Новости за 29.03.2024

By Marios Eliades   The European People’s Party (EPP), which groups together the Centre-Right parties of the European Union, held its congress in Bucharest about two weeks ago. As expected, the meeting dealt with issues relating to Europe and its future, particularly in an age of unknown variables, as our...

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Low-wage civil servants belonging to the ‘Isotita’ union will go on a two-hour strike on Friday, over delays in upgrading their pay grades. The strike will be held from 1pm to 3pm. In an announcement, the union said that in a letter sent on March 6 to the finance minister,...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday met with the advisory committee on tax reform, asking that progress on this matter be accelerated, in order to reap any benefits at the earliest opportunity. The meeting, which took place at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, also involved Finance Minister Makis Keravnos, and allowed...

UBS (UBSG.S) flagged on Thursday the downturn in commercial real estate markets as one of the “top and emerging risks” facing the Swiss bank, as higher borrowing costs and a post-pandemic slump in demand for office space hit the sector. Commercial property markets in the United States and Europe are...

Controversial works regarding the building of a monastery in an environmentally sensitive area in Ayia Napa are being investigated, it emerged on Thursday. Speaking to CyBC, deputy environmental department director Elena Stylianopoulou said the works were halted but had been conducted entirely arbitrarily and were at an advanced state. The...

For this government, an unpopular measure must be accompanied by something positive, at least communications-wise, because it wants to minimise the criticism by media and opposition parties, which would have an effect on public opinion. And if there is one thing the Christodoulides government has worked systematically and methodically at,...

Nigeria’s military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defence spokesperson said on Thursday. In 2009 jihadist group Boko Haram launched an insurgency seeking to overthrow the government and establish an...

Cyprus is “particularly vulnerable” to the effects of climate change, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou announced on Thursday during an event organised by the meteorology department, coinciding with World Meteorology Day. She added that rising temperatures, rising sea levels and shifting weather patterns pose serious threats to Cyprus’ environment, economy and society....

The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine. But Gaza’s Hamas rulers said a ceasefire was needed to halt the humanitarian...