As the UK braces for a record heatwave, with scorching temperatures throughout Europe, US and Asia, experts warn that urgent investment is needed in sustainable goals to combat climate change, a crisis on the planet’s doorstep. The worst heat wave in Europe is causing an avalanche of devastating wildfires across Spain, Portugal, Croatia and France;
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Nicosia is disappointed that the United Nations has no clear exit strategy to pull Cyprus out of deadlocked reunification talks after five years of limbo. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, has concerns over reports of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNFICYP) and the Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission as there is no mention of
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Cyprus is bracing itself for more summer scorchers, joining a trend of extremely high temperatures across Europe poised to set new heatwave records. On Monday, the Met Office issued a second yellow weather warning for high night-time temperatures and unusually hot weather for the mountains. It is the second consecutive yellow warning for maximum night-time
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A 31-year-old Greek national was arrested in Limassol for possessing 125 grams of cannabis through the post with a street value of €1,500. The arrest was made after British Bases Police received a tip-off from the Cyprus Police Drug Unit that a suspicious package had arrived at Trachoni Post Office, which contained the suspected substance.
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Despite Europe’s travel disruption, Cyprus tourist arrivals are at 75% compared to the nearly four million record of pre-COVID 2019. Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said taking into account the difficulties the travel industry is facing; the percentage is “not bad at all”. There was even the loss of the Russians – the second largest tourist
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By Jeffrey Halley Last Friday’s Wall Street price action was enough to spark risk sentiment rallies on forex markets, led by the usual suspects, the Euro and the Australian Dollar, although not much love permeated into the Asian currency space. Oil held steady, but gold found no solace and remains near $1700. We also saw
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Inflation is running higher for longer, and we must realise it affects various groups of people differently. Inflation is calculated as the rate of increase of an index comprised of several hundred goods and services that the average household typically purchases. So, inflation as measured does not reflect the increase in the cost of living
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It appears we need a video posted on social media to be jolted out of our slumber at the latent animosity against migrants. For somebody to feel emboldened to kick and punch a woman while on the ground holding a baby and declare he is untouchable is disturbing. Such brazen or brutal attitudes are not
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Three are three frontrunners in the upcoming elections in Cyprus next February, according to recent polls. But only one is holding the lead with a considerable margin of safety. Nicos Christodoulides is leading the polls with roughly 15% ahead of his main rivals, which guarantees his victory in the first and second rounds. Ironically, all
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Hybrid working is a concept on the agenda of every industry trend today, as the digitalisation of business is accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the three-year pandemic, almost every workplace needed to maximise and transcend obstacles and innovations to ease into working from home or adopt hybrid solutions. In comments to the Financial Mirror,
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