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Teachers’ unions on Wednesday called off a proposed strike, pending a meeting with the education minister. The 24-hour strike, scheduled to be carried out by supportive education staff on Friday, ...

Britain’s code of good practice for asset managers will undergo a root-and-branch review to aid economic growth and international competitiveness, its compiler said on Tuesday, in a move that ...

Working the land is a gamble, one angry lifelong farmer tells THEO PANAYIDES, and credits praying to St Parthenios for curing his cancer Tractors parked in single file, blocking the ...

The electricity authority (EAC) has announced power outages in several areas of Paphos district on Friday. The outages will happen intermittently between 8am and 5pm. The areas impacted are as ...

Asylum applications in the European Union jumped 18% to 1.14 million in 2023, the highest level since the 2015-2016 migrant crisis, data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed on Wednesday. ...

Speaker of the national assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Urška Klakočar Zupančič is paying an official three-day visit to Cyprus by invitation of House Speaker Annita ...

Startnet (STRK) initially saw some positive momentum after the announcement of its token airdrop. According to data from CoinMarketCap, there was a major surge in initial volume as the listing ...

Prison guard unions have called for a protest on Thursday outside the central prisons after the decision to terminate employment of thirteen of their colleagues. In a joint statement, the ...

With a new month to look forward to there is plenty going on says Eleni Philippou Rialto Theatre welcomes the first month of spring with a renewed cultural agenda of ...

In today’s episode, the investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou’s death was negligent and irresponsible, the Limassol district court heard on Tuesday. “The omissions are so many, so great, that ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old resident of Nicosia for an investigated case of car arson committed in the early hours of the same day. According to the latest report, ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with intermittent high clouds and fine dust. Temperatures will rise to 21C in the interior and the coasts, and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds ...

By Oren Anolik Hamas’ ongoing aggression against Israel has reached a critical juncture following the vicious attack on October 7, 2023 and has deep-rooted implications, not just for the region, but for ...

President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza exceeded ...

OPAP Cyprus on Tuesday launched its 2024 social initiatives with a focus on health, a key priority for the organisation. Chief Commercial Officer Alexandros Davos announced the renewed adoption of two ...

Bank lending to companies and households in the eurozone stagnated last month, indicating the bloc’s long-awaited economic recovery has yet to gain traction, European Central Bank data showed on ...

British grocery prices rose this month at their lowest rate since March 2022, as supermarket promotions picked up after a post-Christmas slowdown, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher Kantar said ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation slowed for a third straight month in January but beat forecasts and held at the central bank’s 2 per cent target, keeping alive expectations it ...

The amount being paid to some public hospital doctors in overtime and allowances are beyond belief. The audit office’s annual report on Nicosia general hospital recorded a case of ...

By Martin Clark The incredibly diverse nature of the Cypriot countryside and villages is due to physical geography in the first instance, with the island’s position on the edge ...

Major stock markets in the Gulf showed a mixed trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors eyed a data-packed week, including key inflation figures due from the US Inflation ...

A total of 688 trucks were inspected by the police throughout the past week, as part of the European Road Safety Week, resulting in the reporting of 852 traffic violations. According to ...

The government on Tuesday pledged to overhaul the benefits system for disabled people, by de-linking it from the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) which currently also covers such persons. In parliament, ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Tuesday signed an MoU with the churches of Cyprus and Greece, in addition to the Jewish community in Greece and the Jewish Museum there. The ...