Archive 2023

The Leventis Foundation was handed a substantial fine on Wednesday after being found guilty of breaching health and safety legislation. An official statement released by the labour ministry’s department ...

Cyprus along with all countries that imposed sanctions on Russia have had their double taxation agreements suspended, an announcement from the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The decree was signed ...

The veterinary services on Wednesday detailed the procedure for getting cat-covid medicine, after cabinet last week approved the use of covid meds for humans to be repurposed for cats. The ...

Trading bots have become a mainstay in the world of cryptocurrency, bringing efficiency and speed to trading. However, their use isn’t without risks. This article delves into the critical ...

Hundreds of applications from low-income families and borrowers overdue on their loans have been preliminary approved by the Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) and sent to the accountant general for further ...

Health authorities on Wednesday said they have issued a recall on a specific herbal dietary supplement on the market, after sample testing detected a substance that requires medical prescription before ...

A whopping 4,000 new sunbeds have been placed on the beaches of Ayia Napa. Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannettou spoke about the move on Wednesday, thanking the workers who placed the ...

A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied a Russian assertion on Wednesday that Kyiv had tried to attack the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) with a drone. Europe’...

The vast sums invested to entice some of the world’s top players to Saudi Arabia this season is no one-off, but part of a long-term strategy to make the ...

The Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) announced on Wednesday that from September 1 the cost of a single route bus ticket in the Larnaca and Nicosia districts will increase from €2 to €2.40. Furthermore, ...

In local comic Cypriot Smurf and his popular character Souvlaki, PAUL LAMBIS meets a man keen to take his outlook to a wider audience It is said that if you ...

Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the state constitution, an initiative aimed at helping defeat a November referendum that would ...

Tour operator TUI said on Wednesday it could see its travel season shift to start earlier in the spring and end in the autumn as climate change affects tourist habits. ...

Russia is to “begin providing consular services” in the north “in the very near future”, according to Russian news agency Tass. According to the reports, an official from the Russian ...

In today’s business landscape, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have emerged as key drivers of long-term value creation and sustainable growth for companies across industries Beyond financial performance, ...

A not-for-profit university in Troodos is feasible and would rejuvenate the mountain communities, according to Platres’ community leader and head of the Troodos network Panayiotis Papadopoulos. Plans for the university ...

Foreign firefighting aircraft began departing from Cyprus on Wednesday, as the fire in the Alassa dam area of Limassol that has been burning since last week has now been put ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu has touted a shift to a ‘presidential’ system, saying he “believes in [it] until the end”. The north has had a parliamentary system ...

The government’s deputy spokesperson Doxa Komodromou has said the ongoing row between health minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki is an “internal matter for ...

Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE For those who can’t afford hours of expensive aircon, the heat is hell. Are you a ticking pollution time bomb adding to climate crime? Mediterranean ...

The organised beach in Gialia is not compliant with the restrictions set to protect the turtles that nest on it, it emerged on social media on Wednesday. A series of ...

With a focus on transparency, the 4th Cyprus Forum will be held in Nicosia this September, organised by the Oxygono NGO in collaboration with the Delphi Economic Forum. Held under ...

A high-ranking UN official is expected to visit Cyprus in late August to hold meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...