Archive 2024

Eurobank on Tuesday significantly increased its stake in Hellenic Bank by purchasing 503,934 shares at a total cost of €1.29 million, with transaction taking place on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). According ...

After a long week at work with a heatwave peaking with record-breaking temperatures, the call of the sea at the weekend can be strong. But for some the plunge has ...

Two 20-year-old men are in critical condition at Nicosia General Hospital after a quad bike accident Tuesday night in Ayia Napa. According to police, the accident occurred at 11.45pm when ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired scores of rockets at Israel on Wednesday, Israel said, in apparent response to an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, further ratcheting up ...

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s current world-leading green policies are likely to stay put, ...

X Open Hub to attend the online trading event of the year as a top exhibitor and panel speaker. X Open Hub, the leading provider of enterprise-grade liquidity and trading ...

By Nenad Naumovski, Amanda Bulman and Andrew McKune Humans have long been searching for a “magic elixir” to make us smarter, and improve our focus and memory. This includes traditional ...

BirdLife Cyprus and the AG Leventis Gallery present the opening of the LIFE with Vultures exhibition next week, a poignant showcase of the efforts to save the Griffon Vulture from ...

Final exams in public schools across Cyprus continue on Wednesday with Modern Greek.The education ministry expects 5,352 candidates to turn up for Wednesday’s three-hour exam.Thursday’s exams are ...

Hamas on Wednesday said its “positive” response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip opened a “wide pathway” to reach an agreement, but ...

The World Bank on Tuesday said the US economy’s stronger-than-expected performance has prompted it to lift its 2024 global growth outlook slightly but warned that overall output would remain well ...

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun, making him the first child of a ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Tuesday announced the official release of its regulatory sandbox, with the presentation of the launch taking place during an online event. In ...

By Duncan McCowan I’m very fortunate to have a large garden, about an English acre, secreted between Dali and Potamia, and bordered by the seasonal Yialyas river. I’m ...

OPEC on Tuesday stuck to its forecast for relatively strong growth in global oil demand in 2024, despite lower-than-expected use in the first quarter, saying travel and tourism would support consumption ...

Wednesday will be clear and hot with a yellow weather warning in place for temperatures at 41C in the interior 34C on the south and east coasts, 33C on the ...

General Motors (GM.N) on Tuesday announced a new $6 billion share buyback plan, more than a month after posting upbeat first-quarter results and raising its annual forecast, citing stable prices ...

Saudi Arabia began preparing more than a year ago to sell a new chunk of state oil giant Aramco, targeting foreign investment that has lagged goals for years and is ...

With the United Kingdom’s general election just three weeks away, British political parties are vying to win the votes of both diaspora Cypriots in the UK and British citizens ...

The biggest losers of Sunday’s elections for the European parliament were the parties of the so-called ‘centre’ – Diko, Edek and Dipa – which saw their total support almost halved since 2019, ...

Cyprus, are you ready for some French jazz? This June, the wonderful French Jazz and Swing Quintet Divarco will make their Cyprus debut with two performances in Limassol and Nicosia ...

The families of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed travelled to Turkey on Tuesday ahead of the resumption of ...

The met office on Tuesday issued a yellow weather warning for Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures set to reach as high as 41 degrees Celsius inland. The warning will be in place ...

With the elections for MEPs and local government officials over, the Audit Office will now step in to inspect if all candidates stuck to the rules over their spending. There ...