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The Central Bank of Cyprus issued a warning on Friday regarding an entity by the name of “Neo Business Bank”, saying it does not hold the relevant licences to operate ...

Hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) general director Philokypros Rousounides said on Friday that “the myth of cheap labour from abroad has to end”. His comments came as the debate regarding a relaxation ...

Apoel were on Friday thrown out of the Coca-Cola Cup by Sports Judge Aristotelis Vryonides, after their second-round game was abandoned due to fan violence. The Nicosia-based club were drawing 0...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday lauded his own commitment to gender equality two weeks after being slammed for reducing women’s participation in the cabinet as part of a government ...

A building in Nicosia’s old town collapsed in the early hours of Friday morning. The building, a mud brick house, was located on Fuzuli street, which runs in front ...

Former Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela announced on Friday he intended to stand on the Disy ticket to be an MEP. He made the announcement as Disy members were able to ...

Criminal proceedings have been initiated against U.C.C. United Cleaning Ltd by the department of labour inspection for violating health and safety at work laws. Following legal action, the ...

The audit office on Friday hit out on the issue of multiple pensions for state officials, saying the attorney-general (AG) did not have the power to unilaterally declare something constitutional ...

Cypriot farmers plan to hit the streets in solidarity with their European counterparts, on Saturday in Paphos, and next Thursday in Nicosia, they warned on Friday. Farmers in Belgium, France, ...

The amount of THC in cannabis products sold on the high street is set to increase following a decision of the House plenum on Thursday. The session unanimously passed a ...

The war of words inside the north’s ruling coalition party the YDP continued on Friday, with party leadership candidates Erhan Arikli and Talip Atalay trading verbal blows. Atalay had ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday announced that it has successfully returned a total of €2.2 million to up-to-date mortgage borrowers, as part of their ongoing reward plan. According to the ...

Cabinet failed to decide on Friday whether or not Cyprus will participate in the Great Sea Interconnector, with a final decision now expected next week. A decision had been initially ...

In today’s episode, Attorney-General George Savvides said he would be referring lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou to the Bar Association for potential disciplinary offences after the latter claimed the legal service ...

The local art scene is getting ready to welcome a handful of new exhibitions as Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol galleries and spaces will host the new artistic proposals with four ...

Police in Limassol announced on Friday that a case had been registered at Limassol District Court against four football hooligans, with their trials set to start in May. The four, ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay claimed victory and indignation on Thursday night as a report he had requested from the north’s ‘auditor-general’ showed ...

A 23-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night after being found in possession of three grams of cocaine and 80 grams of cannabis. Paphos police’s assistant operations director ...

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 ...