Who will benefit from Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has enabled individuals and businesses to freely transfer money across borders much faster and at lower costs than fiat currencies. It serves as a value storage and exchange medium, ...
How does Bitcoin work in El Salvador?
In June 2021, the El Salvador parliament approved a new law allowing people to use cryptocurrency as legal tender for all kinds of goods and services, alongside its national currency, the ...
Coronavirus: two deaths, 727 people test positive on Sunday (Updated)
The health ministry announced two deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and that 727 more people had tested positive from 73,053 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1 per cent.
The deaths ...
Protesters demand an end to SafePass, threats and coercion (Updated)
Hundreds of people gathered outside the justice ministry on Sunday to protest Covid restrictions and for the release of those arrested during the week in connection with an attack on ...
UNESCO grants world heritage status to Madrid’s Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park
UNESCO added Madrid’s historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of world heritage sites on Sunday.
The tree-lined Paseo del Prado, in the centre of ...
First woman appointed as Permanent Representative of Cyprus to UN
Ambassador Olympia Neocleous has become the first woman to be accredited as Permanent Representative of Cyprus since the establishment of the Permanent Mission of the Republic in Geneva in the 1970...
Ethiopia’s Amhara state rallies youth to fight Tigrayans as war expands
Ethiopia’s Amhara state on Sunday called on “all young people” to take up arms against Tigrayan fighters who are battling the federal government military and forces from all of ...
Kontides fourth after first day of sailing action in Tokyo
Pavlos Kontides finished in fourth place in the first and only race in the men’s sailing laser competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
The race was won by ...
Japan enjoy golden day, Tunisian swimmer stuns superpowers
The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great David v Goliath cycling victories and double sibling ...
Positive display for Cypriot shooters in Tokyo
Cypriot shooters got underway at the Tokyo Olympics with some positive displays on Sunday.
In men’s skeet qualifying, Dimitris Constantinou and Giorgos Achilleos are in 12th and 14th positions ...
Coronavirus: rapid testing sites for Monday
The health ministry announced on Sunday a total of 57 rapid test sites for Monday.
The testing is largely necessary for access to locations which require a SafePass, for people over ...
This is the hour of reckoning
The events of this past week call for the most radical of actions: the president should resign
Last Tuesday, Turkey announced the long-anticipated, much-discussed opening of part of fenced-off Varosha.
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Hotels struggle as little ‘pick up’ from the UK
With an expected boost in bookings not seen, industry professionals are now hoping to just break even
With July coming to a close hotel bookings in Cyprus from the British ...
Coronavirus: 202,781 adults remain unvaccinated, ministry of health says
A total of 202,781 adult persons remain unvaccinated against Covid-19, the ministry of health said in a press release.
According to data released by the ministry, 71.7% of the adult population has ...
Olympics-All dressed up with no one to help, Tokyo volunteers sit in for spectators
There aren’t any fans to watch the Olympic weightlifting in Tokyo this year, so that job effectively falls to the bored volunteers with little else to do after spectators ...
Drunk driver arrested seven times over the alcohol limit
Police on Sunday said they arrested a 19-year-old male for drink driving in Nicosia.
He was caught on Saturday afternoon and a test showed his alcohol levels were 69μg instead ...
Lifeguards call on authorities to stop cutting corners after woman drowns
A 60-year-old woman drowned at Protaras beach on Friday, Cyprus’ committee of professional lifeguards said on Sunday.
In a statement, it called on authorities to re-evaluate working hours of lifeguards, ...
Sheep v conspiracy theorists
The pragmatic v the quixotic – there are lots of ways to divide people over Covid vaccines but Theo Panayides asks what is driving people to make a decision over getting ...
ECOFIN to approve Cyprus’ €1.2 billion Recovery and Resilience Plan on Monday
The European Finance Ministers will approve Cyprus €1.2 billion Recovery and Resilience Plan in a scheduled videoconference to be held on Monday.
The Cypriot plan is included in the second batch ...
On its sixth anniversary, what chance is there of keeping Iran’s nuclear deal alive?
Dr Yiorghos Leventis
July 14 marked the sixth anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The JCPOA reached on July 14, 2015 in Vienna is the multinational nuclear deal between the US, ...
North slams UN Security Council statement on Varosha
The ‘presidency’ in the north accused on Sunday the UN security council of bowing to pressure from Greece and Greek Cypriots.
It said the decision to reopen part of the ...
My Cyprus: A tale of two eras
The memoir of a German ambassador who lived in Cyprus in the 1980s and returned as a tourist in 2012
My Cyprus, a memoir and guide to Cyprus written by Joachim ...
UK health minister sparks fury by urging people not to ‘cower from’ COVID
British health minister Sajid Javid was accused of insulting coronavirus victims on Sunday after urging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine and “learn to live with, rather than cower from, ...
International community to address Turkey’s provocations, says Photiou
The international community, the UN and the EU cannot keep on showing tolerance towards Turkey, said Commissioner Photis Photiou, in a memorial service held Saturday for the heroes and missing ...