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Government employment in Cyprus recorded a 3.9 per cent increase in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period in 2023, according to a report released this week ...

Britain’s economy stagnated for a second month running in July as manufacturing output dropped sharply, an inauspicious start for the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer who wants ...

The Bank of England will keep its main interest rate at 5.00 per cent next week but reduce it in November even though inflation is expected to stay above the central ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday evening told British television channel GB News Cypriot reunification is “absolutely impossible”. Tatar appeared on a show hosted by former Member of the ...

It was very reassuring to hear deputies and several parties at Monday’s House finance committee meeting strongly object to the scandalous bill prepared by the government that would increase ...

US cryptocurrency shares fell in early trading on Wednesday after Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival and crypto supporter Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential ...

Three people were arrested on Wednesday in connection after more than 2kg of cocaine were seized in Limassol, police said. A vehicle that a 33-year-old was driving was pulled over, ...

A lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip is “totally unacceptable,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters in ...

Unions on Wednesday charged they would take “drastic measures” if state health services (Okypy) did not hire permanent hourly-paid staff at Paphos general hospital. In a statement, Payek Peo and ...

The names of potentially dangerous and intense weather phenomena for the period 2024-2025 were announced by the met office on Wednesday. For the period between October 2024-September 2025 the list of ...

The government and Disy engaged in a renewed spat on Wednesday over education ministry proposals put forth by party leader Annita Demetriou, which quickly deteriorated into a back-and-forth. By evening, ...

Fuel prices across Cyprus appear to be distorted in 2023 – 2024, with significant price differences across cities, the Cyprus consumers association said on Wednesday. Nicosia in particular appears to have the biggest ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday where they discussed cooperation in energy and infrastructure. According to government ...

Eight people found to be living and working illegally in Paphos were arrested on Wednesday morning, according to a police bulletin. Officers of the migration department pulled over a bus ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the United States of “bias” regarding the Cyprus problem, following the signing of a roadmap for bilateral defence cooperation with the US ...

Filling old Kaimakli’s streets with life, art, urban installations and community-centred activities is the 2024 edition of Let’s Go Kaimakli festival. With the aim to bring together the community ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday criticised the government’s handling of private foreign universities opening branches in Cyprus during a meeting of the House education committee. Representatives from the universities attended ...

European Union lawmakers are backing calls for new rules around the use of “dynamic pricing” when selling online goods, after Oasis fans complained about massively inflated ticket prices for a ...

The rate of fatalities on the north’s roads is “six times the European Union average”, Cyprus Turkish chamber of mechanical engineers (KTMMO) chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Wednesday. He ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by a Syrian businessman against the revocation of his Cypriot citizenship after his name had appeared on a European Union ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday where they discussed cooperation in energy and infrastructure. According to government ...

Germany’s foreign ministry mocked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s false assertion about immigrants eating pets in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday while ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday a “victory plan” he wants to present to U.S. President Joe Biden this month would strengthen Kyiv and have a “psychological” ...

Scientists from the Cyens centre of excellence-affiliated software company Periopsis identified a total of 820 illegal rubbish tips between April and July, they announced on Wednesday. The tips were found as ...