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By Alexandra Sherlock Australian-owned brand UGG Since 1974 has announced it will change its name to “Since 74” for sales outside Australia and New Zealand. There has been a long-running battle over ...

By Alan Hirsch Donald Trump, America’s new president, has cut back massively on US commitments to asylum seekers, blocked all asylum processes and started to remove irregular immigrants. Trump’...

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, with a presence in Cyprus, hosted a well-attended event on Thursday, January 23, 2025, focusing on IT readiness and modernisation.  Themed “Navigating IT ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed ...

A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition at Nicosia general hospital after suffering burns to her face and hand from a fire that broke out on Friday in a two-storey ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday announced that it has responded to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) interest rate reduction decisions, lowering its reference rate for loans linked to ...

European banks are expected to report a sharp rise in profits for the final three months of last year, helped by still-robust margins from lending and bumper investment banking revenues. ...

HSBC (HSBA.L) is preparing to wind down its M&A and equity capital markets businesses in Europe, the UK and the Americas as part of a major shake-up ...

Morgan Stanley has forecast UK’s economic growth would be less than 1 per cent this year, echoing the estimate of its Wall Street peers Goldman Sachs and J.P.Morgan, ...

The Cyprus Architects’ Association (Sak) on Friday called for stricter controls and immediate amendments to laws governing the establishment and operation of tourist facilities on the island. The announcement follows ...

The government’s failure to deny reports about the presence of Israeli security personnel at the perimeter of the Larnaca Airport fence and in the air traffic control-tower was not ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou met separately with two Greek ministers in Athens on Friday to discuss civil protection and housing issues. In the morning, Ioannou met with Greece’s Climate ...

City Friends Club, in collaboration with the Polemidia municipality, is calling for 300 volunteers to help restore Polemidia Hill behind the General Hospital, an area that has once again been overwhelmed ...

The deputy ministry of research and innovation has called on companies and organisations to accept documents signed with the new electronic identity card (eID), a digital signature officially launched nationwide ...

Cypriots are using their cards more than ever, new data from the European central bank reveals. In the first half of 2024, card payments made up 73 per cent of all cashless ...

Superhome Centre has been sold to Vasilitsi Diy Ltd for €94 million and the transaction is expected to go through by the end of February. Ermes Department Stores Plc, which holds 51 ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruolglu on Friday said some crossing points between Cyprus’ two sides should be closed. Speaking to Ada TV, he described the crossing points as “...

Fifteen vultures from Spain arrived in Cyprus on Friday, ornithological charity BirdLife Cyprus said. The measure is part of ongoing efforts to save Cyprus’ critically endangered griffon vulture population, with ...

The coming weeks and months have an exciting agenda for the island’s live music scene. Apart from the many happenings Cyprus’ artists are putting together, beloved music stars from ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate was on Friday extended until January 31 next year, following the unanimous passing of a resolution by the UN security council. ...

Cyprus was on the receiving end of a total of seven letters of formal notice from the European Commission on Friday over the country’s non-compliance with European Union law ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday told United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart he is “ready” to hold another meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over the matter ...

New air conditioning units installed in schools months ago cannot be switched on yet due to insufficient electricity and teachers’ union Oelmek hopes that May and June – the final months ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a leading opposition figure and potential challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court on Friday to deny charges that he had attempted to influence ...