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Businesses across all industries are being advised to take action to control rising costs in the face of inflation, according to an analysis by PwC Cyprus’ Leonidas Stavropoulos and Nicos ...

The Cypriot government posted a surplus of €324.1 million for the first quarter of 2023, according to the preliminary fiscal results released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). This figure ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results on Friday with voters punishing his party after a year of political scandals, surging inflation ...

Eight people were killed and 14 wounded in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days and a suspect was arrested, authorities said on Friday, causing horror in a nation that ...

On Friday the weather will be partly cloudy with possibility of light rains, mainly in mountains. In the late afternoon there will be increased low cloud cover with rains possible ...

The performance of the Cypriot economy remains strong, despite a weakening of growth momentum in the last quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Economics Research ...

India and Russia have suspended efforts to settle bilateral trade in rupees, after months of negotiations failed to convince Moscow to keep rupees in its coffers, two Indian government officials ...

Cypriots are disenchanted with the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, as most have said they will not even be attempting to watch the first such event in over ...

The VAT cuts on seven categories of products go into force today. This is a measure taken by the government, as a way of helping people cope with the surge ...

The United Nations on Thursday fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen’...

Oil major Chevron have begun drilling an appraisal well, the second, at their Aphrodite gas discovery offshore Cyprus, media reports said on Thursday. Estimated to cost about €100 million, the drill ...

A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U....

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called off a trip to Paris on Thursday, saying the French interior minister had offended Italy and its Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with unacceptable “insults“. ...

The Serbian government said it had introduced a set of measures on Thursday to prevent potential violence in schools a day after a 13-year-old boy shot and killed eight students ...

The interior ministry aims to have a communication with all the political forces, Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday after a meeting with centrist party Dipa. Among the issues discussed were ...

Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian ...

Lawmakers on Thursday said the matter of a building in Aglandjia, owned by the State Scholarship Foundation, rented out for a meagre €500 a month, will be resolved either amicably with ...

Trade unions on Thursday gave a thumbs-down to a mediation proposal by the government for a new deal on the cost of living allowance (CoLA), while employers grudgingly agreed to ...

The producers of the film ‘Jiu Jitsu’ said Thursday they have just filed a statement of claim in a ‘multi-million euro’ lawsuit against the government, the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (...

Jurors in Donald Trump’s civil rape trial on Thursday saw a video deposition in which the former U.S. president defended private comments he made in 2005 about grabbing women ...

Persistent staff shortages at Paphos hotels significantly affect the quality of services offered, the head of the Paphos hotel association Thanos Michaelides said on Thursday. The issue of finding staff ...

Cypriot culture is finally acquiring its rightful place as a political act that can address contemporary challenges, such as the Cyprus problem, Deputy Minister of Culture Michalis Hatzigiannis said on ...

Belgian police have arrested seven people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The suspects had discussed several scenarios for an attack in ...

Stores will be required to carry out stock counts on the zero VAT consumer goods, the finance ministry said ahead of the introduction of VAT reductions on Friday. Cabinet on ...