Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, one in two workers is the victim of bullying, MPs heard on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee as it kicked off a debate into ...
Cyprus problem an open wound says Mitsotakis
The Cyprus problem has been an open wound for the past 48 years, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis told diaspora Greeks at an event in New York early on Thursday.
“We ...
‘Cyprus will take part in international response to Russia’, Lavrov meeting cancelled
Cyprus will participate with other nations to form a response to Russia’s intention to hold referenda in annexed areas of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said after an extraordinary ...
Kasoulides talks Ukraine, gas with Nuland
Ukraine, energy issues and the next steps for the Cyprus problem were on the agenda during talks between Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and US under secretary of state Victoria Nuland ...
UN showdown looms between Lavrov, West over atrocities in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will face off on Thursday with his Ukrainian and Western counterparts, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, when the United Nations Security Council ...
Europe burns cash to help businesses in deepening energy crisis
Germany nationalised gas importer Uniper (UN01.DE) on Wednesday and Britain capped the wholesale cost of electricity and gas for businesses, in Europe’s latest moves to keep the lights ...
Donald Trump and children are sued by New York attorney general for fraud
Donald Trump, his family business, and three of his adult children were sued by New York’s attorney general, who accused them of overvaluing the former U.S. president’s ...
EU ministers agree to press ahead with new Russia sanctions
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to prepare new sanctions on Russia and increase weapons’ deliveries to Kyiv after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first wartime mobilisation ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cypriot company Point Nine this week announced that its third annual conference was successfully held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol on Friday, September 16, attracting a number of stakeholders ...
Fiscal Council: ‘next state budget should focus on building resilience’
The Cyprus Fiscal Council on Wednesday said the 2023 state budget should be designed in such a way that it bolsters the Cypriot economy’s presently-satisfactory resilience, primarily to the worrying ...
Nasdaq bets big on digital assets despite crypto turmoil
Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) is placing a big bet on the cryptocurrency market, with the launch of a digital assets business that is aimed at tapping institutional investors.
The new ...
As most say unsatisfied with lot, new index to measure quality of life
Cypriots are not satisfied with their lot in life, a survey released on Wednesday showed in which 84 per cent of those questioned said they believe the level of corruption on ...
Our View: How worried should we be as Putin uses nuclear threat?
There could not have been a more open admission that the so-called ‘special military operation’ was not going well than President Vladimir Putin’s address to the nation on Wednesday. ...
Boeing to slash nearly 150 finance jobs in US
Planemaker Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Tuesday it plans to cut about 150 finance jobs in the United States this year to simplify its corporate structure and focus more resources ...
Child rescued in night road crash on Nicosia-Kokkinotrimithia motorway
A road accident occurred shortly before 8pm on the Nicosia – Kokkinotrimithia motorway, close to the Kokkinotrimithia industrial area, Cybc reported on Wednesday night.
According to police sources, a child who ...
Baltic nations say they will refuse refuge to Russians fleeing mobilisation
European Union members Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which border Russia, will not offer refuge to any Russians fleeing Moscow’s mobilisation of troops, their ministers said on Wednesday.
One-way flights ...
Germany raids Russian oligarch’s properties in money-laundering probe
German police raided a lakeside villa registered to Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov in the southern state of Bavaria on Wednesday as part of investigations into suspected money-laundering, sources familiar with ...
Collectors clamor for rare Queen Elizabeth coins and notes
The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has collectors scrambling to secure rare coins and bills bearing her likeness, even as her portrait is set to remain in circulation for ...
EU foreign ministers to meet on Putin’s threats on Wednesday
European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in New York later on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Russians to ...
Biden, UK’s Truss commit to protect Northern Ireland deal
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ...
France’s ASN: Fire at uranium site under control, no radiation found
France’s nuclear watchdog ASN on Wednesday said it had found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at a plant containing uranium in southeastern France run ...
Putin orders mobilisation for Ukraine, says nuclear threat is ‘not a bluff’
President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russians to fight in Ukraine on Wednesday, while moving to annex Ukrainian territory and making what Washington denounced as ...
Russia releases 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine after Saudi mediation, Riyadh says
Russia on Wednesday released 10 foreign prisoners of war captured in Ukraine following mediation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi foreign ministry said.
The freed prisoners were American, ...
Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected
Hurricane Fiona is headed toward eastern Canada and is expected to reach the Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to ...