Anastasiades in Brussels for Council meeting on Ukraine
President Nicos Anastasiades is in Brussels for the European Council Thursday and Friday where EU leaders are expected to discuss the situation in Ukraine, and also with US President Joe ...
The end, and the beginning of a new era for RCB
By Yiannis Seitanides
RCB Bank’s coordinated exit from the financial markets has entered the final stretch, with the supervisory authorities in Nicosia and Frankfurt managing a situation that could ...
Trump to urge court to block House from getting his tax returns
An appeals court on Thursday will debate whether a congressional committee can obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest face-off in ...
UK sanctions Alfa, Gazprombank and Lavrov’s step daughter
Britain sanctioned another wave of Russia’s banks, critical industries and a host of members of its elite on Thursday, including Gazprombank, Alfa Bank, and a woman they said was ...
Nato chief tells Russia it cannot win nuclear war
NATO warned against Russia’s war in Ukraine sliding into a nuclear confrontation between Moscow and the West.
“Russia should stop this dangerous irresponsible nuclear rhetoric,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg ...
World-renowned neuroscientist to give public lecture at EUC
Neuroscientist Semir Zeki, Professor at University College London and Fellow of the Royal Society, will present a public lecture at European University Cyprus (EUC) on March 31.
The internationally-acclaimed academic will ...
Challenges arise as Russia calls for gas payments in roubles
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the world’s largest natural gas producer would soon require “unfriendly” countries to pay for their fuel in Russia’s currency, the rouble.
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Restaurant review: Chesters bar and restaurant, Limassol
Perhaps it was an unconscious decision prompted by the surprisingly vicious cold snap currently gripping the island, an unwitting turn towards familiarity and reliability, but visiting Chesters recently was not ...
‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis
British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not going far enough to help households through the biggest drop in living standards since the 1950s, despite announcing ...
Dubai ruler’s ex-wife gets custody of children after ‘exorbitant’ domestic abuse
Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, inflicted “exorbitant” domestic abuse against his ex-wife, a senior British judge has concluded as he awarded her sole responsibility for looking after ...
Lidl Cyprus, AKTI Project mark first year collab milestone
Lidl Cyprus and the AKTI Project and Research Centre have completed a successful first year of cooperation.
The joint efforts launched in the autumn of 2021, with the aim of taking ...
Russia stocks jump as trade resumes after month-long break
Russia’s stocks jumped on Thursday, the first day of trading in almost a month in the wake of its troops entering Ukraine, with gains in commodity stocks offset by ...
Organ concert coming up in Limassol
The Tatiana Stupak School of Music is presenting another organ concert at St Catherine’s Church on Limassol’s sea front on March 30 with Stupak on the organ accompanied by ...
Finnair to launch direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki next month
Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki from April 10 this year, an announcement from the Finnish embassy in Cyprus said Thursday.
The Finnish ambassador to Cyprus, Harri Mä...
RCB to close its banking operations in shift towards asset management
RCB Bank on Thursday announced that it will cease operating as a bank and would become an asset management company.
The bank cited the “ongoing and extremely volatile geopolitical situation” ...
Free upgrade of Cyta RED and FREEDOM plans from April 1
Next month will see Cyta offer a free upgrade of all RED and FREEDOM plans, improving the daily lives of its 180,000 customers.
As of April 1, all such packages will get ...
Cyprus to mark Greek independence anniversary with parades, events
Cyprus will on Friday celebrate Greek Independence Day with schoolchildren taking part in parades in all towns.
March 25, which also is a public holiday in Cyprus, commemorates the start of ...
Coronavirus: Friday’s free testing sites for eligible groups
A total of 37 free rapid testing sites will operate around the republic on Friday, the health ministry announced.
Aside from any medical certificates exempting them from vaccination/entitling them to ...
Russian ambassador says Poland blocked his embassy’s bank accounts
Russia’s ambassador to Warsaw said on Thursday that Poland had blocked the Russian embassy’s bank accounts on the basis that they might be used to finance terrorist activity ...
Sunak’s Spring statement 2022, a quick analysis
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2022 spring statement was delivered in the haze of an extremely testing economic environment. As the war in Ukraine rages on, inflation has hit a 30-year ...
Nicosia bus drivers return to work, call off strike pending new dialogue
Nicosia bus employees returned to work on Thursday, after they temporarily called off their indefinite strike which started last week.
The decision to suspend the strike was announced after a ...
Five South American teams still vying for World Cup berth
The penultimate round of the South American World Cup qualifiers takes place on Thursday and five teams are still in with a chance of joining Brazil and Argentina at the ...
Italian police seize documents in Juventus accounting probe
Italian tax police have seized documents as part of a Turin prosecutors probe of allegations of false accounting at Italian Serie A football club Juventus JUVE.MI, a source with ...
Illumina launches multiple-gene test to spot rare treatable cancers
Genome sequencing group Illumina (ILMN.O) on Tuesday launched a cancer test in Europe that checks for a wide range of tumour genes in one tissue sample, potentially helping patients ...