Our View: Bank workers union needs to be told the party is over
The dispute between Hellenic Bank and the bank employees’ union Etyk over the renewal of the collective agreement seems set to drag on. In the latest twist, the union refused ...
Champions City top again with win over Brighton
Second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva earned Manchester City a 3-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday that helped the champions regain top spot ...
Arsenal boost Champions League push with 4-2 win at Chelsea
Arsenal beat Chelsea 4-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday, helped by two Eddie Nketiah goals, leaving the Gunners running neck-and-neck with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the race ...
Ex-government official charged with forging academic credentials
Former volunteerism commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki was officially charged on Wednesday in relation to the alleged forgery of his academic documents, an allegation which led him to resign from his post ...
No surrender in Mariupol despite deadline; refugees top 5 million
About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after a Russian ultimatum ...
Macron, Le Pen clash in French election debate
French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen battled on Wednesday over who would be best placed to improve voters’ purchasing power and run France’s foreign policy, ...
Russia tests nuclear-capable missile that Putin calls world’s best
Russia said on Wednesday it had conducted a first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new and long-awaited addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin ...
Emba residents in protest over ‘huge’ numbers of refugees
A group of Emba residents on Wednesday staged a protest demanding the government handle the levels of refugee settlement in the community following a violent incident last week that resulted ...
EC president tells Ukrainians during visit: ‘History will not forget’
European Council President Charles Michel pledged European solidarity with Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Wednesday and said justice must be done for alleged Russian war crimes.
Michel, ...
Top officials walk out of G20 meeting as Russians speak
Top finance officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out of Wednesday’s G20 meeting as Russian representatives spoke, UK finance minister Rishi Sunak said, exposing deepening divisions ...
Ukraine’s Orthodox church asks faithful to forgo night Easter services
The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church asked clergy and the faithful on Wednesday to forgo night Easter services in areas of the country affected by fighting, fearing Russian bombardments ...
Greece to raise minimum wage to boost low incomes
Greece will raise the minimum wage from May 1 for a second time this year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday as rising inflation takes a toll on household incomes.
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Despite war, reasonable optimism for 2022 tourism
Travel agents are confident that 2022 will be much better for tourism in comparison to 2021, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (Acta) said this week.
Head Vasilis Stamataris was speaking at ...
Blood donation requirement targeting gays dropped
An outdated blood donation requirement targeting gay men was on Wednesday removed from the blood bank’s website following the health ministry’s intervention.
The move is the second update ...
Comedy nights in English
More stand-up and comedy evenings are coming up and surprisingly, they are all in English! April and May’s comedy nights, however, are being held in English welcoming comedians from ...
Netflix heads for worst day in two decades
Netflix shares lost over a third of their value on Wednesday after the company reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, leaving Wall Street questioning its growth in ...
Lucky escape for paratrooper after chute failed to open
A Greek paratrooper almost fell to his death when his parachute failed to open during a recent military exercise over Cyprus.
The incident took place during a military exercise earlier ...
EU ban on single-use plastics in place from Sept 30
The environment department on Wednesday said that the amendments extending the ban on single-use plastics (SUPs) to September 30 this year have now been transposed into law.
In a written announcement, ...
Lidl Cyprus places feelings at the heart of Easter campaign
Lidl Cyprus places great importance on the emotional connection with its shoppers, which is why its campaigns aim always to connect more closely with its customers, associating its brand with ...
Cabinet grants a temporary urban planning permit to slaughterhouse
The cabinet has approved a six-month temporary urban planning permit to slaughterhouse Cypra Ltd in its effort to resolve the environmental issues related to noise and odor emissions in the ...
Outfit7 pledges to plant 30,000 trees in honour of Earth Day
Outfit7 has pledged to help plant at least 30,000 trees as part of its Earth Day celebrations.
The company is hosting a special in-game event in its most popular endless runner, ‘...
Contract signed to improve intercity bus routes
The transport ministry and Intercity Buses on Wednesday signed a new contract aiming at upgrading and expanding intercity bus services with more regular routes.
“The new contract is another step ...
UN: Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war tops 5 million
The number of people fleeing Ukraine to escape Russia’s invasion has passed 5 million in Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, U.N. refugee ...
TV shows we love: Occupied
By Michalis Iacovides
I had seen trailers of the Norwegian TV series Occupied for some time on Netlix but never got around to watching it. Somehow the plot about Russia ‘...