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The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Cyprus in mid-March, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after a church ceremony, Christodoulides said ...

It’s a misconception that service charges on bills go towards staff wages In the tourist haven of Cyprus, tipping at bars and restaurants isn’t as straightforward as it ...

Think outside of the romantic meal for two box suggests ELENI PHILIPPOU as a range of events are on through the week With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, ...

Police on Sunday were trying to track who may have written ‘Koumas, die’ on a Makarios statue in Paphos. George Koumas is the head of the Cyprus Football Association, where ...

IT did not end well for Karolina Shiino, the young woman who won the title of Miss Japan two weeks ago. She has just handed her crown back after a ...

ICOs (initial coin offerings) often present a prime opportunity for investors who want to jump on the bandwagon of exciting projects from the get-go. But what makes savvy investors lean ...

English is the language used amongst bicommunal groups, Greek and Turkish Cypriot politicians and negotiators – is it a good thing? By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki While many Cypriots have come to ...

Any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah on the Gaza border will “blow up” the hostage exchange negotiations,” Hamas-run Aqsa Television channel quoted a senior Hamas leader as saying on Sunday. ...

Ukraine said on Sunday Russian forces were using terminals of Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink in occupied areas, releasing what it said was an intercept of an exchange ...

Final details are being hashed out The government’s ‘Photovoltaics for All’ plan is set to be implemented at the end of February, with the final details now being hashed ...

Children of immigrants born in Mayotte, the French overseas territory situated between Madagascar and the African mainland, will no longer automatically become French citizens, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late ...

By Stefanos Sofroniou The new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (FSR) is anticipated to have a major effect on large EU-related dealmaking such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), introducing ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be arriving to Cyprus late on Sunday afternoon for a state visit until February 13, following an invitation from President Nikos Christodoulides. This is the first ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 5: Recently, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) reached settlement agreements with two Cypriot companies, namely the ...

World leaders have this week shown their vulnerable side Poor King Charles. He was admitted to the London Clinic for a routine procedure to treat a benign prostate condition and ...

THE EXTRADITION of the Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kurshat turned into something of an anti-climax, the guy being released some 12 hours after arriving in Kyproulla. There can be little doubt ...

Nothing illustrates the poisonous influence of the political parties on the administration of the country more clearly than the vaunted reform of local government, which took years to finalise and ...

Simulations of the human body and advanced data promise more personalised medical treatment for a range of illnesses. By Jack McGovan In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco ...

Meta Platforms (META.O) has challenged a supervisory fee amounting to 0.05 per cent of its annual worldwide net income aimed at covering EU regulators’ costs of monitoring compliance with new ...

Walt Disney (DIS.N) CEO Bob Iger hit back at activist investors on Wednesday with a slew of announcements, including a splashy investment in “Fortnite” maker Epic Games and plans ...

Alphabet (GOOGL.O) plans to seek external investment for GFiber, its business selling Wi-Fi and internet connectivity in parts of the United States, the company told Reuters on Monday, as ...

A Mexican standoff: that probably best describes the ongoing escalating dispute between the government and the Chinese-led consortium with the contract the build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. And ...

As a war of words continued to rage over upcoming local government reform with ministers past and present charging political parties of distorting the law so much that the upcoming ...

Qatar successfully defended their Asian Cup crown after beating Jordan 3-1 on Saturday at Lusail Stadium where Akram Afif converted three penalties to become the tournament’s top scorer as ...