Archive 2024

Former financial ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou will run as MEP on the Elam ticket, the far-right party announced on Monday. Ioannou will be classed as candidate “according to merit” and has ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...

The foreign ministry has not allayed concerns that Cyprus is at risk for a terror attack over the use of the British Bases, Diko MP Christos Orphanides charged on Monday. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday decried the United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 on the anniversary of its passage. The resolution, which passed through the Security Council on March 4, 1964, ...

Germany accused Russia on Monday of leaking an intercepted recording of German military discussions about how to support Ukraine against the Kremlin’s invasion in an attempt to divide Europe. ...

Cyprus’ anti-money laundering unit (Mokas) may be roped in to investigate the case of the Ukrainian woman who was remanded after reporting a €420,000 robbery. Police now fear there may be ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Monday released a report revealing a decline in deposit interest rates in January 2024, alongside a mixed picture in interest rates for key loan ...

Cypriot diplomat Andrestinos Papadopoulos died on Sunday at the age of 88, following a battle with cancer. Papadopoulos was born in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1936, and went on to ...

The significant role of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) in efforts to “restore peace, stability, and international legality in Cyprus,” was hailed on Monday by President Nikos ...

Two of the suspects accused of being a part of a mass brawl which took place on Zahra street in Nicosia’s old town in the north “were handing out ...

The European Commission will support Cyprus’ initiative to implement a maritime humanitarian corridor, its president Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. Her post on X came after a call ...

For the second consecutive year, the University of Nicosia and Junior Achievement Cyprus co-organised the World Conference on Business Education, with the theme “Development of Business Skills”. This event took ...

Support for the governing Conservative Party has fallen to the lowest level in more than four decades as a general election draws nearer in an opinion poll published on Monday, ...

A team from Shriners Children’s are in Cyprus to perform surgical procedures and examine children with orthopedic diseases. Shriners Children’s, operated by Shriners International in Florida is a ...

Israel has agreed to revise the lyrics of its potential submission to the Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organizers took issue with verses that appeared to reference Hamas’ Oct. 7 ...

MSPS Cyprus unveiled its new offices and renewed brand identity and philosophy on February 29, 2024, in a convivial evening full of music, in the presence of distinguished guests from Cyprus and ...

Celestyal Cruises and the Cyprus Maritime Academy on Monday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, marking a significant collaboration in the realm of maritime education. Under this agreement, ...

The Green party has included a Turkish Cypriot, Oz Karahan, on its ballot for June’s European elections. They have become only the second political party represented in parliament to ...

The world of cryptocurrency is abuzz with anticipation as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prepares to make a crucial decision regarding trading Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) options. Simultaneously, excitement ...

Greece, host of the headquarters of the EU operation to shield ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, hopes to play a more central role in ensuring security of ...

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday that Ukraine was part of Russia and ruled out peace talks ...

Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite an Israeli decision not to send a delegation. The ceasefire ...

The latest black eye for Boeing’s top-selling 737 MAX aircraft occurred in January when a cabin panel blowout forced an Alaska Airlines (ALK.N) flight to make an emergency landing. ...