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31. 'History's Footnote': A satirical saga of new Cyprus

Theatre director Paris Erotokritou and graphic designer Demetris Soteriou have joined forces to create a satirical novella titled "History's Footnote: A Brief History of New Cyprus."...

32. Hellenic Bank reports impressive profit surge of €160.2 million

Hellenic Bank had a really good financial run in the first half of 2023. They made a profit of €160.2 million, which is a huge jump of 203% compared to last year at the same time....

33. Prigozhin presumed dead after crash

People here were shocked this summer after drones attacked the center of Moscow on several occasions, causing explosions and damage to buildings....

34. Nurse found guilty of serial infant murders

A nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six other infants while working on a hospital's neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016....

35. Museum curator sacked for selling priceless artifacts on Ebay

A member of staff who was allegedly stealing priceless items from the British Museum was named to bosses three years ago - after they went up for sale on eBay....

36. Office workers catching 'ChatGPT fever' as usage surges

According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, many American workers are adopting ChatGPT to assist with everyday tasks, even as tech giants like Microsoft and Google have restricted its use due to security concerns....

37. Is home really the best office?

Working remotely has its advantages, but there's growing evidence to support what many managers have long suspected: Fully remote workers are less productive....

38. Strongest work-from-home rights for Australians

Before COVID-19 sent one-third of the global workforce home, the Melbourne property surveyor that employs drone operator Nicholas Coomber called its 180-strong staff into the office every day at 9 a.m. to hand out assignments....

39. Police join agent wars over domestic assistants

Foreign nationals on work visas in the Republic of Cyprus may have immigration documents confiscated at Greek Cypriot checkpoints as they cross into the north, as authorities in the south push for preemptive measures to combat overseas travel at the expense of domestic employers...

40. Man gets eight years in Cyprus’ deadly fire

An elderly man in Cyprus has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he was found guilty in the fire that killed four Egyptian workers...

41. Cyprus’ City of Dreams keeps union stewards at bay

Cyprus’ City of Dreams, Europe’s largest integrated casino resort, is moving ahead with plans this year to welcome guests with open arms, but union officials are not among them...

42. Italian lawmakers call for gas ‘pipeline of democracies’

The Foreign Affairs Committee in Italy has called on the government to work with east Mediterranean countries to assess the prospects of an EastMed gas project, while taking note of energy diversification as well as geopolitical balances in the region...

43. British-Cypriot forex boss found guilty of fraud

A jury in a London court has found a forex trader of Cypriot origin guilty of fraud....

44. Nicosia begs to differ with ENI boss on EastMed

The Cypriot government says it does not share views on EastMed gas made by ENI boss Claudio Descalzi, who told Italian lawmakers an eastern Mediterranean gas project cannot go forward without Turkey, with Nicosia begging to differ and pointing to other companies willing to take the risk...

45. Italians come clean on EastMed gas

Turkey cannot be left out of the natural gas game in the eastern Mediterranean according to ENI’s newly re-elected CEO Claudio Descalzi, whose recent comments during a parliamentary hearing committee echoed latest developments but also gave credence to Rome’s previous doubts over Cypriot endeavors that bypass Ankara...

46. Lack of aircraft preventing global air travel recovery

The air travel industry has recently been facing delays in aircraft deliveries, a problem that is not allowing it to fully recover from the pandemic....

47. Worker’s mystery death in Limassol under new scrutiny

Cyprus Police are investigating a natural death involving a foreign worker in Limassol, but his family blames his boss following an accident that was not reported to authorities...

48. Macron's mission in China: Convincing Xi on Ukraine

49. Cyprus scraps online visa appointments after scandal

Immigration authorities in the Republic of Cyprus scrapped an online appointment platform on Monday after allegations were made public about agents selling available slots to foreigners for profit and causing months of waiting for those who did not shell out the cash...

50. Companies laying off employees to hire new ones at lower salaries

Keri and other recruiters say that candidate offers are now much lower and look more like those from 2019 — before the pandemic kicked off the Great Resignation, before Big Tech went on a hiring spree, and before anyone had heard of "quiet quitting."...

51. Cyprus does right by wronged farm workers

A foreign worker who says he fell out of status after being wronged in a labor dispute is getting support from Cypriot authorities, along with over a dozen suspected victims of labor exploitation after police, labor, and immigration officers coordinated a raid on a farm in Famagusta district after his complaint...

52. Wronged worker slams Cyprus over migration crisis

Thousands of asylum seekers in Cyprus were sent back to their countries last year but one foreign worker, who feels he has no good options following a dispute with his employer, says many people who come to work on the island are forced to seek asylum because the system is not in their favor...

53. School exams rescheduled to accommodate major strike

Unionized teachers in the Republic of Cyprus have secured a time change for school exams on Thursday so that members can take part in a major strike to demand restoration of pre-crisis wage indexation mechanisms for union workers...

54. No more Fridays. 4-day work week on the rise

The results are in: It's time for your company to stop working on Fridays (or Mondays)....

55. Prostitutes gather in Davos for annual meeting of global elite

The global elite tackling the world's problems at the Davos summit including gender inequality is fuelling a surge in prostitution in the Swiss resort....

56. Brothers facing US extradition walk free in Cyprus

The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has ordered the release of five suspects, including two Greek Cypriot brothers, who are wanted by US authorities in connection with an investigation into investment fraud...

57. Qatargate: Eva Kaili's Testimony

One day after her arrest, SKAI reveals Eva Kaili's answers to the investigator during her testimony to Belgian authorities....

58. Cypriot author claims police trying to ban his book on corruption

A Cypriot investigative journalist accused the police on Wednesday of trying to prevent him from publishing books he wrote about corruption in his country....

59. Russians flying to Cyprus get 'next best thing'

Moscow and Nicosia are growing further apart on travel between the two countries, prompting Russians living on both sides of the divided island to look for new routes through Turkey after rumors of direct flights in the north subsided due to the Cyprus Problem...

60. EU Parliament halts work on Qatar-related cases

The European Union’s parliament voted Thursday to suspend work on all files involving Qatar, and called for security passes for representatives of the Gulf country’s interests to be withdrawn until light can be shed on a corruption scandal rocking the assembly....