Zara owner Inditex outshines H&M as sales top pre-pandemic levels
Fashion brand Zara owner Inditex (ITX.MC) has outpaced Swedish rival H&M (HMb.ST) in its efforts to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis, with second-quarter sales rising ...
Discount on electricity bills expected in a few days
Government departments and the power company (EAC) expect to finalise a discounted rate on electricity bills in the next few days, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday.
The minister ...
Big earners in small countries
The Chinese special administrative region of Macau is well-known for its gambling tourism. With the government of the People’s Republic potentially tightening regulations following a public consultation concerning the ...
Paralimni mayor says finds indicate possibility of Aphrodite’s sanctuary
Excavations near a chapel in Protaras have brought to light archaeological finds that may indicate ruins of a sanctuary of Aphrodite, according to Paralimni Mayor Theodoros Pyrillis.
These are being ...
Exhibition challenges the sense of belonging
Larnaca’s The O Gallery has kickstarted its autumn season with an exhibition titled Camouflage by Despina Petridou. The artist’s first solo exhibition presents artworks created during the past ...
UK inflation soars to 9-year high on rebound from restaurant discount scheme
British inflation hit a more than nine-year high last month after the biggest monthly jump in the annual rate in at least 24 years, largely due to a one-off boost reflecting ...
Italy to make Covid ‘Green Pass’ mandatory for workers – minister
Italy is to make a COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for public and private sector workers, a minister said on Wednesday, becoming the first European country to do so as it ...
Mummies and baddies?
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou
My Irish cousin Thomas is nearly a century old and dementia has laid claim to his lively, enquiring brain. Archaeology was a ...
The micro-economy spinning around Messi’s Paris adventure
For Paris photographer Olivier Sanchez, there is only one story in town: the new life of Lionel Messi.
Newspapers and magazines around the world harangue his Crystal Pictures agency for ...
China develops prototype miniature helicopter for Mars missions
China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the ...
Anastasiades, Lillie in ‘honest exchange’ over Cyprus issue
Any proposals or ideas on the Cyprus problem should not stray from the framework of the UN Security Council resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades told UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on ...
Billions blown as Macau casino investors fold amid gambling review
Macau casino operator stocks plummeted by as much as a third on Wednesday, losing around $14 billion in value, as the government kicked off a regulatory overhaul that could see its ...
Disciplinary case against artist Gavriel dropped, Prodromou under fire (updated)
Cabinet on Wednesday announced that the disciplinary procedure against controversial public school headteacher and artist Giorgos Gavriel will be dropped, amidst wide condemnation of the way the government handled the ...
EU pledges 4 billion euros more in climate funds for poorer countries
The European Union on Wednesday pledged to increase financial support to help poorer countries fight climate change and adapt to its impacts, and called on the United States also to ...
Abandoned school to be demolished ‘in coming days’
Authorities are expected to demolish Dianelleios technical school entrance hall building in the coming days, Petros Chrysostomou, chairman of the Larnaca school board told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday.
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Environmental activists block major London orbital motorway again
Environmental campaigners blocked parts of the M25 London orbital motorway on Wednesday, causing major disruption to some rush hour traffic around the British capital in their second such protest this ...
Women to hold protest as Supreme Court hears Napa rape case appeal
Women’s organisations will hold a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday in solidarity with the appeal of a British woman who was convicted of lying about being gang ...
Tuchel praises ‘world-class’ Lukaku after narrow Chelsea win
Thomas Tuchel hailed Romelu Lukaku’s “world-class” chance conversion rate after Chelsea’s 1-0 Champions League win over Zenit St Petersburg.
Lukaku buried captain Cesar Azpilicueta’s hanging far-post cross ...
‘It is what is’ – Koeman accepts Barca fate after Bayern schooling
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was in a resigned mood after his side were outclassed and beaten 3-0 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday, saying fans needed to ...
State doctors mull action at public hospitals
State doctors’ union Pasyki said on Wednesday they are close to taking measures over what they say is failure by the state health services (Okypy) to comply with an agreement ...
Biker hospitalised after collision
A motorcyclist has been hospitalised with serious injuries after an accident in Liopetri, in the Famagusta district, at 2.40 pm on Tuesday.
According to police, the 59-year-old motorcyclist was involved in ...
New dean appointed to School of Health Sciences at Neapolis University Pafos
Neapolis University Pafos has named Professor Stelios N Georgiou as the new Dean of the School of Health Sciences as of the 2021-2022 academic period.
Professor Georgiou has published work ...
Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights
By Emma Farge
The U.N. rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the ...
EU’s chief executive warns against ‘pandemic of the non-vaccinated’
The pace of vaccination against COVID-19 must be quickened to avert “a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, the European Union’s chief executive said on Wednesday, also urging countries around the ...