Here to showcase the island’s artistic practices and inspirations is a new wave of art exhibitions that open around Cyprus in April. Inviting art connoisseurs and enthusiasts first is a painting exhibition by Paskalis Anastasi at Kypriaki Gonia Gallery titled A Disappearing World. The exhibition will be opened by Larnaca...
In today’s episode, a total of 137 irregular migrants arrived in Cyprus by sea on Monday, bringing the number of arrivals up to 408 in the space of 24 hours. Elsewhere, European Parliament president Roberta Metsola arrived in Cyprus on Monday evening, being received at the Presidential palace by President Nikos...
The National Security Council convened as two more migrant vessels were sighted on Tuesday morning. The session, which was called by President Nikos Christodoulides in response to the recent upsurge in arrivals of irregular migrants by sea, will be attended the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, justice and defense, the...
Tuesday will be warm and hazy with fine dust in the air. Temperatures will rise to 33C in the interior, 29C on the south and east coasts, 28C on the remaining coasts and 24C in the higher mountains. Winds will be initially variable and light, up to 3 Beaufort, later...
A multilayered matrix of goals and actions gives Hellenic Bank the lead in ESG strategy Committed as it is to promoting environmental sustainability and social resilience, Hellenic Bank has taken the lead in ESG strategies. By setting a high bar for its goals and implementing a series of best practices,...
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran‘s embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers, including three senior commanders, marking a major escalation in Israel’s war with its regional adversaries. Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble...
European Union countries’ budget cuts have eaten into layers of government that need now to be reinforced given their vital role in the transition to a more green and digital economy, a senior EU official said. Elisa Ferreira, European commissioner for cohesion and reforms, said the cuts in particular during...
Runaway prices at US fast-food joints and restaurants have made people skittish down the income ladder and executives at chains including McDonald’s (MCD.N) and Wendy’s (WEN.O) recently said they worry about losing business from those on the tightest budgets. Roughly a quarter of low-income consumers, defined as those making less...
Britain’s government has been urged to provide more support for the software industry with measures including tax incentives and talent visas. More than 120 industry leaders have called for government intervention to improve conditions for European software companies. Europe has long struggled to scale up homegrown tech companies as successfully...
HSBC has said that it is setting up a $1 billion growth fund called ASEAN Growth Fund that provides lending to companies that are scaling up via digital platforms across Southeast Asia. The London-headquartered bank is tapping into Southeast Asia’s digital economy, which it said is among the world’s fastest...
Leaving aside the series of setbacks to the installation of smart electricity meters involving tenders, courts and the potential loss of EU funding, news out of the UK recently presents a cautionary tale as four million British households have been left susceptible to overcharging when their meters turned out to...
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday called on the agriculture ministry to explain itself, following Cyprus’ referral to an EU court over failures to implement the Habitats Directive in environmentally protected Natura 2000 areas. In a letter, the Audit Office called for officials to be held accountable in the issues raised...
Russia’s central bank only considered keeping its key rate unchanged at 16 per cent at the March meeting, as it believes the current decline in inflation pressure is less pronounced than that in late 2023, it said on Monday. According to the minutes of the March meeting published by the...
