To mark World Refugee Day 2022, the UNHCR Country Office in Cyprus and Universitas Foundation present the photographic exhibition Fleeing to Safety by Sebastian Rich. The exhibition launch, curated by Stefanos Kouratzis, takes place on 20 June 2022 at 19.00 hours at Kastelliotissa, the historic building situated within the walled city of Nicosia, opposite Paphos
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Greek firm Energean’s floating gas production rig has arrived in Israel, mooring near the Karish gas field, with Lebanon warning against any activity in disputed waters. Following the crossing of the Suez Canal, the Energean Power FPSO has arrived on location in Israel, about 80 km off the coast of Haifa; hook-up and commissioning operations
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An 84-year-old Limassol man confessed to killing his 82-year-old wife with a hammer after a heated argument on Monday, police said. According to the head of the Limassol Criminal Investigation Department, Lefteris Kyriacou, the 84-year-old turned himself into the local CID unit, telling officers he had killed his wife, striking her with a hammer blow
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The Energy Ministry will not impose a price ceiling on hiking pump prices, despite almost breaching the €2 a litre barrier, as it finds no evidence of profiteering. Responding to MPs requesting that a ceiling be placed on fuel, the Commerce and Energy Ministry said that authorities had not spotted evidence of profiteering by petrol
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Cyprus needs European solidarity to face the burden of migration, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said after the MED5 meeting in Venice. Cyprus is among five European Union nations on the Mediterranean, demanding an end to the EU’s “voluntary” solidarity on migrants and a better way to redistribute the burden of managing them. Interior Minister Nicos
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Cyprus is fully prepared to handle cases of monkeypox, and tests will be conducted on island if needed after a recent false alarm, said Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela. “We are all ready. Three to four days ago, we had a suspected case handled excellently at Nicosia General Hospital,” said Hadjipantela. He noted an increase in
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By Jeffrey Halley Wall Street had another schizophrenic day on Friday as May US Non-Farm Payrolls outperformed, rising by 390,000 jobs, slightly less than April, but well above market forecasts of 325,000. That sparked yet another tail-chasing reversal across asset classes as US markets desperately search for “peak-hiking” from the Fed and return to their
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The war in Ukraine has disrupted decades of peace and stability in Europe, threatening years of economic and social progress in the region. Russia benefited enormously from the cooperation with its European neighbours and although Vladimir Putin managed to survive on the international stage up until the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, as an
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In the harmful dust particles of a summer without football, it makes the decision to move the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in the winter more puzzling. The decision to hold it in Qatar and Russia before that is tainted with the stain of corruption and FIFA politics still lingering in the corridors of football
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AdTech Holding, an international company headquartered in Cyprus, creating prosperous startup ecosystems and innovation labs for AdTech and MarTech, will feature some of its leading-edge projects at the iFX EXPO International 2022. From June 7 to 9 top representatives in online trading, financial services, and fintech will meet in Limassol for a two-day networking event
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