Luxury goods market faces rare decline
Sales of personal luxury goods are set to fall 2 per cent this year, making it one of the weakest on record, with price hikes and economic uncertainty shrinking the industry’...
UK grocery inflation higher again as countdown to Christmas begins
British shoppers faced renewed pressure on their budgets in October after grocery price inflation edged higher for the second month in a row, industry data showed this week.
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US probes UBS over Russian clients from Credit Suisse deal
The United States is pursuing an inquiry into Russian clients that UBS (UBSG.S) took on when it bought Credit Suisse, three people familiar with the matter said, heightening scrutiny ...
Top court rules planning permission for glamping is constitutional
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that it is not unconstitutional nor a violation of European Union law for the construction of luxury camp sites, also known as ‘glamping’, to ...
Our View: Government doctors need to be publicly shamed and defeated
After a brief meeting with representatives of the state health services, Okypy, the perennially angry leader of Pasyki (government doctors union), Sotiris Koumas walked out because his members would not ...
Prosecutor seeks 5-year ban from office against French far right leader Le Pen
The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial where she and 24 others ...
Panayiotou praises concrete sector for agreeing to negotiation framework
Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Wednesday night praised both workers and employers in the concrete sector for agreeing to the negotiation framework he has devised with the aim of bringing ...
Italian president tells Musk to quit meddling in Italy’s politics
Italian President Sergio Mattarella told Elon Musk on Wednesday not to interfere in Italian affairs after the US billionaire said Rome judges blocking a government anti-immigration initiative should be sent ...
Half a metric tonne of meat smuggled from Republic found in Famagusta
A total of 448kgs of meat smuggled from the Republic were found by local police in Famagusta on Wednesday, the town’s Turkish Cypriot municipality said.
The meat, all of ...
Ioannou not ‘indifferent’ to challenges of local government reform
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday said he was not “indifferent” to the challenges of local government reform and that he in fact “did more than that for which the ...
FSRU Prometheas to leave Shanghai next month
The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheas, which will form part of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at he, will set sail for Cyprus from Shanghai at the ...
Pitfalls in local government changes highlighted
Local government reform had been undertaken without preparation, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Wednesday.
The two and a half years which had been granted while elections were postponed had ...
US Senate Republicans pick insider John Thune as their next leader
U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging off a public pressure campaign by supporters of Donald Trump ...
Limassol gallery presents journey of expression
The Limassol art scene is about to welcome a new exhibition. The Larnaca-born artist, Nikolas Antoniou, returns to Lumiere Gallery in Limassol for the second time to present his exhibition ...
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Trump meets Biden at White House to discuss power transfer
President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since winning last week’s election and sat down for talks about the looming transfer of ...
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State doctors and Okypy clash again: 48-hour strike called
State hospital doctors will be going on a 48-hour strike at the end of the month, Pasyki union announced on Wednesday after another failed attempt to clinch a deal with ...
CFA chief Koumas slammed after journalist’s award withdrawn
Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman Giorgos Koumas came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the Cyprus sports writers’ union withdrew an award from a journalist who had uncovered corruption within ...
Year’s first flamingos arrive in Larnaca
The first flamingos have arrived in Larnaca’s salt lake searching for a warmer climate and food.
Every year thousands of migratory birds including flamingos come to Cyprus to spend ...
Senior Russian naval officer killed in car bombing claimed by Kyiv
A bomb planted under a car blew up and killed a senior Russian naval officer in occupied Crimea’s city of Sevastopol on Wednesday, in what a Kyiv security source ...
Where to find root canal retreatment options in Wichita Falls
A root canal is a common dental procedure that can help save your existing tooth after it has fallen victim to pulp infection or has been cracked or otherwise damaged. ...
Israel questions ICC judge’s impartiality in Netanyahu arrest case
Israel has questioned the impartiality of an International Criminal Court judge appointed to a panel deciding whether an arrest warrant should be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The ...
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Searching for the next great opportunity that guarantees a high ROI in a short period is something investors do nonstop. Popular meme coin Dogecoin has long been in front of ...
Parliament calls for new rules for public contracts after wave of terminations
The House legal committee on Thursday called for improvements to the procedural framework surrounding public contracts, amid a wave of contracts being terminated by the government in the second half ...
MPs discuss extension to time to appeal a conviction
The window of opportunity to file an appeal after a criminal conviction should be increased from three months to six months, the House legal committee agreed on Wednesday, after a ...