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Hellenic Bank on Thursday reported a net profit of €383 million for the full year 2024, highlighting its strong financial performance and solid capital position. “2024 was a landmark year for Hellenic Bank ...

Cyprus’ political parties issued mixed responses to tax reform plans announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. Disy, Cyprus’ largest party, said the plans contain “elements which satisfy us” but ...

The archaeological sites in Kato Paphos and Kourion will be closed to the public due to maintenance work for a few days in March. In Kato Paphos the Dionysos house ...

Unemployment in Cyprus fell to 4.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a report published by the Cyprus Statistical Service on Thursday. The number of unemployed people stood ...

Watching OKB’s price swings and wondering what’s next? With key support and resistance levels in focus, recent volatility has traders keeping a close eye on its next breakout. ...

Militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from Israeli jails ...

Greece’s worst rail disaster in 2023 was caused by chronic safety gaps that still need to be addressed to prevent a repeat, investigators said on Thursday. On February 28, 2023, a passenger ...

The Famagusta branch of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) together with the local tourism board (Etap), celebrated the successful conclusion of their online campaign ‘Live Unforgettable Moments’. The campaign, which ...

Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...

The future of Cyprus’ tourism industry depends on sustainable development, according to Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) president Akis Vavlitis. The Stek president on Thursday explained that “while the ...

Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...

The long-standing dispute over the creation of university clinics in Cyprus resurfaced on Thursday, with public doctors again voicing strong objections. The government’s decision to push forward with a ...

Cyprus has leapt nine places in the 2024 StartupBlink Ecosystem Index, marking it as the fastest-growing startup ecosystem within the European Union, the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has reported. According ...

Hellenic Bank made payments totalling €13.7 million in 2024 to Logicom Solutions Limited and its subsidiary, NewCytech Business Solutions Ltd, according to an announcement following the bank’s preliminary financial results for ...

PUNIN DEVELOPMENTS, a member of PUNIN GROUP, continues its dynamic expansion in the commercial and residential real estate sector, shaping a better urban living environment with projects that make a ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday released a practical guide on maintaining effective and efficient sanctions screening systems. The guide incorporates the latest findings from CySEC’s ...

Two people, aged 48 and 36, were arrested on Wednesday, after police, acting on a tipoff, stopped two vehicles for investigations, which revealed about half a kilo of cocaine. Police said the ...

Selecting an insurance policy based solely on affordability may not provide the comprehensive protection you need. You must also assess the insurance provider’s features, benefits, and credibility. With a 1 ...

The police evacuated Larnaca district court on Thursday morning, after receiving a telephone call about a bomb in the building, however investigations did not produce anything out of the ordinary. ...

An increase in bird trapping has been recorded, highlighting the failure of the police anti-poaching unit to tackle organised trapping groups, BirdLife Cyprus said in its autumn 2024 trapping report. “Some 620,000 ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday that Abu Dhabi’s National Energy Company (Taqa) is interested in investing in and supporting the delivery of an electricity connection project that ...

A total of 464,064 vehicle licences have been renewed in Cyprus as of February 26, the department of road transport (TOM) reported on Thursday. The department has reminded vehicle owners that the ...

Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, has died alongside his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog at home, the ...