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Developing countries, especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, are the leaders in cryptocurrency adoption. Although only El Salvador has made Bitcoin a legal tender, several governments, institutions, businesses, and ...

It’s not a lockdown this year, but the spread of Omicron has scuppered many family festive reunions As people are forced to spend yet another Christmas blighted by Covid-19, ...

There may still be 14 months to go until the presidential elections, but we already have two confirmed candidates, one who is subject to his party’s endorsement early next year, ...

Two people died from Covid and 917 new infections were detected after 112,532 tests, a positivity rate of 0.81 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. The deaths concern two men, both 91. ...

Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) maker Eve, part of Brazilian planemaker Embraer (EMBR3.SA), is planning to go public in the fifth such debut as investors bet on ...

The number of first time asylum seekers applying for international protection in the European Union rose by 58 per cent year-on-year in September 2021, with Cyprus receiving 1,120, according to monthly data published ...

Intel and Italy are intensifying talks over investments expected to be worth around 8 billion euros ($9 billion) to build an advanced semiconductor packaging plant, two sources close to the matter told ...

There’s a town in Alberta called Vulcan. And its residents (eccentric to a fault) have built a 31-foot replica of a Star Trek starship right next to the visitors’ ...

A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems ...

Turkey’s lira was on track for its strongest week on record on Friday, having spiked 44 per cent with the support of billions of dollars of state-backed market interventions and ...

The health ministry reminded on Friday that the vaccination centre will be closed for the rest of this week due to the Christmas holidays. According to the ministry, the vaccination ...

Having more than 17 municipalities would lead to financial viability problems with taxpayers footing the bill, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on the debate on the local government reform. The minister, ...

Global airline carriers have canceled more than 2,000 flights so far on Friday, the FlightAware website said, in an indication of how COVID-19 is affecting holiday travel. The website showed that ...

A friend recently asked me which part of Nicosia is my favourite. The question was quite innocent and should not involve a lengthy thinking process to answer. What makes people ...

Norwich head coach Dean Smith does not feel he could back a players’ strike – but warned football now finds itself in a “dangerous situation” over player welfare. Liverpool captain Jordan ...

By Alexia Saleem I can’t believe it’s only six more sleeps until Christmas. The children have been bouncing off the walls with excitement since the start of the ...

Five European University Cyprus academics have been included in the Top 2 per cent of global sciences citation list. Citation metrics are widely acknowledged as significant recognition indicators of the impact ...

Andy Murray given wildcard for Australian Open By PA Sport Staff Andy Murray will return to the Australian Open next month, three years after playing what he feared would be ...

Two more Hong Kong universities removed on Friday public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following the dismantling of a sculpture commemorating victims of the crackdown at another university ...

Brazil great Pele will spend Christmas at home with his family after being released from a Sao Paulo hospital but continues to be treated for a colon tumour. The three-time ...

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has described Thursday’s meeting between the Premier League and all 20 top-flight bosses as a waste of time and likened the league’s governing body to ...

More than 8,000 Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 14 days, according to the latest national surveillance report released on Friday. The report, produced by the health ministry’s epidemiological surveillance ...

Humanity is obliged to continue fighting against the coronavirus, following the course drawn by the scientists, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said in a Christmas message released on Friday. The minister ...

India has approved a $10 billion incentive plan to attract semiconductor and display manufacturers, its technology minister said on Wednesday, as part of a deepening push to establish the country as ...