Archive 2024

Nicosia municipality, in cooperation with the Keead information training centre and the Akelius language foundation is offering free English lessons for beginners, it announced on Thursday. The classes will start ...

More than 80 per cent of recent graduates in Cyprus were employed in 2023, according to data collected by the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat. This figure is a slight decrease ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday issued a warning to the public regarding false and misleading posts circulating on social media and other online platforms. These posts, ...

The United States amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp, which had docked in Limassol earlier this month, has carried out training exercises with the Turkish navy. The USS Wasp had ...

The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank earlier this week off the coast Sicily during a ...

The price of 27 out of 45 products monitored by the Cyprus consumer protection service increased in July, according to the latest price observatory report. According to the service, the biggest rises ...

Around 600 new housing units are to be constructed in Limassol in the next six years for rent or purchase as part of the state’s affordable housing policy, the Cyprus ...

Children’s orchestra Sistema Cyprus’ Larnaca branch’s future has been secured thanks to the latest donation put forward by foreign exchange company XM. XM’s donation has covered the ...

Chelsea’s players are in a “bubble” and will not be distracted by the constant transfer speculation surrounding the club, midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall said, as manager Enzo Maresca continues his ...

XM‘s recent donation to Sistema Cyprus covers all operational costs of the programme in Larnaca. The music-social orchestra programme, founded in 2017, has helped over 350 young people to date, offering ...

Implementation of local government reforms in the Paphos district has not gotten off to a great start, the president of the Union of Paphos Communities said on Friday. Michalis Nikandros ...

In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia’s western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. At midnight at the start of Aug. 6, the ...

Sunflower oil has dethroned olive oil as king of the kitchen in Spain, the world´s largest olive oil producer, as rising prices force consumers to switch to cheaper options. ...

A 31-year-old asylum seeker was arrested on Wednesday at the Limassol port for attempting to travel under false identity. The woman, originally from Congo, tried to board the ferry to ...

July was the warmest July in Cyprus’ history, the Met Department said on Wednesday, saying that many warm nights contributed to the record. According to the data, July saw a ...

Another weekend is approaching and it is going to be an eventful one. Wherever you are on the island, there is something to do this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here ...

When Sphen, one half of the gay penguin couple whose love captivated the world, died earlier this month in Sydney his partner Magic began to sing. Gentoo penguins Sphen and ...

Cypriot banks have nearly eliminated their borrowing from the Eurosystem through Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs), with the latest data from the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) showing repayments totalling €2.6 ...

Swiss companies and consumers are now able to make instant electronic payments, catching up with other European financial centres where the ultra-fast transfers are increasingly popular. Instant payments allow credit ...

Britain’s government again borrowed more than expected last month, according to official data released on Wednesday that highlighted the tight financial backdrop for new finance minister Rachel Reeves as ...

British upmarket supermarket group Waitrose plans to invest 1 billion pounds ($1.30 billion) in new and existing shops over the next three years, it said on Wednesday. The chain, part of the ...

Those held responsible for the deaths of 35 Cypriots when the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during last year’s earthquakes “will get the punishment they deserve”, ...

The Green Party has filed a formal objection to a massive photovoltaic plant proposed for the Mathiatis-Analyontas-Lythrodontas triangle, in the Nicosia district.The party is calling on all ecologically-aware people ...

A federal judge in California on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing social media platform X of forcing out workers with disabilities after Elon Musk took over the company and barred ...