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Cyprus on Tuesday along with Belgium, France, Estonia, and Hungary signed a letter of intent to jointly procure Mistral anti-aircraft missiles. The letter was signed by defence ministry permanent secretary ...

The prices of VAT-free products have increased “more than expected”, the Cyprus Consumers’ Association said on Tuesday. A total of 92% of VAT-free products have seen price increases, with the association ...

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Cyprus has made “some progress” in implementing anti-money laundering measures, but it still needs to improve on certain aspects, a Moneyval report released on Tuesday said. In its annual report ...

Nikos Christodoulides’ first 100 days in power presentation on Tuesday drew a mixed reaction from parliamentary parties with opposition Akel saying major changes are needed, and Dipa saying it is a ...

More than €2 billion in taxes are owed to the state, of which €668 million is at risk of never being received, the Audit Office said in a report released Tuesday. In ...

Cyprus wants shorter gas pipeline to Israel By Michele Kambas Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel’s east Mediterranean gas fields during talks which ...

One third more visitors arrived in Cyprus this May than last year, official statistics showed on Tuesday after 420,076 people arrived. During the same month last year 315,018 tourists arrived. From January ...

Independent and somewhat controversial MP Andreas Themistocleous has launched another complaint against the head of the Foni children’s rights NGO Anastasia Papadopoulou saying that people, who believe that she ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Tuesday addressed the annual general meeting of the Association of Cyprus Banks, touching on domestic economic developments, the resilience of the ...

The Association of Cyprus Banks has always played a “creative and productive part” in the island’s banking sector developments, particularly amidst the challenges of the past few years, Finance ...

Teenage Cypriot race car driver Evagoras Papasavvas said he will focus on the positive aspects of his experience at the Grand Prix of Road America, despite only finishing eighth and 19...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday announced an upcoming plan to address the housing crisis, that moves are underway to improve bicommunal ties, and a mechanism towards greater government accountability will ...

Asylum applications have increased by 490 per cent since 2015, the Office of the Law Commissioner said on Tuesday, World Refugee Day. The primary focus of the office in recent months has ...

The trial of a man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot Zehie Helin Reessur in the north in January has been postponed after a key report which was due to ...

People in Cyprus are used to the old being part of the life of the young. ELENI PHILIPPOU meets a woman working to make sure the former do not become ...

Calling all Larnaca-based foodies, June has an exciting event in store! After five jam-packed markets in the Nicosia Municipal Gardens, a Fork Food event is making its way to Larnaca ...

The municipality of Geroskipou is set to head to the Supreme Court after a permit has been given for the construction of a hotel on church owned land within its ...

In a move aimed at fulfilling EU green obligations, the department of public works will upgrade seven government buildings at a total cost of €45 million by 2027, it announced on Tuesday. ...

The independent union of public employees (Asdyk) has called on the finance ministry to write into law protections for public sector workers who wish to work from home. The union ...

Dursun Oguz, the north’s ‘agriculture minister’ made assurances on Tuesday morning that the recent outbreaks of smallpox in livestock are now under control. Cases of smallpox were first detected ...

Reports of the conversion of shepherds’ huts into holiday homes in the Akamas region have emerged, sparking outrage, although the mukhtar of Inia on Tuesday said he is fed-up of ...

The hunting federation is set to hold a march “in favour of the institution of the family and the protection of the child” on July 8. The federation’s chairman Nikolas ...

Road deaths in Cyprus dropped by 18 per cent in 2022, the latest Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) revealed on Tuesday. The number of road deaths dropped from 45 in 2021 to 37 last year. ...