Archive July 2024

There has been a ‘systemic issue’ in not granting auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides access to key data, the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Monday, as the case filed for his dismissal ...

A 79-year-old is in critical condition on Monday at Larnaca general, after being hit by a car when crossing the road. The man had been crossing the Agioi Anargyrii Road ...

The first planning permit was issued on Monday through the fresh district organisation umbrella system, which ushered in a new era for local administration. Newly elected district governors, leading this ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday discussed the issue of missing persons with the outgoing secretary-general of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric. The president also discussed the fourth interstate ...

Delays have pushed the completion of a Nicosia highway ring road further down the line, with a new request for placing the deadline to August 5. The transport and works ministry ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has decided to maintain the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) rate at 1 per cent, in accordance with the Macroprudential Supervision of Institutions Laws of 2015 to 2022, ...

France’s political parties sought to build a united front aimed at blocking the path to government of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) on Monday, after it ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday say only his Conservatives can counter a Labour-led government and that a vote for Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK would hamper ...

The Cyprus government saw its surplus climbing to 1.9 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between January and May 2024, up from 1.1 per cent in the same period ...

Archimandrita in the Paphos district is close to its border with Limassol, and at 550m altitude sits among pine forests and vineyards, crossed by the rivers Hapotami and Diarizos. It ...

Tourism revenue in Cyprus saw a modest rise of 5.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, while April remained essentially the same, according to ...

On June 29th, 2024 King Jason Zante opens its doors and invites discerning travelers to embark on a journey of tranquillity andrejuvenation, exuding the magnificent feeling of inhabiting an island within ...

The power at the hotel where a group of 65 students and six teachers from the English School became stranded in Switzerland after heavy storms is now back on. Both students ...

The buyer of an affected apartment is entitled to terminate their sale agreement and claim their money back and compensation for any damage suffered A seller who chooses to add ...

Third seed Aryna Sabalenka pulled out of Wimbledon shortly before her opening match on Monday due to a shoulder injury, organisers said, leaving the women’s draw short of a ...

 All Larnaca port and marina workers have been hired by the Larnaca and Famagusta District Development Agency, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The process is part of a deal ...

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday, in an apparent show of force as Israeli tanks pressed their advance deeper into Gaza amid ...

Ukraine’s border guards dismissed claims from Belarus that it was reinforcing troops on their mutual border, describing the reports as an information operation from Minsk with Moscow’s support. ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the country faced a dangerous summer for wildfires on Monday, with a prolonged drought and unusually strong winds contributing to tinderbox conditions. Wildfires are ...

ESG Strategy incorporated into Hellenic Bank’s Strategic PlanTotal green lending €219 million9% annual reduction in energy consumptionFocus on educating staff on ESG matters95% of all transactions performed digitally The values ...

Things always take a little longer to get to Cyprus. Traffic signals, for example, are still catching on. Online shopping was slow to arrive – it took the pandemic to coax ...

Journalist Aristides Vikettos’ lawyer on Monday called on Archbishop Georgios to come clean over allegations which prompted the head of the church to sue for libel. Vikettos was sued for ...

Eight more archaeologists and a new digger have been secured with Cyprus’ latest funds for the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). The agreement for €300,000 was signed on Monday at the ...

The planned 48-hour strike by public hospital doctors scheduled to take place from Tuesday to Thursday has been called off following extensive discussions between the doctors’ unions, the state health ...