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The north will soon require all property owners who rent their properties on short term bases on tourism websites such as Airbnb to register their properties with the ‘government’ as ...

The audit office on Wednesday flagged over 800 questionable cases of individuals who received guaranteed minimum income (GMI) but had accumulated a wealth of property. In a special report for the ...

The north is working to “create a reliable system in the field of higher education”, higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) chairman Aykut Hocanin said on Wednesday. Speaking following a meeting ...

Procter & Gamble (PG.N) missed Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter sales on Tuesday, on weak demand for its skincare products in major market China and waning price benefits in ...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the ...

Trade union Sek said on Wednesday that an agreement had been reached on renewing collective labour agreements in the construction sector. The new agreement significantly improves employment conditions for some 40,000 ...

When my politically opposed friends Dub a proxy Democrat and let’s call her Sally, a Trumpite, get together it’s akin to tectonic plates grinding off one another. Maria ...

The Cyprus government’s surplus surged to €424.5 million in the January-June period, representing 1.3 per cent of GDP, compared to €62 million and 0.2 per cent of GDP during the same period in 2023, ...

The three-month-old child who died in Nicosia general hospital appears to have been “left to its fate” and was in a terrible state, with signs of malnutrition and likely insect ...

A meeting is set to take place on Thursday over the contentious fake news bill with key stakeholders at the justice ministry. Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis will be attending as ...

Benign inflation data and a cooling job market aside, US credit conditions featuring tepid loan demand and stiff terms may also be bolstering confidence among Federal Reserve officials that price ...

I recently volunteered with the City Friends Club in Limassol for a trash cleanup event. The City Friends Club is a non-profit organisation that holds monthly volunteer-led cleanups. The event ...

Britain’s Alex Yee ran a perfectly-paced 10km to snatch a dramatic Olympic triathlon gold on Wednesday, overhauling a fading Hayden Wilde of New Zealand in brutal conditions. The race ...

Cyprus is yet to receive any requests from other countries to activate its ‘Estia’ plan to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon, as the country continues to teeter on the edge ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday announced three teenagers had been arrested in connection with the theft of a set of traffic lights in Kyrenia. The lights had been stolen ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday had a call with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer where they discussed “recent regional developments” as well as the Cyprus problem. According to a ...

The Nicosia municipality on Wednesday announced that it will no longer accept cheques. Payments made by residents for municipal services can now only be made by card or by cash, ...

Inflation in Cyprus dropped to 2.6 per cent in July, reflecting a slowdown from the 3 per cent rate observed in both June and May, according to preliminary estimates released by Eurostat ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ customs department on Wednesday announced they had found and confiscated more than two tonnes of meat which were headed for the north. The meat was found ...

A truck driver was fined after he was caught trying to bring 4,500 litres of fuel from the north to the Republic, the customs office said on Wednesday. Police pulled the ...

Cyprus’ Industrial Producer Prices Index (PPI) decreased by 2.4 per cent year-on-year in June 2024, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The index, which stood ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday the bloc could not recognise Venezuela’s election result until all votes were counted and records provided, amid international concerns ...

Households in Cyprus hold more than €56 billion in financial assets, with a significant portion held in cash, deposits, and loans, while also reducing their debt burden, according to a report ...

Legislation has been prepared for the creation of the role of a “patient advocate”, with the bill expected to be brought to parliament in the near future. The bill is ...