Archive 2023

The House on Thursday passed an amendment to the Civil Registry Law, relaxing the rules for granting Cypriot citizenship to foreign nationals, in a stated bid to draw tech talent ...

A classified briefing for all U.S. senators on Ukraine, Israel and elements of the national security supplemental funding package requested by President Joe Biden will be conducted on Tuesday, ...

Hundreds gathered in Famagusta on Thursday afternoon to demand justice for the 24 Turkish Cypriot children who were killed when the hotel they were staying in in Turkey collapsed during February’...

Taxpayers should brace for a tough 2024, what with the carbon tax slated to kick in early next year while electricity bills will remain high due mainly to the purchase cost ...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan is visiting Israel at the request of Israeli survivors and the families of victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks from Gaza, the ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Nikolaos Prakas The audit service and the presidential palace were sparring again on Thursday, after the former released special report saying use of service vehicles to ...

A Limassol court this week found in favour of a group of depositors with now-defunct Laiki (Popular) Bank who saw their savings wiped out in the March 2013 ‘haircut’, awarding them €5.7 ...

Akel General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou has urged for the immediate convocation of the National Council in light of recent developments in the buffer zone near Ayios Dhometios, a request he ...

This Sunday afternoon, 160 young musicians from three different orchestras from Nicosia and Larnaca will take the stage of the Nicosia Municipal Theatre to present Sistema Cyprus’ new concert A crescendo ...

Discussions will continue on Friday after the finance ministry and representatives of low wage civil servants held a “constructive meeting” on Thursday with the aim of finalising an agreement over ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou met with Edek Leader Marinos Sizopoulos on Thursday to discuss immigration, judicial reform, juvenile delinquency, and a raft of other issues. Following the meeting, Procopiou told ...

Two underage siblings allegedly were allegedly assaulted by five masked individuals with blunt objects on Wednesday night in Larnaca. According to the Cyprus News Agency, (CNA) the two siblings, aged 16 ...

House transport committee chairman Marinos Mousiouttas presented a proposal on Thursday to halve the cost of fines for motorists who run red lights from €300 to €150. Mousiouttas presented the proposal at ...

The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north after police found 10 grammes of cocaine in his underwear was sent to prison pending trial for a period not exceeding two months. He ...

OPEC+ oil producers are likely to agree output cuts of at least 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for early next year led by Saudi Arabia rolling over its voluntary additional ...

Five people were issued with eight-day remands in custody at the Famagusta district court on Thursday, accused of facilitating the illegal arrival of 210 people into Cyprus. The five, of whom ...

Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as “extremists”, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests ...

In a move set to propel the technology sector’s momentum further, Cyprus expects significant growth from the proposed modernisation of the legislative framework governing citizenships. According to InBusiness News, ...

By Alexander Sergeant Like most of the enduring stars of golden age Hollywood, Cary Grant can be reduced rather effectively to a single image. Marilyn Monroe has her white dress. ...

Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, died ...

Former British Chancellor Alistair Darling, who steered the country’s economy and banking system through the shock of the global financial crisis in 2007-08, has died aged 70 after undergoing treatment ...

After making hay when a summer bond rout propelled the US dollar to 10-month highs, hedge funds are now pondering what lies ahead for the greenback. The dollar, down 3.5 per ...

The Cyprus general government has recorded a surplus of €918.9 million, representing 3.1 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), for the period of January to October 2023, according to the preliminary ...

The Larnaca district court on Thursday rejected a case against the state and the Central Bank of Cyprus seeking damages for the losses during the 2013 haircut. In the court’s ...