War in Ukraine causes German business morale to collapse
German business morale plummeted in March as companies worried about rising energy prices, driver shortages and the stability of supply chainsin the wake of the war in Ukraine,pointing to ...
Quake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Ecuador coast, damaging buildings Source: Reuters
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near the coastal region of Ecuador late on Saturday, damaging buildings and striking down light poles on highways.
The quake was at a depth of 40 ...
Environment commissioner calls for individual and global action
Never before has the need to comply with the wishes of the planet been so imperative worldwide, Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou said during the annual Earth Hour event on Saturday ...
Hard landing: Lessors lose hope of getting Russian planes back
As the clock runs down to Monday’s sanctions deadline for Russian airlines to hand back more than 400 leased planes worth almost $10 billion, foreign lessors are fast losing hope that ...
Elon Musk giving ‘serious thought’ to build a new social media platform
Tesla Inc TSLA.O Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform, the billionaire said in a tweet on Saturday.
Musk was ...
Could the US ship more LNG to Europe?
The United States, the world’s top natural gas producer, wants to send more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe to help its allies break their dependence on Russian gas ...
Russian forces are firing at Kharkiv’s nuclear research facility – Ukrainian parliament
Russian forces are firing at a nuclear research facility in the city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian parliament said in a Twitter post on Saturday.
“It is currently impossible to estimate ...
Turkey’s current account deficit seen rising to 4 per cent of GDP this year
Turkey’s current account deficit is expected to rise to $32 billion or 4.0 per cent of GDP this year, more than the 2.5 per cent previously forecast, Goldman Sachs said, citing rising ...
Predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture
By Ari Mattes
There were some extraordinary films released in 2021: Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, an electric neon romp through the porn world, Ildikó Enyedi’s period epic, The Story of ...
Potatoes fall victim to war and weather
A series of late frosts will cost potato producer Avraam Venizelos dear
Sitting at Peristerona’s kafeneio just opposite the church of St Barnabas and Hilarion, I take a quick ...
Our View: We must all adapt and learn to cope with the higher prices
High prices of fuel, grain, meat and vegetables have become a popular subject for the media. Indignant stories about the the constantly rising price of fuel, the soaring cost of ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cue the ribbon of silent defiance
NONE of our courageous politicians has yet broken the vow of silence they took with regard to the unveiled threats issued by Mother Russia’s ambassador Stan Osadchiy 10 days ago. ...
Biden calls Putin a ‘butcher’, Russian forces take Chernobyl workers’ town (Update 6)
US President Joe Biden, visiting Nato ally Poland on Saturday, called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher”.
Biden said he was not sure Russia was changing its strategy in Ukraine ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 5,172 people test positive on Saturday (Updated)
The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 5,172 had tested positive from 82,488 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 6.27 per cent.
The deaths concerned ...
Turkey defuses mine after Russia warns of strays from Ukraine ports
Turkey’s military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion north of Istanbul, days after Russia warned several of ...
Bus strike over after marathon meeting resolves issues
Nicosia bus employees on Saturday reached an agreement with their employers after mediation by Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou and Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos.
The agreement came after talks that lasted ...
Lviv mayor reports further strike after rockets hit outskirts of western Ukrainian city (Update 2)
The mayor of Lviv said another rocket had hit the city in western Ukraine on Saturday, not long after two rockets struck its outskirts in what appeared to be the ...
Scores of people on both sides march for more crossing points
One hundred and eight organisations, political parties, trade unions and NGOs on Saturday demonstrated for the opening of more crossing points under the banner: ‘For peace and a solution open ...
Coronavirus: Sunday’s free testing sites for eligible groups
The free testing sites for Sunday are as follows:
District
Location of testing units
Operating hours
Telephone
Nicosia
(26 units)
Mall of Cyprus (underground parking area)
9 am – 6 pm
99969931
Nicosia Mall
9 am – 6 ...
Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months
Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard said on Saturday.
He added that some of the foreign militants ...
Xavi can stay in Barcelona as long as he wants, says Laporta
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez can remain at the LaLiga side for as long as he wants following his superb start in the job, club president Joan Laporta said, adding that ...
Deportation of HIV student halted after uproar (Updated)
The civil registry and migration department on Saturday responded to being lambasted for ordering the deportation of a third-country student because he was HIV positive, saying they would be issuing ...
Japan’s Kishida sees growing chance of Russia using nuclear weapons
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday the prospect of Russia using nuclear weapons was “increasingly real”, welcoming a visit by the U.S. ambassador to Hiroshima, the ...
Bologna coach Mihajlovic to undergo treatment for leukaemia
Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic will return to hospital to undergo another round of treatment for leukaemia after scans showed a risk of a relapse, the Serbian said on Saturday.
The 53...