Cyprus

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week released a quarterly report showing that the interest rate on household deposits with a maturity of up to one year increased to 2.29 ...

A 28-year-old man from Larnaca crashed his car into a bus on Thursday night after being intercepted by the police’s drugs squad. The man, who was driving with three ...

Yet more snow is expected to fall in the Troodos mountains on Friday, with temperatures set to rise no higher than five degrees Celsius in the region. Elsewhere, clouds, rain, ...

Cyprus-based ship management company Intership Navigation, founded 35 years ago by German ship owner Alfred Hartmann, recently announced its separation from the Hartmann Group through a management buyout by its long-term ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday that several EU countries had responded positively to his initiative aimed at designating parts of Syria as safe. During a session at the ...

The Treasury said Thursday it will resume paying the pensions of currently serving state officials, following legal advice it received from the attorney-general’s office. In a statement, Accountant-General Andreas ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko is claiming €200 million from Cyprus in arbitration proceedings, MPs heard on Thursday, as the ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades raised eyebrows on Thursday after he issued a statement amid a political firestorm in his own Disy party, calling on members to leave aside “personal grudges” ...

As February arrives, a new wave of musical events is added to Cyprus’ cultural calendar. From intimate and cosy acoustic sets to electrifying late-night boogies, the upcoming weeks have plenty ...

The European Union donated €2.6 million to the Committee on Missing Persons, it was announced on Thursday. Following their receipt of the donation, the CMP said they wish “to express deep ...

The attorney-general’s office said Thursday it has appealed a ruling by Limassol district court that found in favour of depositors with now-defunct Laiki (Popular) Bank whose uninsured savings got ...

Nicosia has been selected as one of the cities for the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) initiative by the European Commission, it was announced during an information day event held at ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Cyprus Central Bank (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou held a meeting on Thursday, discussing a potential decrease in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

The Non-Performing Loan (NPL) ratio in Cyprus remained unchanged at 8.3 per cent in November 2023, according to a report released on Thursday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). According to ...

For yet another year, and with a high sense of solidarity, Lidl Cyprus supports the struggle of cancer patients in practice. This year, the company offered €110,000 to the Cyprus Anti-Cancer ...

No measure to support single-parent families was included in the president’s State of the Republic speech on Monday night outlining his priorities for 2024, the Association of Single Parent Families ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou In a strongly worded statement, Attorney-General George Savvides said he would be referring lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou to the bar association for potential disciplinary offences, ...

All roads leading to Troodos were reopened on Thursday afternoon, having been closed for much of the day. The police noted, however, that roads leading to the highest mountain peaks ...

Copper prices set to soar by more than 75 per cent over next two years Mark Rachovides, chairman of Venus Minerals and a member of Euromines, the voice of the European ...

The trial of the driver of a pickup truck which crashed into another vehicle and killed its four occupants on New Year’s Eve was postponed on Thursday. The man’...

Two people received eight-day custodial remands on Thursday after having attempted to smuggle 33 kilograms of cannabis into Cyprus via Paphos airport. The pair, aged 28 and 20 years old, had arrived at ...

Private debt in Cyprus, including households and non-financial companies, reached 206 per cent of GDP at the end of the third quarter of 2023, according to a report released this week by ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will have a new meeting with the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, on Friday at noon, he announced on Thursday on arrival ...

The head of the association of hospitality sector owners (Osika) Neophytos Thrasivoulou said attendance at leisure centres nationwide currently hovers around 30 per cent, making January one of the most difficult ...