Archive March 2025

Cyprus has achieved a significant milestone in 2024: it reduced its trade deficit to €8.13 billion from €8.47 billion the previous year which is a 3.97% reduction from the previous year. Since global trade ...

With Nicosia Municipality adopting e-invoicing as part of its digital transformation, it invites its partners and suppliers to submit their invoices via the Bank of Cyprus’ Jinius platform, supporting the ...

Health ministry permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki bid farewell to her colleagues on Monday, her last day of work before retirement. On Monday, Yiannaki spoke to the health ministry leadership and ...

Every edition of Cyprus Film Days is subtly different to all the others. This year’s – the 23rd, would you believe, taking place on April 4-12 – will surely go down ...

An extra Easter allowance for low-income pensioners was approved by the council of ministers on Monday, amounting to €3.3 million, the welfare deputy minister said. “This decision helps more than 11,000 beneficiaries,” ...

On March 28, 2025, Grandmother’s Day, a press conference was held to mark Alambra Dairy’s eighth consecutive “My grandmother… thank you” campaign. The campaign, carried out over the years with ...

Disy former MP Evgenios Hamboullas has resigned from the party citing an “existential dilemma” and “distancing from ideological roots”, spurring Disy to “remind him that principles don’t abandon people” ...

Fines issued based on the traffic camera system will be payable until April 30, the traffic police department announced on Monday. The deadline for paying outstanding fines, which began on January 8, ...

Each year, the Christodoula March stands as a historic symbol of solidarity with those navigating cancer. An event offering social solidarity and moral support, focused on the struggle to prevent, ...

Cyprus’ hourly labour costs saw a modest increase yet remain below the European average, according to the latest Eurostat data. The average hourly labour cost in Cyprus in 2024 rose to €21, ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and banned immediately for five years from running for public office, in a watershed moment that will rule ...

Pharmaceuticals, alongside halloumi cheese, remained key drivers of Cyprus’ exports in 2024, despite a slight downturn, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Specifically, pharmaceuticals accounted for 14.4 per cent of the ...

Six individuals were arrested on Sunday for possessing drugs in a coordinated operation by the drug squad Ykan and the regional police in Limassol, the force announced on Monday. During ...

By Annita Semina Petrides In a time when political turbulence and uncertainty seems to be the norm, students at the London School of Economics collaborated to organise one of the ...

By Yiannis Misirlis The Cyprus real estate sector is in a dynamic phase of growth. Despite significant challenges, the industry continues to demonstrate resilience and adaptability, contributing approximately 15 per cent ...

Cyprus’ major trade unions, including public servants’ union Pasydy and the trade union Sek, have firmly opposed some of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest recommendations, following its Article ...

Greek schools will be celebrate Eoka Day on April 1 for the first time, commemorating the 1955-1959 uprising of Cypriots against British colonial rule and the bid to unify with Greece, ...

Mark your sporting calendars for the island’s first-ever coastal regatta, organised by Limassol Marina and Ayia Napa Marina. Setting a new standard in the world of yacht racing, all ...

Cyprus got drawn into a war of words between Israel and Turkey at the weekend after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan verbally attacked the former. “Everyone is aware of what ...

The Cypriot residential real estate market experienced a strong year in 2024, with new home sales exceeding €2 billion, according to a report released on Monday by Landbank Real Estate Analytics. The ...

Five hooded men robbed a bakery in Kamares on Monday morning, the second such attack in Larnaca in just over 24 hours. The men stole the money by removing the portable ...

The creation of another 60 all-day-schools and an Easter allowance for low-income pensioners will be discussed at the Council of Ministers, President Nikos Christodoulides said ahead of the meeting on Monday ...

The hooded mob which clashed with police in Limassol over the weekend, was made up of young men marking the one hundred days prior to being conscripted for mandatory armed ...

Oil prices slipped on Monday, heading for a modest quarterly loss, despite a warning from US President Donald Trump that he may impose secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian oil ...