Tom Cleaver

Two Cypriot banks, the Bank of Cyprus and the Hellenic Bank, had their credit ratings upgraded by investment service Moody’s on Monday. Both had their long-term deposit ratings increased ...

British bases police arrested a 50-year-old man from Dasaki Achnas on Tuesday after 1kg of cannabis and “objects resembling ancient artefacts” were found in his home. According to the Cyprus ...

A delegation of Cypriot deputies met the Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday. The deputies form the delegation of the Cyprus-Armenia interparliamentary cooperation committee and ...

Both public sector and private sector jobs are set to be included in a new bill regulating remote working, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. He was speaking at ...

The Nicosia municipality on Tuesday rejected allegations made against them by the Green party that they had drowned kittens. The kittens were found dead in the Misiaouli and Kavazoglu park ...

Three new firefighting aircraft are to be purchased for use by the forestry department, the government decided on Tuesday. The decision was announced following an inter-ministerial committee meeting at the ...

A new patients’ guide website is set to be created, with the aim of helping people better understand Gesy and how to use the system. The guide is the brainchild ...

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms after attempting to smuggle drugs from the Republic into the north via the Ledras Street crossing point. Oguzhan Yildiz received a ...

A man was released on bail on Monday after having been arrested for attempting to smuggle a total of 700kg of avocadoes to the north. In court on Monday, police ...

Customs warehouses at the Famagusta port flooded on Monday as rain hit the town. According to the Famagusta News Agency (MHA), holes in the warehouses’ roofs and open ends in ...

The finance ministry is “examining and costing scenarios” for potential new measures to support people facing ongoing difficulties with the cost of living, Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday. He ...

Teachers at 19 Turkish Cypriot schools went on strike on Monday over an ongoing dispute regarding the north’s ‘education ministry’ deciding to implement regular afternoon classes. Chairwoman of the Cyprus ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has again criticised Greek Cypriot leaders, pouring cold water on the idea of reunification as the Republic celebrated 63 years of independence on Sunday. “Considering the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Ukraine on Monday for a meeting of the foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states in Kyiv. The meeting is the first of ...

Covid-19 and influenza vaccinations are being simultaneously administered across the country after the latest round of vaccinations began on Monday. Speaking to CyBC on Monday morning, medical services director Elisavet ...

A man was found dead on the coastal path in Chlorakas on Saturday, though police are ruling out the possibility of criminal activity. According to the Paphos police, a man ...

Two people were rescued from the sea off the coast of Limassol on Saturday. Police said they received a call regarding two people in danger of the coast of Limassol ...

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ on Saturday revealed the top three tax-paying companies and individuals over the course of 2022. The highest tax-paying company was Turkish bank Turkiye Is Bankasi, which ...

A 23-year-old man was on Saturday clocked driving at 188 kilometres per hour on the highway between Limassol and Nicosia, police said. His speed was recorded on the stretch of road ...

Former Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday urged the current government to “modestly read the reasons” for the upgrade of Cyprus’ credit score by Moody’s. He added that the ...

Α 29-year-old Serbian national died after being run over in Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning. The man was attempting to cross Limassol’s coastal road when he was ...

Cyprus records around 4,000 new cancer cases per year, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Saturday. Kanari was speaking at the first Oncology Forum held at the Bank of Cyprus oncology ...

Taxi drivers across Cyprus are set to go on strike on Monday, beginning at 7am. They are set to gather in protest at the GSP stadium in Nicosia, the new ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday he was “deeply satisfied” after investment service Moody’s upgraded Cyprus’ credit rating to “investment level”, putting the success down to the success of ...