Cyprus

Alpha Bank on Thursday announced a binding agreement to acquire the total assets and liabilities of AstroBank Public Company Ltd for €205 million, a move strengthening its presence in the Cypriot ...

The House plenary on Thursday evening passed the 2025 budget for the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) with lawmakers grasping the opportunity to rail against the high cost of energy. The ...

The Larnaca Federation of Parents’ Associations for Secondary Education is demanding immediate updates on the progress of air conditioner installations and the functioning of heating systems in the district’s ...

Police will implement additional traffic measures over the Green Monday long weekend to prevent accidents, manage congestion and ensure the smooth flow of vehicles. “Drivers should exercise caution while traveling, ...

Parliamentarians on Thursday gave the nod to the 2025 budget of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) but not before engaging in a massive row over the status of the ports at ...

Cypriot startups are set to receive a significant boost with €26 million in funding secured by venture capital firm 33East in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF). The fund aims ...

Decisions regarding the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway were the best possible solution, the Public Works Department (PWD) said on Thursday, adding that it would not engage in further discussions with former ...

The Appellate Court on Thursday set aside a prior judgment by Larnaca criminal court that had acquitted all defendants in a case relating to the now-defunct citizenship-by -investment programme. The ...

The neonatal intensive care unit of Limassol general hospital received a breathing support machine for newborns on Thursday. The medin-NC3 CPAP driver, valued at €14,500, was a donation from the Cans ...

The European investment bank (EIB) has signed a new financing agreement with Cyprus, providing €72 million for the construction of the country’s new archaeological museum in Nicosia, it was reported ...

The Cyprus police association expressed on Thursday its full support for the police leadership’s decision to charge municipalities and other organisers for the cost of policing events, a move ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Thursday called for the government’s tax reform plans to be complete by autumn. He said he has received “positive reactions” to Wednesday’s announcement ...

The headteacher of The English School, Stuart Walker, has accused members of the school’s board of governors of attempting to intimidate him into admitting a student who had failed ...

Two additional traffic cameras have been installed in Limassol and will begin operating on March 4, police announced in a Facebook post. The cameras have been placed at the traffic lights ...

Potato producers will receive financial aid and compensation after their crops suffered damage from recent cold weather and hail, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday. Starting today, farmers can ...

The 49-year-old Swedish national, Hans Jonny Uven, who escaped police custody in December pleaded guilty to felony charges and escaping from lawful custody before the Larnaca court on Thursday. Meanwhile, ...

Cyprus’ political parties issued mixed responses to tax reform plans announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. Disy, Cyprus’ largest party, said the plans contain “elements which satisfy us” but ...

The archaeological sites in Kato Paphos and Kourion will be closed to the public due to maintenance work for a few days in March. In Kato Paphos the Dionysos house ...

Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...

Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...

The long-standing dispute over the creation of university clinics in Cyprus resurfaced on Thursday, with public doctors again voicing strong objections. The government’s decision to push forward with a ...

Two people, aged 48 and 36, were arrested on Wednesday, after police, acting on a tipoff, stopped two vehicles for investigations, which revealed about half a kilo of cocaine. Police said the ...

The police evacuated Larnaca district court on Thursday morning, after receiving a telephone call about a bomb in the building, however investigations did not produce anything out of the ordinary. ...