Новости за 07.03.2024

This weekend the spotlight shines on Nicosia as it welcomes unique performances by local creatives, new festival editions, carnival fiestas and events that celebrate women. Here’s what’s happening in the capital city this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Honouring visual art and communication is the 10th International ConFest Graphic Stories that...

‘Stinky Thursday’s’ weather is expected to be partly cloudy, with isolated rain and even isolated storms expected mostly during the afternoon. The rain and storms are mostly forecast to hit inland, but precipitation is also possible in the south and east of the island. Temperatures are expected to rise to...

In the age of digitalisation, the registration of trademarks holds immense significance, particularly for small businesses and emerging entrepreneurs. This process plays a pivotal role in safeguarding a company’s brand and intellectual property. For small enterprises and startups, the strategic act of trademark registration becomes a crucial step. It serves...

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Wednesday released an announcement stressing that it has intensified its efforts to combat the issue of illegal real estate brokering, resulting in 167 criminal cases filed during the year 2023. The council’s president, Marinos Kineyirou, underlined the organisation’s commitment to not only...

Israel raised a record $8 billion in its first international bond sale since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, with very high demand even after Moody’s gave Israel its first ever sovereign credit rating downgrade last month. Needing additional funds to cover a widening budget deficit due to the war against...

Gulf retail giant AlShaya Group, which owns the rights to operate Starbucks in the Middle East, plans to lay off over 2,000 people as the business suffers from consumer boycotts linked to the Gaza war, people familiar with the matter said. The cuts, which began on Sunday, amount to about...

One in four children in Cyprus has said they are victims of bullying in schools and online, a study has found according to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope For Children on Wednesday. The study the NGO referred to for its information was part of the National Strategy for the prevention and...

President Nikos Christodoulides, in the televised appraisal of his first year in office, said that the Cyprus problem was at the “epicentre of the priorities of the government”. He then proceeded to give credit to the government for securing the appointment of the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin,...

Holders Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh consecutive season with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen on Wednesday in their last-16 second leg that wrapped up a 6-2 aggregate triumph. City, who started the game with a two-goal cushion, took care of business early with...

Political courage to solve the Cyprus problem is in short supply, the UN’s special representative Colin Stewart said on Wednesday, in an appeal for relevant actors to take the “tough decisions” needed. It is the first time in seven years since the talks collapsed in Crans Montana that the UN...