Archive February 2025

Cyprus’ government employment increased by 461 people in January 2025, a rise of 0.8 per cent, compared to January 2024, reaching a total of 55,107 employees. This growth was primarily driven by an increase in ...

Eurobank announced on Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of an additional 37.5 per cent stake in Hellenic Bank, bringing its total shareholding to 93.47 per cent. The bank has also ...

Turkey and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement to facilitate the flow of Turkmen natural gas to Turkey, marking a significant step in energy cooperation between the two nations, Turkish Energy ...

Decisions made by oil producer group OPEC take a long-term view of the global markets and are aimed at providing price stability, Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at the ...

Thirteen per cent of employees in Cyprus were absent for between one and 11 days due to psychological stress, Sek union said on Tuesday calling for overall improvement in workplace conditions. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday claimed some credit for the preparations now underway by the UN for an informal five-party conference on the Cyprus issue that will reportedly take place ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq’s second city as it ...

The city of Philadelphia is preparing for more than 1 million fans to celebrate the Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX championship at a downtown parade on Friday. City officials, at a news ...

An enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving both the island’s communities as well as all three guarantor powers and the United Nations, will go ahead in the Swiss ...

Executives across industries reliant on steel and aluminum imports were scrambling to offset the cost of Donald Trump’s move to slap 25 per cent tariffs on those key metals after ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to a fair EU-US trade relationship during a bilateral meeting with US Vice President JD Vance in ...

Donald Trump pressed Jordan’s King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president’s plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza ...

Salman Rushdie spoke calmly and with occasional dry humour as he testified on Tuesday against the man accused of trying to murder him, the first time the two have been ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine this week, Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday, the latest in a flurry of US officials heading ...

Greenpeace International has filed a lawsuit against US pipeline company Energy Transfer in a Dutch court, the environmental group said on Tuesday, adding it was the first test of a ...

Faulty Takata airbags had another day in the sun on Tuesday, as MPs discussed certain dealerships charging car owners to check if their airbags needed replacing, while answers provided by ...

“Love is in the air, and the dice are rolling,” says Cyprus Comic Con in anticipation of its first event of the year, and one dedicated to love! Love for ...

A proposed bill, promising to offer relief to people with disabilities, was presented on Tuesday at the House labour committee and, following an open discussion over coming weeks, will be ...

Cyprus is positioning itself to become a high-quality, year-round tourist destination that balances sustainability, environmental friendliness, and economic growth, according to the president of the Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (...

A bill proposing far tougher sentences on convicted child rapists will be tabled to the House plenum in the coming days, local media reported on Tuesday. The legislative proposal belongs ...

The Nicosia criminal court will decide on Thursday if Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, will remain in custody until ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday he is “not optimistic” about the Great Sea Interconnector – the mooted subsea electricity cable linking Cyprus to Greece. However, his sentiments diverged from ...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of western Yemen including the capital, are ready to mount attacks on Israel if it resumes its assault on Gaza and does not ...