Archive January 2025

Friday will be partly cloudy with isolated rains expected and a chance of a brief storm in the mountains and areas to the west and south. Temperatures will rise to 16...

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has officially opened its Regional Presence Office (RPO) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Alexandria, Egypt, a city with a deep ...

Building permits in Cyprus saw a significant drop in August 2024, with only 183 permits granted, compared to 450 in the same month in 2023, according to data from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

The Cypriot real estate market remained stable in 2024, compared to the year before, reflecting the challenges faced by the sector, according to the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council. In ...

Norway’s central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 17-year high of 4.50 per cent on Thursday, as unanimously expected by analysts in a Reuters poll, and maintained ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) said on Thursday it is in talks with General Motors (GM.N) to supply commercial electric vehicles to its US peer, as it expects ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) will raise prices of all its cars in Canada from Feb. 1, according to notices on its Canadian website, with prices of Model 3 going up by as much ...

Associated British Foods (ABF.L) downgraded the annual sales guidance for its Primark budget clothing business on Thursday after disappointing results in the Christmas quarter in its main UK and ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday cited Cyprus among a number of issues facing Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU. Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ...

The political system was overjoyed on Wednesday by the council of ministers’ decision to lower the voting age to 17. The decision inspired the familiar and tired rhetoric about broadening democratic ...

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a last-gasp winner to secure a 2-1 victory over Rangers in the Europa League group stage on Thursday and Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to secure an end to the war with Ukraine and ...

A woman who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband won an appeal in Europe’s top human rights court, ...

Palestinians in northern Gaza prepared tent encampments for displaced families on Thursday, two days before they were expected to return to their home areas in accordance with the timeline of ...

At least 20 fishermen have been killed in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their village, fishermen and local security officers said on Thursday. Nigeria has ...

In 2023, 16.9 per cent of Cypriots reported difficulties in heating their homes, according to Eurostat. This marks a 2.3 per cent improvement compared to 2022, when one in five Cypriots struggled to keep ...

Nicosia criminal court on Thursday acquitted most of the defendants in a case relating to the now-defunct citizenship-via-investment scheme, finding that the charges of conspiracy to defraud the state were ...

Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna met with Danish Minister for European Affairs Marie Bjerre in Nicosia on Thursday. The meeting highlighted the ‘strong bilateral relations between Cyprus and ...

The public broadcaster’s provident fund has been run in such a shambolic way over the past few years, that it raises legitimate suspicions of embezzlement, MPs heard on Thursday. ...

February marks the return of the Peloponnesian winemakers to Cyprus with the annual Peloponnese Wine Festival. Wine professionals and lovers are invited to join this highly-anticipated annual event in Limassol ...

The government said Thursday that sometime over the next few weeks it will unveil a ‘strategic plan’ for attracting foreign investment to Cyprus, while also asking local businesspeople and industrialists ...

Teaching staff at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) went on strike on Thursday, demanding payment for extraordinary travel expenses incurred after their teaching duties were relocated from Limassol and ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday said he is considering ways to involve the private sector in accident and emergency units in Cyprus. Speaking to the House health committee, he ...

Netflix’s Spanish-language musical “Emilia Perez” topped the list of movies nominated on Thursday for Academy Awards, followed by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked.” “Emilia Perez,” the story of a Mexican ...