Archive January 2025

“The strong friendship and cooperation between Cyprus and Israel and their peoples are vital pillars of stability, security and hope in the region,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said, following a ...

Cyprus recorded the highest monthly increase in retail turnover among EU member states in November 2024, according to preliminary data released on Thursday by Eurostat. Retail turnover in Cyprus grew by 2.3 ...

Friday morning saw 17cm of snow on Troodos’ highest peaks, with rain and thin dust in the atmosphere forecast for the rest of the day across the island. As low ...

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday, as dry desert winds fanning the flames ...

Cyprus’s trade deficit fell by €769 million in the first 11 months of 2024, reaching €7.14 billion compared to €7.91 billion in the same period of 2023, according to preliminary data from the statistical service. ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced this week that it has started to accept instant payments on behalf of itself and its clients, including certain government departments and state ...

Limassol’s mayors and business leaders convened this week to discuss their demands for increased state funding and a “sharper strategic focus” from the government. They argued that Limassol, a ...

Global energy major BP (BP.L) has pledged to lift oil production by 44 per cent and gas output by 89 per cent from India’s largest field off its west coast, ...

Oil producer Saudi Aramco (2222.SE) and Algeria’s Sonatrach lowered January’s official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by between 1.6 per cent and 6 per cent from December ...

Restoration work on the historic watermill of Nikokleia, a significant monument with roots dating back to 1768, has begun after 15 years of concerted effort, municipal authorities announced on Thursday. According to ...

Good relations between neighbouring countries are usually built through common strategic interests, business cooperation, trade, joint ventures and cultural exchanges. Governments may have to do some preparatory work, creating a ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway ...

Football clubs that are wayward in their tax arrears will face the full brunt of the law, the tax commissioner said on Thursday. Sotiris Markidis said all actions pertaining to ...

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “violently intercepted” leaving a march, her first public appearance in months, the opposition said on social media on Thursday. The opposition are protesting ...

President Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia’s economy this week, according to a U.S. official, as part of measures to bolster Kyiv’s war ...

Police were on Thursday investigating a case of attempted murder after an incident involving shots fired in Kornos, Larnaca, resulting in the serious injury of one person. The incident happened ...

Green hills, dresses made out of curtains, runaway nuns with a guitar in hand. These are a few of the favourite things about the beloved musical The Sound of Music ...

Hundreds of demonstrators on Thursday afternoon booed Israeli president Isaac Herzog and shouted “killer go home” as he departed the presidential palace in Nicosia after a meeting there with President ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Thursday affirmed her commitment to supporting and advancing Cypriot sports during an award ceremony honouring athletes who participated in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in ...

The Republic of Cyprus is “undermining stability under the guise of humanitarian aid” in the Middle East, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Thursday. Speaking as his ministry brings ...

Expecting the Greek Cypriots to recognise the north as an independent country is “futile”, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday. In a social media post, he said ...

Greek political leaders, family, friends, and many citizens gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens on Thursday to pay their final respects to Greece’s former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, ...

Delivery of a technical report on the state of the floating, storage and regasification unit (Fsru) is expected “any day now”, the head of the natural gas infrastructure company said ...