House gives nod to extra €92m in govt spending
The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to an extra €92 million in government spending until the end of the year, over and above the approved budget for fiscal 2021, the ...
Inflation remained high in September
The rate of inflation in Cyprus remained high in September – registering at 4.1 per cent – though lower than the 5 per cent of the previous month, according to the Statistical Service.
Energy ...
AG’s office ‘assessing’ material in Pandora Papers
The Law Office of the Republic is “assessing” the material made public through the Pandora Papers, and if it spots content meriting a criminal probe it will instruct the police ...
Ireland agrees global tax deal, sacrificing prized low rate
Ireland dropped its opposition to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules on Thursday, agreeing to give up its prized 12.5% tax for large multinationals in a major boost to efforts ...
Saudi-led consortium completes takeover of Newcastle
Premier League club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league announced in a statement on Thursday.
“Following the completion of the Premier League’s ...
Coronavirus: UK eases travel rules for 47 countries including Cyprus
Britain will scrap tough COVID-19 quarantine requirements for 47 destinations including South Africa on Monday and make it easier for people to arrive from countries including India, Brazil and Turkey in ...
Coronavirus: No new deaths, 131 people test positive on Thursday (Updated)
Authorities on Thursday announced no new fatalities from Covid-19, while testing tracked 131 new positives from a total of 56,507 samples.
As such, the death toll since March 2020 remains at 557.
In hospitals, 60 ...
Listening to the voices of EU citizens
Director in DG Communication, European Parliament Stephen Clark was in Cyprus recently to get to know the country and its people. He sat down with the Cyprus Mail to answer ...
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo, causing blackouts but no tsunami warning
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas late on Thursday, stopping train lines and causing sporadic power cuts, but there were no reports of ...
Live music not to miss in Paphos this week
October is here already and it is bringing with it a whole series of live music performances, concerts and recitals. This week, Paphos will host an array of shows and ...
Coronavirus: Friday’s testing locations for eligible groups
A total of 22 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Friday, the health ministry announced.
Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...
Pfizer, BioNTech seek US vaccine clearance for children 5-11
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked U.S. regulators to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a group for whom no shot is currently ...
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo, causing blackouts but no tsunami warning
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas late on Thursday, stopping train lines and causing sporadic power cuts, but there were no reports of ...
Local authorities urged to be sensible about demands as reforms draw closer
Discussion on local government reform bills continued Thursday with stakeholders urged to be sensible about their demands and focus on the big picture, which is the need for reforms.
The ...
Coronavirus: Walk-in jab event in Limassol on Sunday
People of all ages who wish to be vaccinated against Covid or receive their booster shot, will be able to do so on Sunday at a large walk-in centre operating ...
Bases police in joint exercise with CyPol
British bases police and their Cypriot counterparts (CyPol) have just completed an annual week-long joint exercise.
The annual drill saw the SBA police’s negotiator team involved for a third ...
Britain’s NatWest pleads guilty to money laundering failings
NatWest pleaded guilty on Thursday to failing to prevent the laundering of nearly 400 million pounds ($544 million) and faces a heavy fine after becoming the first bank in Britain to admit ...
Acquired tastes: adorning Kirsten Dunst’s Hollywood home
In this Architectural Digest video, we tour actress and model Kirsten Dunst’s Hollywood home – an unabashed sanctuary of things loved and old.
Along the way, we learn how Dunst’...
Twitter to sell mobile ad unit MoPub for $1 billion
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell mobile ad company MoPub to AppLovin Corp (APP.O) for $1.05 billion in cash, as the microblogging platform looks ...
Coronavirus: People over 70 eligible for booster shots
The health ministry announced that people over 70 would be eligible for a Covid vaccine booster shot starting Friday.
A ministry statement said that people over 70 who have received their second ...
Merkel and Pope discuss climate change in farewell visit
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the response to climate change would require a radical change in how people live as she met Pope Francis during a farewell ...
Stablecoins to face same safeguards as traditional payments
Stablecoins would have to comply with the same safeguards as their more traditional competitors in payments under proposals from regulators on Wednesday as authorities get to grips with a rapidly ...
Tanzania’s Gurnah, novelist of colonialism and refuge, wins 2021 Nobel
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, 72, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee,” the award-giving body ...
Budget to drastically reduce deficit says minister
The 2022 state budget will feature a significant fiscal correction, after two years of high deficits, said finance minister Constantinos Petrides, while handing it to the President of the House of ...