Jazzing up the weekend
If it is jazz you are after, Nicosia has a dedicated spot in the old town. Sarah’s Jazz Club is now well-known and every week it welcomes jazz lovers ...
MPs voice frustration at delays in tabling bill to regulate working from home
MPs on Tuesday voiced exasperation at the government’s delay in tabling a bill that regulates remote working, while the employers and industrialists federation proposed the legislation be put on ...
Unemployed persons down by 8.1 per cent year-on-year in August
An annual decrease of 1,320 persons was recorded among the unemployed, with their percentage dropping by 8.1 per cent at the end of August 2022, in comparison with August 2021. A slight increase was ...
Help promised to families of missing persons
Lawmakers on Tuesday pledged to assist the families of missing persons from the 1974 conflict who have complained that the state has all but forgotten them.
Mothers and children of missing ...
Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing
Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.
The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) per booking to accompany clients ...
IAEA calls for security zone at Ukraine frontline nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Tuesday for fighting to be halted in a security zone around Europe’s biggest nuclear power station, saying its experts had found ...
Over 12kg of rubbish collected from Lara beach in just one hour
Over 12 kilos of rubbish were picked up off the protected Lara Beach over the weekend, according to an announcement by the Cyprus Green movement.
The movement said the 12kg contained ...
Spurs have been penalised’: Conte fumes over heavy schedule
Tottenham Hotspur have been penalised with a hectic schedule compared with other teams and must speak to the Premier League to ease their burden and avoid often playing three times ...
OPEC+ seems to want $90 crude oil. It may end up defending $50: Russell
By Clyde Russell
It’s tempting to dismiss the decision by the OPEC+ group to cut crude oil production by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October as a statistical insignificance ...
€20 million to digitally upgrade all schools
A €20 million deal to digitally upgrade all schools by 2025 was signed by the education ministry on Tuesday.
“In essence, this is the biggest technological upgrade and one of the biggest ...
EastMed pipeline to be completed by 2025
The EastMed pipeline will be fully completed by 2025, ENI Chief Operating Officer Guido Brusco said on Tuesday during an event in Milan, Italy.
The EastMed is a subsea pipeline designed ...
Car accidents are increasing: Here’s what you can do about it
In many areas around the world, the number of car accidents is increasing. In the United States, in 2021, 42,915 people died in motor vehicle accidents, which is the highest rate since 2005. ...
We should talk about the great benefits of Bitcoin Crypto!
The investment decision comes with a better plan that focuses on future events. In cryptocurrency, deep knowledge and reading ability help improve the fantastic investment. One can quickly achieve the ...
Iran sentences two women to death for ‘corruption on earth’
Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of “corruption on earth” and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported ...
Police cooperation with Europol ‘extremely positive’ (updated)
Cooperation between the Cyprus police and Europol is “extremely positive and fruitful”, executive director of the latter Catherine De Bolle said on Tuesday after a meeting with the chief of ...
Nightclub owner rejects homophobia after gay couple kicked out
The owner of a Limassol nightclub accused of kicking out a gay couple over a kiss on Tuesday rejected accusations of homophobic discrimination.
Accept LGBTI Cyprus brought attention to the ...
First criminal court ruling on ‘golden passports’ in November
Larnaca criminal court will on November 4 deliver its judgment in the first trial relating to the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme.
The court announced the date on Tuesday, after hearing clarifications from ...
A new alien in Cypriot waters: Striped Eel Catfish
By Robin Snape
More than 1,000 alien fish species have invaded the Mediterranean via the Suez canal causing sweeping ecological changes.
Among them, poisonous species like lionfish and pufferfish have received ...
Weavers recycle shopping bags to shield Spanish village from sun
By Guillermo Martinez and Isabel Infantes
The sun beats down on the narrow streets of the Spanish village of Valverde de la Vera, filtered through multi-coloured shades made out of ...
From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch
By Gloria Dickie and David Stanway
While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country’s worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China as the Texas city ...
National Guard needs to be ready at all times stresses minister
The National Guard needs to be ready at all times to avoid another fait accompli, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday addressing the new intake of military school students ...
Ireland fines Instagram a record $400 mln over children’s data
Ireland’s data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children’s data, ...
The silent traveller
After a punishing walk the length of Britain, one adventurer is determined to hike around the island to raise the profile of the deaf. PAUL LAMBIS meets him
For Mark ...
Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa’s food security
Continent will see more vehicle traffic and waste burning as the population is set to double by mid-century By Gloria Dickie Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops inside ...