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The percentage of people who made online purchases showed a significant increase, which reached 48 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 34.1 per cent in the corresponding period last ...

The number of first time asylum seekers applying for international protection in the European Union rose by 58 per cent year-on-year in September 2021, with Cyprus receiving 1,120, according to monthly data published ...

Cyprus announced on Thursday its commitment to contribute €5.77 mln as a donor country, in the context of the remote meetings held on 14 and 15 December for the $93 billion replenishment package of ...

Ten people and one business owner were reported by police for violations of Covid-19 measures during the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Thursday. The fines came after 2,471 checks throughout ...

Cyprus was one of the countries where the largest reduction in both primary as well as final energy consumption was recorded last year, according to data released by Eurostat, the ...

The Council of Ministers is discussing new measures to contain the spread of the Covid pandemic. The measures were tabled by Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas who met with the Scientific ...

The Cyprus Composite Leading Economic Index (CCLEI) recorded a year-over-year increase of 14.0 per cent in November 2021, reaching a level of 112.7, after year-over-year increases of 13.9 per cent in October and 13.4 per ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he had an “extremely useful exchange” with French President Emmanuel Macron in the margins of the European Council in Brussels. “Absolute delight to talk ...

Europe is experiencing the largest wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU health commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, said on Wednesday, adding that based on the recent data of the European Centre ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides had a meeting with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares Bueno in Nicosia on Wednesday saying they both stood to gain from increased cooperation. “Delighted to ...

A report by the Parliamentary Committee of Financial and Budgetary Affairs on the State Budget for 2022 ahead of the plenary debate and vote this week, stresses the significant uncertainties affecting ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will at 19.00 on Tuesday attend a reception hosted by the UN at the Ledra Palace Hotel in the buffer zone in ...

Israel welcomes Cyprus’ efforts to reinstate the Cyprus-Greece maritime passenger link and the possibility of extending the connection to Israel.According to a press release by the Deputy Ministry of ...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will present to the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on Monday the options document for the Union`s response ...

Police conducted 3,101 checks in the last 24 hours and fined 31 citizens and nine establishment owners for violation of COVID-19 measures.A police spokesperson told CNΑ that in Nicosia after 1,046 checks, 12 individuals ...

Cyprus received more than 3,856 applications from asylum seekers in the months of October-November 2021, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has said. He added that the percentage of asylum seekers and eligible persons ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is holding his first meeting on Friday with Colin Stewart, who this week assumed his duties as the UNSG’s Special Representative and head of the UN ...

Police reported 15 individuals and five shop owners for violating the measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours ending on 06:00 ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is in Madrid for meetings with the country’s monarch and the prime minister where the relations between the wo countries were at the forefront of discussions. ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) unveiled on Wednesday three new programmes of a total budget of €13 million, in the framework of Cyprus` recovery and resilience plan. The programmes were ...

The discussion on the draft options paper on the EU’s response to Turkey’s actions in Varosha will be continued at the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday. The ...

Cyprus’s Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades has called upon the sector’s community to work towards a sustainable future for shipping, with recognition and protection of seafarers, especially in ...

President Nicos Anastasiades departs for Madrid on Wednesday for meetings with the country’s monarch and the prime minister. On Thursday, Anastasiades will meet in the morning with Prime Minister ...

A Cyprus settlement in line with international law and UN Security Council resolutions would significantly contribute to the peace and stability of the region, the leaders of Israel, Cyprus and ...