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The Cyprus Pulmonology Society on Friday sounded the alarm over high levels of dust in the atmosphere. Increased levels of dust have been blown northwards towards Cyprus from the Sahara ...

A total of 34 bicommunal business ventures have applied for this year’s Stelios Foundation Bicommunal Business Awards. The businesses, all of which are fronted by one Turkish Cypriot and one ...

Earlier in March, Leptos Group offered a dynamic presence at the prestigious event, MIPIM 2024, held in Cannes on the French Riviera. MIPIM is the world’s premier real estate and ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras kicked off his re-election campaign on Friday with a video on YouTube. Vyras, who became mayor on New Year’s day in 2017, said that he had ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has decided to maintain the countercyclical buffer rate at 1 per cent, with effect from June 2, 2024. According to a statement by the CBC, “in accordance ...

Cypriot football giants Apoel on Friday unveiled its plans for the new stadium it is set to build. The stadium will be located in the village of Kokkinotrimithia and will ...

The PwC Cyprus Foundation participated for the second consecutive year in an initiative that sought to promote financial literacy among the youth, held during Global Money Week, which took place ...

King Charles is due to make his first public appearance at a royal event since his cancer diagnosis on Sunday, but the likely absence of son Prince William and the ...

Catholic devotees were nailed to crosses in sweltering heat north of the Philippines capital Manila on Good Friday in a re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Around 20,000 Filipino and foreign ...

Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria’s Aleppo province early on Friday, stepping up its campaign against Iran’s proxies in parallel with its war ...

Ukraine’s military will need to mobilise fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion, Kyiv’s top general said on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) issued €80,000 in fines last year to over 40 health service providers for abusing Gesy, it emerged on Friday. Data obtained by CNA revealed that in 2023, the ...

Another important distinction, which confirms XM’s strong commitment to the well-being and development of its people, has been achieved, with the company recognised as being top among the Best ...

‘Cyprus’ economy is doing better than most of EU’ (Update) By Tom Cleaver Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday that Cyprus’ economy is “operating at a better level than ...

The fleet of vessels registered under the Cypriot flag has seen a significant increase of approximately 5.5 per cent, equivalent to about 1.1 million tonnes, over the past six months, according to ...

At a time when women’s position in the professional and business arena is becoming increasingly strong, Partners Connected Communications has become the second company nationwide to be awarded the ...

An action plan with dozens of measures to help third-country nationals legally residing in Cyprus integrate into the labour market and economy has been prepared, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. Ioannou ...

A 67-year-old man was on Friday handed a ten-year prison sentence for raping and abusing his 61-year-old girlfriend. The sentence was handed down by Larnaca criminal court, with the man ...

For the 49th consecutive year, the Christodoula charity march will be staged, this year on April 7 in Limassol, the Bank of Cyprus announced on Friday. The annual march to raise ...

The house of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios ethnological museum in Nicosia will close on Saturday due to emergency conservation works, the antiquities department announced on Friday. An ethnological officer told the Cyprus ...

Total deposits in Cyprus saw a significant net increase of €65.4 million in February 2024, rebounding from a substantial decrease of €366 million during the previous month, according to a report on deposits ...

Two cars in Paphos were destroyed in a fire, police said on Friday. The two cars, belonging to a couple, caught fire on Thursday night, necessitating the fire service to ...

The board of directors of state-owned asset management company Kedipes this week decided to make the largest quarterly cash payment to the state since its establishment in 2018, amounting to €140 million, ...

Cyprus’ Industrial Production Index for January 2024 saw a 4.2 per cent rise compared to the same period in 2023, reaching 99.5 units, with 2021 being the base year with a value of 100 units, according ...