Archive 2023

Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) president Marinos Christodoulides recently emphasised the growing importance of Sustainable Development, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance in the financial sector. Addressing attendees at the ESG Cyprus ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will speak with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis on Thursday, following the latter’s meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. “Mr Mitsotakis will inform me after the ...

The British government has summoned the Russian ambassador and sanctioned two people for what it said was a sustained but failed attempt to interfere in politics by Russian cyber spies. ...

Twelve out of 13 suspects implicated in Limassol’s racist riots pleaded not guilty on Thursday at the city’s criminal court. Activists turned up outside, holding placards that read ‘no ...

A defiant British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appealed to his Conservative Party on Thursday to unite behind his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning colleagues that if he ...

The internationally renowned singer resorted to music as his parents went through a messy divorce. A sad beginning, but he has never looked back George Perris is an internationally renowned ...

Greece and Turkey on Thursday agreed to reboot their relations, establishing a roadmap designed to usher in a new era of closer ties between the two NATO allies but historical ...

A report which showed Cypriot children to have well below average competencies in mathematics, science and reading “highlights the urgent need for educational reform”, the Nicosia federation of primary schoolchildren’...

Reservoirs in Cyprus are currently at 46 per cent capacity, a notable decline from the 68 per cent figure recorded last year. the Met Office said on Thursday. Since October 1, a total ...

Central Bank of Cyprus Governor Constantinos Herodotou on Thursday addressed attendees at the 11th Banking Forum & Fintech EXPO, discussing the impact of technology on the financial sector. Held at ...

The UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) is closely monitoring works in Dherynia, which are being conducted by the ‘authorities’ in the north near the buffer zone, UN spokesperson Aleem Siddique said ...

OPAP’s most lucrative game for its Cypriot friends is set to create even more favourable conditions to claim big winnings from the next draw! While the revamped Joker will ...

President Nikos Christodoulides should return to the state over €18,000 he should not have received in paid leave, and come clean as to how much of the almost €40,000 he used in ...

Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis will be delivering Christmas love packages to low-income students of Nicosia primary schools on Friday. The announcement, released on Thursday by the Nicosia municipality, added that ...

This Christmas, Gap is celebrating its 15th birthday by offering 30 per cent off all its collections, via its official e-shop www.gap.com.gr, over December 7-10, 2023. Discover your favourite ...

Almost two dozen Greek Cypriot students from the nationalist far-right student organisation Drasis-Kes were arrested in Athens on Thursday, after protesting outside the Turkish embassy, as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ...

Greek olive grower Panagiotis Tsafaras has been forced to patrol his groves twice a day recently to fend off thieves trying to steal the crop as prices rise during a ...

The social welfare deputy ministry announced on Wednesday a “Christmas gift” to be handed out to welfare recipients. Those entitled to the “gift” are people in receipt of the minimum ...

British house prices rose for a second month in a row in November, figures from major mortgage lender Halifax showed on Thursday, adding to signs that the past year’s ...

Two unrelated housefires broke out in the Paphos district on Thursday. The first broke out at 3:46am at a guesthouse in Paphos. Two fire engines from the Paphos fire station ...

By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou Contractors have been ordered to halt all construction work within the Akamas national forest until December 18, while a group of experts review whether the ...

A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused massive damage to an industrial zone on the Seychelles’ main island Mahe, officials said, prompting the president to declare a ...

Oil prices reclaimed some ground on Thursday after tumbling to a six-month low in the previous session but investors remained concerned about sluggish demand and economic slowdowns in the US ...

An elderly man rescued by the fire services K-9 unit was pronounced dead at the hospital, after he went missing on a hunting trip in the Stavrovouni area, the fires ...