Cyprus

Supermarkets in the north were emptied of alcohol after news hit of a big price hike to be slapped on them through increased taxation. Some shop owners pre-emptively took bottles ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Thursday said he is planning to address an urgent letter to the Council of Europe with evidence showing mass migration flows to Cyprus through Turkey ...

The health ministry announced that there had been no new deaths from Covid-19 and that 5,186 had tested positive from 103,263 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 5.02 per cent. The ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) has announced that it will be offering scholarships to Ukrainian students seeking asylum due to the Russian invasion of their country. Ten undergraduate scholarships ...

Cyprus is the only European country that does not have a university teaching hospital and this is to the detriment of both the academic and medical communities, MPs heard on ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Thursday asked the health ministry to lift all coronavirus measures, saying that other countries were doing this and because businesses cannot take much ...

The House audit committee on Thursday addressed a recent auditor-general report on the judicial service, which covered a range of subjects including cuts to judges’ salaries, building and evidence security, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is in Brussels for the European Council Thursday and Friday where EU leaders are expected to discuss the situation in Ukraine, and also with US President Joe ...

By Yiannis Seitanides RCB Bank’s coordinated exit from the financial markets has entered the final stretch, with the supervisory authorities in Nicosia and Frankfurt managing a situation that could ...

Perhaps it was an unconscious decision prompted by the surprisingly vicious cold snap currently gripping the island, an unwitting turn towards familiarity and reliability, but visiting Chesters recently was not ...

Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki from April 10 this year, an announcement from the Finnish embassy in Cyprus said Thursday. The Finnish ambassador to Cyprus, Harri Mä...

RCB Bank on Thursday announced that it will cease operating as a bank and would become an asset management company. The bank cited the “ongoing and extremely volatile geopolitical situation” ...

Cyprus will on Friday celebrate Greek Independence Day with schoolchildren taking part in parades in all towns. March 25, which also is a public holiday in Cyprus, commemorates the start of ...

A total of 37 free rapid testing sites will operate around the republic on Friday, the health ministry announced. Aside from any medical certificates exempting them from vaccination/entitling them to ...

Nicosia bus employees returned to work on Thursday, after they temporarily called off their indefinite strike which started last week. The decision to suspend the strike was announced after a ...

Despite the Cyprus legal framework providing extensive protection from discrimination on the basis of a person’s race and ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, sexual orientation, gender ...

Cyta and DeeJay Radio partnered up to acquire 40 tablets for the Nicosia municipality, which will donate them to the children at the Nicosia Municipal Multipurpose Centre, according to an announcement ...

The 32nd International Bridge Festival was held with great success at the Navarria hotel in Limassol from March 18-22. One hundred and fifty participants from various countries such as Cyprus, ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus supermarkets are not expected to experience stock shortages due to the war in Ukraine, executive secretary of the Supermarkets Association (PASYPE) Andreas Hadjiadamou has said. ...

Authorities on Thursday were investigating a fire that broke out in two cars on a main road in Paphos as possible arson. The saloon cars were set ablaze in the ...

Police on Thursday said they have booked nine people for violating coronavirus measures after 1,681 checks in the government-controlled areas. Five people were booked in Famagusta after 401 checks, three in Larnaca ...

Eurobank Cyprus on Wednesday announced that it posted a net profit of €52.3 million for 2021, boosting its profitability from the year before, while at the same time improving its asset quality ...

The €556 million loan portfolio sale by RCB Bank to Hellenic Bank on Tuesday served to fulfil a dual purpose – bolstering the latter bank’s portfolio with high-quality assets, while at ...

BUX, a European digital financial services company, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jean-Raphael Nahas as new Managing Director of its Cyprus CFD operations, following the hiring of online brokerage ...