Archive 2023

By Serin Quinn Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey’s recent suggestion that Britons should turn to turnips following tomato shortages did not go down as she might have hoped. ...

Advisory and consulting firm PwC Cyprus on Friday released the findings of its latest CEO survey, with the overarching theme being one of pessimism and caution, particularly when contrasted with ...

Deposits and loans in Cyprus experienced a net decrease in January 2023, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). Based on the report, total ...

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (Selk) this week released a statement congratulating newly-elected president Nikos Christodoulides for his recent election victory. “We also extend our congratulations to ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority this week told the House Finance Committee that its budget for 2023 will generate a slight surplus, while also referring to the upgraded role it has now ...

On Friday, the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) announced that its director Socratis Heracleous met with his French counterpart, the director general of MEDEF Paris, Marie-Sophie Ngo Ky ...

By Maria Demertzis When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 of last year, the hope was that this unnecessary and brutal war would last only a few weeks. We are now ...

The global cryptocurrency market is highly unstable, which makes it very difficult for beginners to choose suitable tokens to include in their portfolios. However, amid the bear market, there are ...

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Brazil’s central bank on Thursday approved Meta Platforms’ (META.O) payments launch for small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil via its messaging application WhatsApp, building on the app’s ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) must proceed with the submission of terms and conditions for private hospitals contracted with Gesy in order to remove the discrimination and unequal treatment experienced ...

The European Commission will in the end decide whether the annual rent charged by the Cyprus Sports Federation (KOA) for the use of the recently completed football stadium by the ...

Police are investigating a case of attempted murder after a 26-year-old man was attacked in Dali and is in critical condition, having suffered a fractured skull. Police announced that the ...

The United States announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday worth $400 million primarily comprised of ammunition, but for the first time will include tactical bridges to move ...

Private hospitals are struggling to keep their nursing staff afloat, as a huge influx continues to move to the public sector – that offers the unbeatable perk of a job for ...

It would be an absolute “red line” if China provided weapons to Russia, a senior European Union official said on Friday, adding that the EU would respond with sanctions. The ...

A pensioner’s missing wallet containing €288 was returned to him after a Good Samaritan handed it in at the local police station. Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou said on Friday ...

Families and friends, dressed in black, clung to each other, in tears, as the coffin of a 34-year-old mother killed in Greece’s deadliest train crash was lifted up the ...

A dance performance coming up in Nicosia will raise money for the Cyprus Autism Association. Co-organised by the Association and the Dance Studio – Annita Hatjieftychiou Ltd the dance event will ...

The incident of a dog that was tied to a vehicle and dragged across the concrete road by an unidentified man in Nicosia on Friday has caused uproar on social ...

Tourists who had planned to visit the north of the island are cancelling in droves after “statements by experts” predicting another major quake in the region, Turkish Cypriot press reported ...

Archbishop Georgios I on Friday visited the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on Friday. Speaking after their meeting, Bartholomew said that the election of Georgios as the prelate of ...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is expected to secure EU antitrust approval for its $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) with its offer of licensing deals to rivals, three people familiar ...