Musk’s Tesla stock sale poll raises taxing questions
When Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers last weekend if he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) stock, he said he was posing the question because “...
GE, an industrial conglomerate pioneer, to break up
General Electric (GE.N) said on Tuesday it would split into three public companies as the storied US industrial conglomerate seeks to simplify its business, pare down debt and breathe ...
The significance of a bird in a tree
Crossbills, Black Pines and Troodos are intricately linked. COP26 must make sure it stays that way
The give-away, as often, was the soft ‘pok’ sound made by a pinecone landing ...
Our View: Auditor-general missed the bigger picture focusing on presidential staff
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides highlighted a problem with his letter to the legislature about the way workers are hired on contracts in the public sector and eventually become permanent staff. That ...
Police hand over coats collected for Aglandjia appeal
Police on Tuesday delivered coats donated by the force members to Aglandjia mayor Andreas Constantinou to help the municipality’s goal of ensuring that no school child will go cold ...
More elections in Edek as members say its ideology under attack
Socialists Edek on Tuesday announced they will hold an electoral congress to decide the leadership of its Nicosia district committee later this week as dissidents lambasted party chairman Marinos Sizopoulos ...
More than half young people in Cyprus pessimistic about the future
More than half of young people in Cyprus are pessimistic about the future while the country failed to introduce new policies targeting youth during the pandemic, a Eurofound survey showed ...
Optimism over radiographers’ work to rule
Optimism a solution will be found between the state health services organisation (Okypy) and radiographers working in public hospitals was expressed on Tuesday as the latter decided not to proceed ...
Macron says France will build more nuclear energy reactors
France will build new nuclear reactors to help the country lessen its dependence on foreign countries for its energy supplies, meet global warming targets and keep prices under control, President ...
More than six out of ten do not trust Cyprus government
More than six out of ten Cypriots do not trust the national government, whereas one in two believe things are moving in the wrong direction, according to the first results ...
Political controversy around presidential assistants rumbles on
The political controversy kept raging on Tuesday over four presidential assistants whose fixed contracts got converted to open-ended contracts, effectively giving them civil servant status – something explicitly proscribed by law ...
UK police looking into House of Lords appointments issue
British police are studying correspondence they have received relating to media reports on appointments to the upper house of parliament, they said on Tuesday, after the Sunday Times reported major ...
Electricity from natural gas projected from 2023
Electricity production from natural gas can be expected during the first half of 2023, the chairman of the public natural gas company said Tuesday.
Symeon Kassianides said no extra cost to ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 266 new infections on Tuesday (updated)
No deaths from Covid were recorded in the past 24 hours, as 266 new infections were detected after 57,173 tests, a positivity rate of 0.47 per cent, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Seventy-one people ...
Violin and piano recital bring young talents to Cyprus
It’s been five years since the Pharos Arts Foundation collaborated with the Embassy of Austria to bring phenomenal young Viennese violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian to Cyprus. This November, the prize-winning ...
Coronavirus: Oev, Keve object to businesses having to use CovScan
The responsibility to abide by CovScan rules should fall exclusively on the public, not businesses, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) ...
Car chase leads to arrest after 2kg cannabis found
Police seized two kilos of cannabis and arrested a 36-year-old man on Tuesday after a car chase in rural Larnaca.
According to drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos, the man, who ...
Russia says it’s turned tide on Covid cases, but deaths hit record high
Russia said last week’s nationwide workplace shutdown had helped turn the tide of surging COVID-19 cases, even as officials on Tuesday reported the largest one-day death toll of the ...
China conducts combat readiness patrol as U.S. lawmakers visit Taiwan
China’s military said on Tuesday it conducted a combat readiness patrol in the direction of the Taiwan Strait, after its defence ministry condemned a visit to Taiwan by a ...
Women in Cyprus earn 10.4 per cent less than men
Cypriot women make 10.4 per cent less than men, meaning they need to work more days a year for the same salary, gender equality commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said on Tuesday.
“For 2021, ...
Bike scheme portal to open Wednesday as 25 approved for disabled bike purchase
The bicycle purchase portal reopens on Wednesday for conventional bikes, having on Tuesday pre-approved 25 applications for the purchase of bicycles for the disabled from 183 people who registered.
The transport ministry ...
Edek and former health minister in war of words over Gesy
The Edek party has released information that it says raises serious questions about former health minister Giorgos Pamboridis, particularly how his personal financial interests influence his opinions on the national ...
Remembrance Day to be marked by service in Paphos
A service to mark Remembrance Day will be held in Paphos on Sunday at Peyia municipality car park, and the public is invited to attend.
The service, organised by Alan ...
Five Germany players isolating after positive Covid test
Five Germany players have been asked to quarantine after one of them tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of this week’s World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, the German Football Association (...