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Tuesday is expected to begin with clouds covering large swathes of the island, which will produce morning rain on parts of the coast. The rain will spread inland and into ...

Hellenic Bank and bankers’ union Etyk have signed a new collective agreement, according to an official announcement released on Monday. “This agreement brings to an end a prolonged period of ...

Within weeks of Donald Trump’s 2016 election, US Federal Reserve policymakers began mulling the impact of expected tax cuts and tariffs on the economy, penciling in rough estimates of what ...

QatarEnergy will buy a 23 per cent stake from Chevron (CVX.N) in an offshore exploration block in Egyptian waters, it said on Monday. QatarEnergy has in recent years acquired stakes ...

By Tom Cleaver The ‘No child without a coat’ campaign was launched by the Aglandjia municipality and the Alkinoos Artemiou foundation for the third successive year on Monday. The foundation ...

The average wage in Cyprus is lower than the EU average, according to Eurostat’s survey for 2023. The average full-time adjusted salary per employee in the EU is €37,863 whereas in ...

Bitcoin soared to a record high above $82,000 on Monday on expectations that cryptocurrencies will boom in a favourable regulatory environment following the election of Donald Trump as US president and ...

An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late on Monday at a café near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes ...

US climate envoy John Podesta on Monday urged governments to keep faith in the country’s promise to combat global warming, saying Donald Trump can slow, not stop, the transition ...

African elephants are Earth’s largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study ...

Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Serbian government building on Monday demanding arrests of those responsible for an accident at a railway station in the northern town of ...

The Environment Department confirmed on Friday that works have been carried out with heavy vehicles on the beach of Pyrgos in Limassol, resulting in extensive impact on the sand dunes ...

More than a 25 per cent of US Gulf of Mexico oil and 13 per cent of natural gas output remained offline in the aftermath of post-tropical cyclone Rafael, the US offshore ...

A 41-year-old man wanted in Limassol for kidnapping was arrested on Friday in Paphos after a police chase. Paphos police deputy operations manager Michalis Nicolaou said police received a tipoff ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Monday with US President-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his election victory and inviting him to visit Greece. Mitsotakis underlined the importance of ...

A Spirit Airlines flight attempting to land in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince was struck by gunfire on Monday, forcing it to be diverted to the Dominican Republic, the Miami Herald reported. ...

Israel said on Monday there was progress in talks about a Lebanon ceasefire and indicated Russia could play a part by stopping Hezbollah rearming via Syria, although the Iran-backed group ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulou Zannetou told MPs on Friday that her office remained understaffed, despite provisions for two additional employees. Speaking at the House finance committee, which was discussing the ...

The last remaining sand dunes in Cyprus are quietly being destroyed by unauthorised development activities, environmentalists warned on Monday. Excavators first entered the coastal site in Limassol, located between Governor’...

A 26-year-old man sustained minor injuries after being attacked by his roommate with a knife in Limassol, police reported. The incident occurred in Mesa Geitonia during an argument between the ...

The labour ministry has dismissed press reports that the EU has launched procedures against Cyprus for not meeting the minimum percentage of the workforce covered by collective agreements. A labour ...

Friction flared up in parliament on Monday after the head of the anti-corruption authority declined to commit specifically to investigating former president Nikos Anastasiades in relation to the ‘golden passports’ ...

Cosmetics withdrawn from the European market may also be in Cyprus and the health ministry has called on consumers to stop using them. There is currently no concrete information regarding ...

It is almost time for dance to take centre stage. The 24th edition of the Cyprus Choreography Platform is coming up on November 15, 16 and 17, filling the Rialto Theatre with outstanding ...