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601. President Anastasiades attends COP26

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, along with 130 world leaders, is attending the COP26 climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland....

602. Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year

Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died....

603. WWF documentary ‘Blue Future’ to premiere on Sunday

The world premiere this Sunday of “Blue Future,” a documentary by the World Wildlife Fund, will coincide with the start of the crucial United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26)....

604. Digital Agenda 2021 ends with a bang!

The second and final day of Digital Agenda Cyprus was more impressive with speakers bringing together ideas, predictions and discussions about the future of technology and what to expect during the post-pandemic era....

605. Cyprus, Egypt sign deal to speed up electricity grid linkage

An undersea cable linking the electricity grids of Cyprus and Egypt could be key to helping both countries transition to a green economy ...

606. Higher costs on goods are here to stay

Market analysts do not see an improvement in the cost of goods in the next period and until the first half of 2022....

607. DC Comics: New Superman Will Be Bisexual And With Environmental Concerns

John Kent is the new Superman. He is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and has a friend who is. Particularly close, the creator of DC Comics revealed on Monday....

608. California: Turning air into water

The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices....

609. Take a walk through the Nicosia airport (Update)

After almost 50 years, Nicosia airport comes back to life, thanks to the Cyprus Institute....

610. EY presents the 17th CFO Management Forum and the CFO Awards 2021

EY has proudly sponsored the 17th CFO Management Forum and 5th CFO Awards, which were held on Tuesday, September 28th at the Nicosia Hilton....

611. Protected too late: US Officials report more than 20 extinctions

The ivory-billed woodpecker, which birders have been seeking in the bayous of Arkansas, is gone forever, according to federal officials....

612. K. Treppides & Co Ltd: Renewed European finance strategy and implementation of the action plan on financing sustainable growth

The European Commission adopted on 21 April 2021, a comprehensive package of measures to help improve the flow of money towards financing the transition to a sustainable economy, whereas these measures will be instrumental in reaching climate and environmental targets as well as vital for economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

613. President Anastasiades addresses the 76th UN General Assembly

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, today addressed members of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York....

614. UK citizens rush to fill up amid shortages

The British government on Thursday night urged citizens not to panic over the closure of dozens of gas stations across the country, which was due to the significant shortage of drivers of tankers, trucks and other heavy goods vehicles....

615. Hope for a new perspective on the Cyprus issue

The meeting of the President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiadis with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, lasting 20 minutes, did not seem to change the climate that exists in the Cypriot view in view of next Monday's appointment with the Turkish leader Ersin Tatar....

616. Southern European banks set for climate hit

Banks in southern Europe are set to be among the hardest hit if climate change is not mitigated as their clients are most exposed to natural hazards such as wildfires,...

617. Another 85 million by February if Cyprus meets deadline of key reforms

With the first 157m euros already paid in advance from the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Fund, the country still has a long way to go to complete the reforms and investments required to unlock the next 85m euros which is due to be received in February 2022....

618. Global CEO confidence returns to pre-pandemic levels

CEOs of the world’s largest businesses are increasingly optimistic about the outlook for their own business and despite the Delta variant slowing down the ‘return to normal’, their confidence in the global economy has returned to levels not seen since the start of the pandemic....

619. The invasion of the tropical fish in Cyprus

According to the Daily Telegraph, the warming of the Mediterranean Sea and the widening of the Suez Canal are causing non-native fish to enter and thrive in Cyprus waters....

620. Athens and Istanbul can do their part

During one of the deepest troughs in bilateral relations in the fall of 1999 following the arrest of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Greece and Turkey went from being on the brink of war to a rapprochement, spearheaded by their foreign ministers, George Papandreou and the late Ismail Cem....

621. Greek PM: Cost of ignoring climate crisis unimaginable

Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable,...

622. EUMED9 summit poised to tackle migration and climate crisis

Nine European countries on the Mediterranean are holding a summit in Athens Friday afternoon to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and Afghanistan....

623. The pandemic generation returns to school

For two years now, the pandemic has severely shaken the educational system – in Greece and many other countries too....

624. President to leave for Athens, then New York

President Anastasiadis is going to Athens tomorrow to take part in the EUMED Summit, and will continue on to New York for the UN General Assembly....

625. Resurrecting the hairy mammoth

The return of hairy mammoths, a species that became extinct 4,000 years ago, in the icy Arctic soils, is envisioned by a new American company, Colossal....

626. von der Leyen warns of a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'

Ursula von der Leyen, warned of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” in her state of the union speech today....

627. Christos Stylianides sworn in as Minister

Greek Cypriot Christos Stylianides was sworn in today as the new Minister for Climate Change in Greece....

628. Cyprus receives 157 million for Recovery and Resilience Plan

The European Commission today has disbursed €157 million to Cyprus to help kick-start reforms and investments....

629. Athens taps Cypriot ex-commissioner for Cabinet

The Greek government confirmed on Monday that former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, will head the newly formed Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry...

630. EY and IIF survey shows climate change top concern for banks