Global electric vehicle sales increase by 21 per cent in July
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by a yearly 21 per cent in July, thanks to China’s strongest growth this year and despite dropping demand in ...
Carlsberg lifts 2024 organic growth outlook, Q2 sales lag forecasts
Danish brewer Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) this week lifted its full-year organic growth outlook despite posting weaker-than-expected sales for the second quarter.
The company said it now expects full year organic ...
German investor morale tumbles in August
German investor morale darkened more than expected in August, posting its strongest decline in two years, the ZEW economic research institute said this week.
The economic sentiment index fell to 19.2 ...
Events in Protaras this week
Protaras and Paralimni are at their busiest this week. Restaurants are full, beaches are packed and bars are entertaining. You either love it or you hate it. For those brave ...
‘We have been waiting to return for 50 years’
Famagustians have been waiting for 50 years to be able to return to their occupied city, Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou said on Wednesday the anniversary of the second leg of the 1974 ...
Cypriot firefighters return from North Macedonia, after battling blaze for five days
The Cypriot firefighting mission to North Macedonia to respond to forest fires has been completed, leaving the best impressions for its operational excellence and is returning to Cyprus, the Director ...
Ukraine is advancing deeper into Russia, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine said on Wednesday its forces had advanced further into Russia’s Kursk region in the biggest foreign incursion into Russia since World War Two, posing a dilemma for President ...
‘Risk of South American mosquito virus low in Cyprus’
The risk for Cyprus and other European countries from the Oropouche virus, which is found mainly in South American countries and is transmitted through mosquitoes, is low, Valentinos Silvestros, epidemiologist ...
‘Government seeking to have 2024 Cyprus growth rate to exceed 4 per cent’
The government now aims for the 2024 growth rate to exceed 4 per cent, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said, following a flash estimate by the Statistical Service for a growth rate of 3.6 ...
Nicosia-based game studio secures $11.3 million investment
Eschatology Entertainment, a PC and console game development studio based in Nicosia, on Wednesday announced the closing of an $11.3 million investment round led by KRAFTON, with GEM Capital and The ...
Man sentenced to five months in prison for indecent exposures in Ayia Napa
Famagusta District Court on Wednesday imposed a five-month prison sentence on a 47-year-old man for indecent assaults and acts committed against five, one who was a minor.
According to police, ...
Turkish gold demand lifts Italian jewellery exports as leather goods suffer
A surge in demand for gold from inflation-stricken Turkey boosted exports of jewellery from Italy’s industrial district of Arezzo in Tuscany, data showed this week, offsetting a drop in ...
Ministries working together to decide next steps on buffer zone fencing
The deputy migration ministry and the justice ministry are working together to decide the next steps on the barbed wire fencing along the Green line, it emerged on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
Freedom24’s Olga Milko advocates for financial literacy in the age of complex markets
From basic concepts to advanced strategies: the Freedom24 approach to investor education
Olga Milko, the Business Development Director at Freedom24, spoke to the Cyprus Mail about the growing importance of ...
Find me falling for Vikings
Sure, we’re biased about home products, Smuggling Hendrix was great, and everyone I’ve asked said Stelana Kliris’ Find Me Falling was captivating. Some foreign critics deemed it simple ...
‘Greece will continue supporting efforts for a just Cyprus solution’
Greece’s Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday that the country will continue to support efforts for a viable solution to the Cyprus problem.
He added that Greece will ...
President says ready for Cyprus talks immediately
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday expressed his readiness to return to the dialogue table immediately to continue Cyprus problems talks.
In a written statement issued on the 50th anniversary of ...
Hamas to stay out of Gaza truce talks, Iran considers Israel attack
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, dimming hopes for a ...
Police arrest two in Limassol for theft from a car
Police arrested two men, 45 and 24, as part of investigations into a car theft in Limassol, authorities said on Wednesday.
According to a police statement, the two men were arrested for ...
Germany asks Poland to arrest Ukrainian diver in Nord Stream probe, media reports
Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according to ...
Tragic Helios airplane crash remembered 19 years later
Nineteen years have passed since the tragic crash on August 14, 2005, of the Boeing 737-31S aircraft of Helios Airways in the mountainous area of Grammatiko in Attica, Greece. The devastating ...
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida to resign, paving way for new leader
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term, and ...
A journey to acceptance
I first met Thomas when we were children, playing in the park in our neighbourhood. Even back then it was clear that he was different to other kids. While the ...
Greece tackles last of wildfire near Athens, assesses damage
Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings, devoured woodland and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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