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Syrian brothers deny murdering Russian women

Syrian brothers charged with the premeditated murder of two Russian women at a holiday home in Limassol in November have pleaded not guilty. A 33-year-old man who had reportedly admitted to the

11th February 2022

Cyprus/World

Cyprus is a ‘flawed democracy’

Cyprus has yet to wiggle out of the “flawed democracies” category, ranked 37 out of 167 countries on the Democracy Index 2021 issued by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Scoring 7.43 out of

11th February 2022

Cyprus/World

Amazon AWS clinches 33% cloud market share

Amazon Web Services has built up an edge in the billion-dollar cloud computing market, a sector that is attracting key providers who are aiming to dominate the space amid increasing adoption as

11th February 2022

Companies/Markets/World

Briton denies murdering terminally ill wife in Cyprus

A Briton has pleaded not guilty before the Paphos criminal court to murdering his terminally ill wife as his defence team called for the charges to be changed to assisted suicide. UK-based

10th February 2022

Cyprus/Europe

Cyprus warned on biodiversity, flooding, EU fraud

The European Commission will send a reasoned opinion to Cyprus and 14 other member states calling them to implement provisions under EU law to prevent the destruction of natural habitats. The Commission’s

10th February 2022

Cyprus/Europe

French Rafale fighter jets over Cyprus

French Rafale fighter jets will be flying over Cyprus this week, taking off from aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle which is currently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. Rafale fighter jets will be

10th February 2022

Cyprus/Europe

Oil’s next surge to increase inflation angst

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group Oil prices are cooling further from recent multi-year highs following the EIA’s raised forecasts for US production this year and next, which they

10th February 2022

Energy/Markets/World

Only 1 in 10 Cypriots bother to limit cookie tracking

Many Europeans are aware that cookies can trace people’s online activities, but only one in three (36%) changed their internet browser settings to prevent or limit cookie use; Cyprus had the lowest

10th February 2022

Cyprus/Europe

NFTs ‘standard in portfolios’ within five years

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, the decade’s hottest emerging asset class, will become a standard feature of investment portfolios within five years, according to Nigel Green, CEO of a leading financial advisory and

9th February 2022

Markets/World

COVID19: EU reviews extending booster to kids 12-15

The European Union’s drug regulator launched a review to evaluate whether the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can be used as a booster shot in adolescents aged 12 to 15, even after several countries have

9th February 2022

Europe