Archive 2024

Cyprus’ tourism revenue amounted to €74.3 million in December 2023, compared to €57.6m in the corresponding month of the previous year, marking an increase of 29 per cent, according to a report released ...

The following table shows crude output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in millions of barrels per day (bpd) in February and January, according to a Reuters ...

Inflation fell in six economically important German states in February, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting that German inflation is continuing on its downward trajectory. The inflation rate in North ...

German sports apparel company Puma (PUMG.DE) plans to return up to 50 per cent of its net income to shareholders, it said on Thursday The company will now return between 25...

Serdar Denktash, son of late Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash, said on Thursday the north should hold parallel ‘EU elections’ this June. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster BRT, ...

Concerns expressed by the government about the proposal of the European Commission for a bicommunal solar park in the buffer zone are perfectly justified. These were voiced after the EU ...

A Russian man pled guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he smuggled large quantities of American-made, military-grade microelectronics to Russia, top U.S. justice officials said in a ...

Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations that amount to “crimes against humanity,” a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report called ...

After much haggling, the House plenum on Thursday passed a law regulating the employment of advisors or associates to the president, ministers and deputy ministers. The legislation provides for members ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday his government would find a way to end exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from Israeli military service in the face of political pressures that ...

Parliament on Thursday gave the nod to the establishment of a deputy ministry for migration and asylum, hailed by the interior minister as a “milestone” for the country. Creating the ...

A public inquiry into a British police officer whose rape and murder of a woman horrified the nation concluded on Thursday that without a sweeping overhaul of failed vetting procedures, ...

MPs slammed on Thursday the last-minute decision by the interior ministry to submit bills on local government reform. Chairman of the House interior committee, Akel MP Aristos Damianou, said it ...

Tempers flared in parliament on Thursday during the ratification of an interstate agreement between Cyprus and Israel over the co-production of movies, with opposition Akel describing the proceedings as being ...

Although the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) remains a profitable business concern, there is also an internal effort to “embellish” its image and to conceal serious problems, found a report released ...

Parliament is reviewing a legislative proposal allowing members of the public to introduce legislation if the proposal garners 5,000 signatures, an MP with the Diko party confirmed on Thursday. Speaking on ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides ordered disciplinary proceedings against a male employee at the Nicosia Water Board on Thursday after three women who work there reported him for sexual harassment. Lottides ...

Regulations for breastfeeding need to be established by parliament soon, the House health committee urged on Thursday, following complaints that women were having their pay docked for taking breaks to ...

Three exciting musical happenings will take place in old Nicosia this March as the Pharos Arts Foundation welcomes esteemed musicians to The Shoe Factory. Get ready for recitals, sopranos and ...

MPs stressed the importance of enhancing e-governance in the healthcare sector during a discussion on the national e-health authority at the House health committee on Thursday. Following the meeting, committee ...

President Nikos Christodoulides can stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a court decision to pay €1 million in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou, her lawyer said on Thursday. The statements ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday promised to take a swim in the river Seine one day, as he officially inaugurated the 2024 Olympic village and praised the legacy the Games ...

In the shattered town of Orikhiv not far from the southeastern front in Ukraine, Svitlana, a grandmother, sleeps in the brick-walled basement of her apartment block where she lives with ...

Consulting and advisory firm Deloitte Cyprus on Thursday announced the release of the organisation’s Global Human Capital Trends report for 2024, which examines the most important issues for organisations, leaders ...