Cyprus

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ on Saturday revealed the top three tax-paying companies and individuals over the course of 2022. The highest tax-paying company was Turkish bank Turkiye Is Bankasi, which ...

A 23-year-old man was on Saturday clocked driving at 188 kilometres per hour on the highway between Limassol and Nicosia, police said. His speed was recorded on the stretch of road ...

Former Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday urged the current government to “modestly read the reasons” for the upgrade of Cyprus’ credit score by Moody’s. He added that the ...

Α 29-year-old Serbian national died after being run over in Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning. The man was attempting to cross Limassol’s coastal road when he was ...

Cyprus records around 4,000 new cancer cases per year, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Saturday. Kanari was speaking at the first Oncology Forum held at the Bank of Cyprus oncology ...

It might feel too early to think about Christmas yet in the blink of an eye, the island will fill with festive markets and the return of the popular Christmas ...

Taxi drivers across Cyprus are set to go on strike on Monday, beginning at 7am. They are set to gather in protest at the GSP stadium in Nicosia, the new ...

There are growing concerns about the recent weakening of economic activity, the persistence of inflation, and the deterioration in the government finances in Cyprus that come on top of underlying ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday he was “deeply satisfied” after investment service Moody’s upgraded Cyprus’ credit rating to “investment level”, putting the success down to the success of ...

The Union of Cypriot pensioners (Ekysy) said “none of the problems plaguing pensioners have been resolved” in a letter to social welfare deputy minister Marilena Evangelou on Saturday. They added ...

Erhan Arikli, the north’s ‘transport minister’ on Saturday repeated for a third time controversial comments wherein he branded people criticising him on social media as “mentally ill”, hitting out ...

Nicosia was the epicentre of a small earthquake on Saturday morning, according to Istanbul’s Bogazici University’s Kandilli observatory. The earthquake occurred at 5:59am with a magnitude of 2.4 on ...

The work of photographer Edmond Torikian will take over the walls of CVAR Severis Foundation in Nicosia this October as a new exhibition opens. From October 2 to 17, a photographic showcase ...

Ahead of World Smile Day on October 6, Alix Norman discovers if Cyprus is beaming or frowning – and does it really matter? Cyprus is NOT the most smiley nation on earth. ...

Saturday’s weather will be partly cloudy with isolated rain and potentially even isolated storms, initially in the west of the island but also later on in the day further ...

Innovation in the tourism sector and strategies for promoting tourism in the digital age and digital marketing took centre stage in discussions at a workshop organised by the Association of ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) discussed the impact of EU policies, with a focus on the challenges of decarbonising ships, during its monthly board meeting which took place in Limassol ...

The Cyprus disabled persons confederation reacted negatively to a proposed state housing project saying it contradicts the ethos of integration. The council of ministers on Tuesday, gave the green light ...

Theodosis Tsolias, the finance ministry’s directorate of growth head and former cabinet secretary, has rubbished claims he should quit after taking leave to work in Luxembourg. Tsiolas took leave ...

Eight people were rescued off the coast of Mari on Friday evening after their boat capsized. According to the Joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC), a radio call was received at ...

Cyprus is ‘considering’ hosting ethnic Armenians displaced following the announcement of the dissolution of Armenian authorities in the Karabakh region, according to the foreign ministry They said, “given the traditionally ...

Library membership in the north has increased by 25 per cent since last year, according to the north’s culture department director Sirin Zaimagaoglu. There are now a total of 2,950 members ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli has doubled down on controversial comments made on social media website Facebook on Friday, wherein he accused other users of being “mentally ill.” ...

El-Sen, the trade union of employees of the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek), has announced that it has sued the authority over the hiring of workers who had not sat ...