US joins 55 nations to set new global rules for the internet
The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a time when the U....
Winners of Stelios bi-communal awards 2022 announced
The 10 winning pairs of the 2022 Stelios Bi-Communal Awards for Business Cooperation were announced on Thursday, by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, with each participant taking a €10,000 cash prize.
Participation in the Bicommunal ...
Hobbled by economy, Erdogan heads to Saudi to mend ties after Khashoggi U-turn
Three and a half years after accusing Saudi Arabia’s leadership of murder and running a sham trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans ...
Greece to pay Gazprom without breaching sanctions against Russia
Greece plans to pay Russian gas supplier Gazprom next month in a way that will not breach European Union sanctions against Russia, the country’s energy minister said on Thursday.
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EU estimates up to 80% of population has had COVID
The European Commission said that between 60% and 80% of the EU population was estimated to have been infected with COVID-19, as the bloc enters a post-emergency phase in which mass reporting ...
Investors fret over potential Musk U-turn in $44 billion Twitter buyout
Investors speculating over whether Elon Musk will complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) sent the social media company’s shares on Wednesday to their lowest level since ...
Britain delays post-Brexit import controls until late 2023
Britain has delayed imposing post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union until the end of next year, saying retailers were facing too many other cost pressures and it ...
Euro peers over the cliff at dollar parity as recession looms
The euro’s drop to a five-year low is rekindling the possibility the currency will reach parity versus the dollar for the first time in two decades, as fears of ...
Standoff with Lebanon banks could derail IMF deal, minister says
Lebanon’s efforts to secure $3 billion in International Monetary Fund support to help it tackle its financial crisis could be derailed by divisions over how to deal with massive financial ...
Anastasiades meets President of Estonia
President Nicos Anastasiades, who is in Tallinn on an official two-day visit, met the President of Estonia Alar Karis on Thursday morning. Anastasiades was received with military honours at the ...
Britain’s Sainsbury’s warns of lower profit as inflation hits
British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) followed market leader Tesco (TSCO.L) in warning that soaring inflation would lower profit in the current financial year, taking the shine off ...
Boy loses three fingers in firecracker explosion
Police on Thursday were investigating the conditions under which an 11-year-old boy lost three of his fingers following a firecracker explosion.
The boy was transferred to the accident and emergency ...
Cyprus has grain supplies for at least three months
Cyprus has enough grain for at least three months, said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Wednesday.
“We can feel safe but still monitor the situation”, the minister assured.
Kadis met ...
Police arrest man and woman for theft of fuel from cars
by Andreas Pavlou
Limassol police on Thursday said that they had arrested a 59-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman in connection with a case of theft of fuel from vehicles.
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UK says Ukraine can attack Russian logistics, unlikely to use its weapons
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday it would be legitimate for Ukrainian forces to target Russian logistics but they were unlikely to use British weapons.
Moscow has accused ...
Russian-controlled region of Ukraine will start using rouble, official says
Ukraine’s southern Kherson region will start using the Russian rouble from May 1, an official from a pro-Russian committee that styles itself as the region’s “military-civil administration” told Russian ...
‘I’m done’: Fury sticks to retirement plan
Tyson Fury has reiterated that he is retiring from boxing, stressing that “no amount of money” will tempt him to change the decision.
The 33-year-old undefeated WBC heavyweight champion once ...
West Ham boss Moyes relishing special European clash with Eintracht
West Ham United manager David Moyes said they are relishing their Europa League semi-final tie with Eintracht Frankfurt, a fixture which gave the east London club one of their greatest ...
Erdogan says Turkish courts proved independence by convicting Kavala
President Tayyip Erdogan said a decision to jail philanthropist Osman Kavala for life over anti-government protests in 2013 showed that Turkey’s courts were independent.
Erdogan said the European Court of ...
Van Bronckhorst urges Rangers to block out noise ahead of Europa semi
Rangers boss Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has told his players to block all the outside pressures in their bid to reach the Europa League final.
The Light Blues take on RB ...
Man arrested at airport with 3.6kg cocaine
The police drug squad on Thursday said they arrested a 34-year-old man at Larnaca airport after they found over 3.5kg of cocaine in his luggage.
The man arrived at the ...
Polis Chrysochous venue owners optimistic about tourist season
The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April.
Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...
COVID-hit Beijing increases curbs, fears Shanghai-like misery
The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city’s 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the one-year jail sentence imposed on Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent by a court in Turkey for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been commuted ...