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121. Nicos Anastasiades and John Kerry discuss climate crisis and Cyprus problem

The climate crisis and developments in the Cyprus problem were the focus of a meeting which Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, had on Friday with the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, just before the beginning of the "One Ocean" Summit held in Brest, France....

122. Anastasiades: 'It is our duty never to forget'

The Republic of Cyprus commemorates on Thursday the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust....

123. Erdogan wants direct dialogue amid threats

Despite the declaration Thursday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he is ready for a direct dialogue with Greece, the message conveyed by Ankara remains contradictory given the harsh language aimed at President Katerina Sakellaropoulou by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Thursday and continued overflights by fighter jets in the Aegean....

124. Greece says 'Turkey distorting history'

Turkey “distorts the reality” when it comes to its past, Greece said on Thursday, responding to the neighboring country’s Foreign Ministry which chided President Katerina Sakellaropoulou for mentioning the genocide of Pontic Greeks....

125. New measures announced today by the Ministry of Health

New measures to deal with the spread of the coronavirus were announced today by the Minister of Health, Michalis Hadjipandela....

126. Reflections on 20 years of the euro

Twenty years ago on Saturday, around 300 million Europeans held a brand-new currency in their hands, the euro....

127. What's left for the Turkish Cypriot economy after 2021

Shortly before the pandemic began, Turks and foreign analysts warned of the effects of the Erdogan government's wrong moves and decisions on the economy....

128. New health measures announced today

The Minister of Health, Michalis Hadjipandela, held a press conference today to announce new mandatory health measures in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus....

129. Actualizing the ESG proposition The journey towards sustainability, resilience and purpose

130. 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....

131. Social media enabling destruction of democracy

“It’s the enabler of the destruction of democracy. It’s the enabler of the destruction of the facts,” says the Filipino Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa...

132. Confession app highlights how AI could render white collar jobs obsolete

Technology is an integral part of the daily life of many people, both personally and professionally....

133. The largest tech conference in the region begins Tuesday in Cyprus

Speakers from around the world are gathering in Nicosia for the largest tech event in the region. ...

134. Cheating never gets one far: The English School Industrial dispute

Employment relations in the 21st Century are governed by multiple layers of institutional regulation that have evolved historically during the previous centuries....

135. Why Steve Jobs threw the first iPhone on the floor

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs at the age of 56, after being struck by pancreatic cancer. ...

136. 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....

137. AI should serve humanity

Covid-19 is the first real global health crisis in every respect in the history of humanity with more than 212 million people infected, close to 4.5 million deaths and with the issue of collateral damage having been discussed so extensively during this health crisis as if we were on the battlefield – yes, there is a war going on....

138. Chasing immortality

"The only sure thing is death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin said 230 years ago. ...

139. 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....

140. September 11: Twenty years since the day that changed the world

Twenty years have passed since the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York...

141. Family of unvaccinated COVID victim hits back

The family of a COVID victim who died last month at Nicosia General is pointing finger at the state hospital, while dismissing reports in the media that their loved one’s religious faith or private medical advice had brought about his demise...

142. ECOMMBX and friends take immediate action to help wildfire victims

Without any second thoughts ECOMMBX, ECOMMPAY and other fintech/ IT/ Technology companies, members of Techisland community, cojoined forces to raise a total of €900.000 for immediate and short-term relief measures. ...

143. Rescued turtle released back into the ocean

Iole the sea turtle, who cheated death last year thanks to beach visitors and staff at the Cyprus Marine Aquaculture Research Center, has been released back to her natural habitat after a long rehabilitation treatment...

144. China completes historic Mars landing

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet...

145. Biden says Armenian deaths were genocide

US President Joe Biden kept a campaign promise on Saturday, saying massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a move vehemently denounced by Turkey amid frayed ties between the two NATO allies...

146. Gloves are off in EU-China relations

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new US President Joe Biden...

147. Cypriot president grateful for frontline heroes

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his deep gratitude for 'heroes on the front line' in his New Year’s Eve address, adding that elected politicians 'owe to the people' to pass crucial reforms in the new year...

148. First batch arrives in Cyprus

The first batch of vaccines reached Cyprus on Saturday, a day after Christmas, with a senior home and a referral hospital getting the first vaccinations on the island as early as Sunday...

149. Holy Synod to support vaccine but maintains Holy Communion stance

The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus convened for an emergency meeting on Tuesday during which it was briefed by members of the government’s coronavirus expert task force on the coronavirus pandemic, with the Holy Synod concluding that it will support the vaccination of the public but refused to accept that the virus can be transmitted through the holy communion ritual....

150. Biden to hit ground running with Greek pick

Greek-American political advisor and communications expert Jen Psaki has been named press secretary in US President-elect Joe Biden’s new all-female White House communications team...