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Cyprus experienced growth across all sectors of economic activity in 2022, with the services sector overall showing a positive trajectory compared to 2021, according to the results of the services and transport ...

At least 65 long-finned pilot whales have died after being stranded on an island off the north coast of Scotland, a rescue charity said on Thursday, in one of the largest ...

Government employment in Cyprus recorded a 4.8 per cent increase in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2023, according to a report released this week by ...

Biden, 81, touted his decades of experience on the world stage as he argued that he was uniquely qualified to defeat former President Trump, 78, and lead the U.S. for another ...

Rating agency Morningstar DBRS has indicated it will closely monitor developments surrounding Eurobank’s acquisition of Hellenic Bank, predicting a generally neutral impact on the bank’s credit fundamentals with ...

The tourism sector in Cyprus faces a significant downturn this year, with an estimated 30,000 fewer visitors and a loss of approximately €25 million, according to the president of the hotelier’s ...

Cyprus, which lost 89 people to antibiotic resistance in 2020, is striving to reduce the use of the drugs in livestock farming, but there is still a long way to go. Data ...

The general secretary of Akel Stefanos Stefanou fired a broadside against the government on Wednesday for the situation at public hospitals, claiming that these were on the brink of collapse ...

Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump will face each other in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, after a divisive, closely fought contest. Several third-party hopefuls ...

U.S. intelligence discovered earlier this year that Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall RHMG.DE which has been producing artillery shells and military ...

Sudan’s warring parties are in Switzerland for U.N.-led talks aimed at brokering possible local ceasefires to facilitate aid and protect civilians, but only one side showed up ...

Parliament on Thursday evening ratified an interstate agreement between Cyprus and the United States on the sharing of travelers’ information, as a prelude and precondition for the island joining the ...

After three years of debate in committee, parliament on Thursday voted through tweaks to the legislation governing the wealth declarations, or capital statements filed by state officials and Politically Exposed ...

Barbora Krejcikova produced a superb comeback to reach her first Wimbledon final, showing stubborn resilience in the face of a relentless attacking barrage from former champion Elena Rybakina to triumph 3...

A man was arrested Thursday morning in a village near Nicosia for the illegal possession of a massive stash of tobacco products, including over 800,000 cigarettes. The arrest came after authorities ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received the report by his personal envoy to Cyprus and is studying it, a spokesperson for the UN chief confirmed late on Thursday. “The secretary-general ...

Canada expects to increase its defense spending to the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product by 2032, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, in Ottawa’s first timeline commitment ...

Art and womanhood take centre stage this July as KTIRION 53 – a space for hosting and supporting artists – begins its residency programme ROOMS by presenting the works of three women Cypriot ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece. The dossier ...

“Wish you were clean” is a phrase all too familiar for beachgoers in Cyprus, a country where clean coasts are rarer than rain. Volunteers are turning wishes into reality, however, ...

Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday. Kyiv ...

The House health committee on Thursday agreed that the law on the registration of doctors should be amended for those deciding to practice or further their education abroad. Specifically, the ...

Civil aviation employees are threatening to escalate their actions after a two-hour work stoppage failed to prompt government action on staffing issues, it emerged on Thursday. According to a statement ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has blamed “procrastination” for the failure to recover state land illegally exploited in Paralimni for the past 39 years. In a report made public on Thursday and forwarded ...