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The Paralimni and Dherynia municipality on Saturday announced it had knocked down a building in Protaras which had been constructed illegally. The municipality said the building was knocked down after ...

Saturday’s weather will be mostly cloudy, with rain expected in parts of the island, particularly in the afternoon. Temperatures will rise to 19 degrees Celsius inland, 21 degrees Celsius on the ...

The Third Space in Paphos will host an upcoming group exhibition of works by the Urban Sketchers Paphos, the local chapter of the global Urban Sketchers movement. Opening on December 14, ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday outlined a range of initiatives designed to ease the financial strain on customers in the face of market interest rate volatility. In its announcement, ...

Intel (INTC.O), has started evaluating a handful of outsiders, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the role of chief executive after the struggling American chipmaking icon ousted company ...

By Frederic Pralus The importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for national economies is undeniable. For countries like Cyprus, with an outward-oriented economic approach, the ability to attract businesses and ...

A gauge of British manufacturing activity pointed to the sharpest contraction in nine months, as orders from domestic and foreign customers fell and ongoing supply chain disruption pushed up costs. ...

Mastercard (MA.N), has reached an agreement in principle to settle a collective London lawsuit brought on behalf of British consumers over card fees, the company said this week. The ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday pledged to fight against the “gangrene” of corruption. Speaking on behalf of President Nikos Christodoulides at an event to mark the world day for ...

The government has come under a lot of criticism from Larnaca municipality and a section of the media for the decisions it has taken about the development of the town’...

US President Joe Biden changed his mind about pardoning his son Hunter because “circumstances have changed,” the White House said on Friday. Biden’s pardon of his son on Monday ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, a decree issued by the office of military leader Ibrahim Traore ...

A former Allianz fund manager was spared prison time on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic that caused an estimated $7 ...

A fire broke out late on Friday afternoon at the Paphos desalination plant, between Mandria and Kouklia, causing extensive damage. The fire was reported to have spread rapidly, almost completely ...

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Athens on Friday after thousands marched to mark the 16th anniversary of the police killing of a teenage boy, whose death triggered ...

Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist ...

Israeli forces stormed into Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza on Friday and expelled some staff and displaced people before withdrawing, and bodies of people killed by ...

A pack of stray dogs has been reported roaming the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia and Strovolos municipality is still trying to catch the canines. The municipality said it has ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Paris to attend the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral on Saturday and could use the trip to hold talks with US President-elect Donald ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum in Fterikoudi entered its final chapter this week, with the Holy Synod ruling in favour of upholding the disgraced monks’ defrocking. ...

MP Rita Theodorou Superman assumed the presidency of the parliamentary assembly coordinating mechanism of UNOCT – the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism – on Friday, expressing concern over the Middle East crisis, which ...

Cyprus is paving the way for sustainable and forward-thinking investment strategies, as explored in this weekend’s Cyprus 4.0 supplement, free with the Sunday Mail. From ESG commitments and real estate ...

Discussions on a bill regulating the operation of foreign university branches in Cyprus have entered their final stretch and the wording of the bill has been finalised, Education Minister Athena ...

Over 250 hairdressing products, as well as a large haul of duty-free tobacco products, were confiscated earlier this week at Ayios Dhometios crossing point and over €5,000 were collected in fines. On ...