Archive January 2025

Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, has long been a city of contrasts, its bustling streets juxtaposed with the silent, guarded buffer zone. Now, the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday identified Apoel as the Nicosia football club hauled into court over non-payment of social insurance contributions, with the club later reacting angrily that it ...

Bitcoin’s resurgence to $94,000 has reignited speculation about its potential to 5x in 2025, with reports of Donald Trump’s pro-crypto executive orders fueling optimism. These orders, expected to address restrictive ...

Poland’s ambassador in Nicosia Marek Szczepanowski on Tuesday outlined the seven pillars of its country’s tenure as European Council president. Speaking at an event at European Union House ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has condemned the recent 5 per cent price increase announced by concrete manufacturers, describing it as unprecedented, unjustified, and driven by profiteering motives. Speaking on CyBC’s ...

Architects have sounded the alarm regarding the rapid development in the scenic village of Platres, warning that the area’s historical architectural character and sensitive natural environment are being overlooked. ...

Marketing in a cultural context and how an artist (actor, musician or visual artist) strategizes have also been changing rapidly. Social media, digital platforms and other new technologies give every ...

Andreas Demetriades, chairman of the Association of Large Investment Projects, emphasised the critical role of foreign investment in Cyprus’ development sector during the 2025 forecast presentation this week. He stated that ...

A career fair, titled “Career 2025,” will be held on Saturday at the Bank of Cyprus head office from 10am to 7pm, aiming to help students make informed decisions about their ...

The situation at state hospitals remains manageable as efforts continue to address the ongoing flu outbreak, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charilaos Charilaou said on Tuesday. Charilaou noted a ...

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK is Britain’s second most popular political party and sits just one percentage point behind the governing Labour Party, according to an ...

Paving the way for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to run for a fourth term in office is “on our agenda”, the spokesman for the president’s ruling party said on ...

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort” to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in bringing ...

The British pound was poised to record a sixth consecutive day of decline against the dollar on Tuesday and hit a fresh 2-1/2-month low versus the euro as concerns ...

The European Union National Institutes for Culture in Cyprus (EUNIC), in collaboration with the Friends of Cinema Society, and with the support of the Representation of the European Commission in ...

The total value of non-performing exposures (NPEs) in Cyprus dropped to €1.6 billion by the end of September 2024, down from €1.7 billion in June. This decrease brought the NPE ratio to 6.5 per ...

Global investment fund CarVal Investors has reduced its shareholding in the Bank of Cyprus to 5.9 per cent, according to an announcement made by the bank on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (...

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The Cyprus Consumer Association this week urged individuals with consumer loans issued since July 1997 to take action against potential abusive terms in their agreements. It advised loan holders to file ...

Mountainous villages in the Paphos region have called for a fully staffed ambulance station, operational around the clock, to be set up in Statos Ayios Photiou, as well as an ...

Credit rating agency DBRS said this week that it expects continued growth in the global aviation industry in 2025. It mentioned that this involves potential improvements in operating margins for airlines, ...

Lazio have parted ways with their falconer, the Serie A club said on Monday, after local media reported that he had shared images of his penile implant on social media. ...

The first official session of the advisory committee for strengthening the competitiveness and quality of the Cyprus flag was held in Athens this week, attended by Deputy Minister of Shipping ...

League leaders Liverpool look to avenge their lone defeat of the season when they return to Premier League action on Tuesday evening, visiting a Nottingham Forest side that has emerged ...