Cyprus Business Now
The Cypriot used car market has experienced a severe decline over the past 12 years, with 70 per cent fewer sales since that time, according to Andreas Shikkis, president of the Pancyprian ...
Cyprus Chamber of Shipping says EU emissions package won’t work
The Cyprus Chamber of Shipping doesn’t think that the EU’s package to decarbonise shipping will simply prove effective.
The “Fit for 55” package is a set of proposals to ...
France imposes health pass for restaurants, gyms, shopping, hospitals
The new French law extending the use of the health pass (pass sanitaire) to a wider range of public places will enter into force on Aug. 9 to help the country ...
Limassol Mayor: ‘We will keep job numbers stable throughout the pandemic’
Limassol mayor Nicos Nicolaides spoke exclusively to the Cyprus Mail about the city’s businesses, how they have been affected by the pandemic and what the municipality is doing to ...
Concerns over changes to protected turtle beach in Paphos
The green light for the first organised public beach to be established in a protected area, a turtle nesting spot, spells disaster for the future, the Cyprus Greens said on ...
Our View: It’s a mistake to stop free testing
It must have been very welcome news for the thousands of people not registered with the health service Gesy that they can now use the walk-in vaccination centres islandwide every ...
Ceasefire called after three Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan
Armenia said that three of its soldiers had been killed in an exchange of gunfire with Azerbaijan and both sides later accepted a Russian ceasefire proposal to try to calm ...
French police recover jewels stolen in scooter heist
French authorities on Wednesday recovered most of the roughly 2 million euros ($2.37 million) worth of jewellery stolen from a high-end Paris boutique by an armed robber who fled the scene on ...
Kremlin: Biden is wrong to say that Russia only has nuclear weapons and oil
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s assessment of Russia as only having nuclear weapons and oil was wide of the mark and betrayed a ...
UK bows to pressure in wrangle over Unficyp mandate
Pressure from all other members of the Security Council forced Britain to accept the requested amendments to the draft resolution renewing the Unficyp’s mandate, expected to be put to ...
Coronavirus: Total cases now top 100,000 (Updated)
The total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic reached over 100,000 on Wednesday when 769 new cases announced. Two deaths were also reported.
The total number of positive ...
Performance is about more than Just a Bottle
To change it up this weekend a special performance is being staged at Theatro Polis OPAP. On Friday and Saturday Just a Bottle? is coming to Nicosia. Andreas Kentis and ...
Temperatures expected to shoot up further
The met office issued another yellow warning from Wednesday evening until Thursday afternoon and warned that temperatures will shoot over the seasonal average this weekend.
The warning covers the period ...
Barclays pays out more than $1 bln to investors as profits rebound
Barclays (BARC.L) will pay out more than a billion dollars in dividends and buybacks to shareholders after beating first-half profit forecasts as bad loan fears receded and investment banking ...
German insurers expect up to $6.5 bln in storm claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in claims from storms that brought catastrophic flooding to parts of the country this month.
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UK watchdog demands 40 per cent women in boardrooms
Britain’s financial regulator demanded the appointment of more women and non-white minorities to the leadership of Britain’s largest firms on Wednesday, saying at least 40 per cent of board ...
Boeing posts first profit in almost two years helped by 737 MAX deliveries
Boeing Co (BA.N) on Wednesday posted its first quarterly profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound ...
Cypriot windsurfers starting to find their rhythm in Tokyo
Cypriot athletes began to find their rhythm in the windsurfing competitions at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday to maintain their positions in the general classification.
According to the Cyprus Olympic ...
England scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated US, EU arrivals (Update 5)
England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines ...
TV Shows we love: Star Trek Voyager
Hate me if you like, but Voyager is my favourite of the Star Treks. Of course I love the Original Series; nothing beats a great Spock. And I adore Next ...
Mehran and Yamin keep Moufflons run going
Moufflons continued their fine start to the 2021 CCA #BAOFINANCIAL 40 Over Cup presented by Abbeygate Insurance with an emphatic 8-wicket win over Black Caps.
Murtaza Yamin’s five wicket haul helped ...
Renovation work has started on historic Famagusta church
The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH) announced on Wednesday that a contract has been signed for conservation works at the church of Ayios Synesios in the Famagusta area in ...
Anastasiades critical of UK and Spehar over their stance on Turkey at UN
President Nicos Anastasiades has left open the possibility of either vetoing the EU’s positive agenda towards Turkey or pushing for the adoption of new sanctions against Ankara, he said ...
Two jailed for drugs
Larnaca criminal court on Wednesday jailed a 48-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man to ten and five years in jail for illegal drug possession and possession with the intend to ...