...
We know what you got this Christmas!
According to recent research, there are 10 gifts we give and receive each Christmas. ALIX NORMAN finds out whether her 2022 presents make the list!
The Christmas research is in! The Top 10 ...
Christodoulides Cyprob manifesto, a lot of noise signifying nothing
Recently, the promised details on the Cyprus problem of Nikos Christodoulides’ election manifesto were made public with great fanfare. I have carefully read the relevant text of some 2,000 words three ...
World is starving for peace, Pope Francis says in Christmas message
Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”.
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Cyprus’ Kurdish community will march to the French embassy
Cyprus’ Kurdish community is set to organise a march to the French embassy today.
The march comes as a response to Friday’s shooting in Paris which left three dead ...
Exuberant expat is a not-so-secret Santa
In a former preacher and biker, THEO PANAYIDES finds a cheerful free spirit who combines chaotic good with a joy for living
The café in Tseri, just outside Nicosia, isn’...
Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine (Update)
Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said ...
China’s Zhejiang province has 1 million daily Covid cases, expected to double
The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling around 1 million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday.
Despite ...
ECB must be ready to take the heat and raise rates more, Schnabel says
The European Central Bank must be prepared to take the heat and raise interest rates further, including by more than the market expects, if that is needed to bring down ...
Arsenal resume title tilt without Jesus, City deploy refreshed Haaland
Arsenal continue their push for a first title in 19 years when they host West Ham United in the late game on Monday as the Premier League season resumes after the ...
Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to ...
Bankman-Fried, FTX execs received billions in hidden loans, ex-Alameda CEO says
Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul’s Alameda Research, the hedge fund’s former chief told a judge when ...
Secular inflation, monetary policy, and interest rates
By Ioannis Tirkides
Central banks have been tightening for the most part of the year and will likely continue for a little longer into the early part of the new ...
Less spending this Christmas as inflation bites
This Christmas season, the noose around pocket strings has become incredibly tight as inflation soars and prices skyrocket. Though special offers appear to be some sort of saving grace, it ...
Our View: The only people exploiting our gas reserves so far are politicians
Cyprus was given another Christmas present this week, but alas it is a present it cannot unwrap and make use of any time soon.
The news of another gas find ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Farewell to a golden age with gift of new spiritual guide
ON THIS Christmas Day, all Christians of Kyproulla, including the non-believers, have been given the best possible present they could have prayed for, even though they would not have found ...
Cocktail party features elements of traditional taverna
Can a party featuring signature contemporary cocktails also bring characteristic elements of a traditional Cypriot tavern? In their upcoming fiesta on December 30, that is what High&Wet promises. Held ...
2022: the year when history began again
Historians will judge 2022 a momentous year. If when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it heralded the end of history, by that logic Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ushered in ...
German inflation to stay high for two years – adviser
Inflation is likely to remain high for another two years as companies pass on higher input costs and in some cases exaggerate them, the head of the council of economists ...
Lawyers question if police drugs chief was referred to as Rambo
The legal team of prisons director Anna Aristotelous on Saturday said the state’s legal service had not correctly attributed the findings of independent criminal investigator Achilleas Emilianides.
This follows ...
Man Utd trigger one-year contract extensions for four players – Ten Hag
Manchester United have triggered one-year contract extensions for four first-team players, including England forward Marcus Rashford, manager Erik ten Hag said.
Rashford, Diogo Dalot, Fred and Luke Shaw were all ...
Water supply interruption in Limassol
The Limassol Water Board on Saturday announced there will be an interruption to the water supply in parts of Germasogeia on Thursday, December 29, between 8am and 11am.
The board said ...
British defence spending to rise by more than 1 billion pounds
Britain will increase defence spending by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.21 billion) to avoid a real-terms cut over the next two years, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
Finance minister Jeremy ...