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A series of films being shown this week by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus brings thought-provoking German works to Nicosia. From Thursday to Sunday, the German institution will offer a snippet into ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. Elsewhere, the cost of compensating every single ...

Roads leading to Troodos are open only to vehicles with anti-skid chains or four-wheel drive, police announced on Tuesday. The statement noted that light snowfall has so far affected the ...

A 44-year-old man who was seriously injured in a traffic collision overnight in Paphos was placed under arrest on Tuesday after police investigations revealed him to be illegally in the ...

The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company’s billionaire founder Elon Musk said. “Initial results show promising ...

Police on Monday arrested five persons in a coordinated operation against illegal employment in Nicosia. According to police the operations was carried out in coordination with the immigrations service and ...

The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it had reached a deal with the British government on the operation of post-Brexit trade rules that would allow ...

Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with rains, isolated storms and snowfall in the mountains. Hail is also likely while snowfall may be heavy at times. An amber warning is in ...

Israeli authorities said that commandos disguised as Palestinians killed three gunmen on Tuesday in a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, one of whom they accused of ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates unchanged at a record high on January 25, meeting the expectations of analysts, and reiterated its commitment to lowering inflation. In addition, there ...

The Cyprus Association of Electronic Money Institutions and Payments (ACEMPI), a member of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), on Monday introduced a significant tool for the electronic ...

Goldman Sachs lowered its 2024 earnings growth forecast for European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) companies to 3 per cent from 7 per cent, citing headwinds from lower oil prices and inflation. Oil prices gained last ...

Shell’s exit from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector highlights risks oil majors face in Africa’s biggest exporter but has raised hopes that local firms could reverse the output ...

The much-touted opening up of the electricity market has been pushed back to the summer of 2025, MPs heard on Monday. They got the news from Stavros Stavrinos, executive director at ...

The long-awaited unilateral measures for the Turkish Cypriots, which were finally announced by the presidency last Friday, do not appear to have had the desired effect. If President Christodoulides’ intention ...

Heavy hailstorms in the Pentadaktylos mountain range caused the motorway between Nicosia and Kyrenia to ice over on Monday night. A flurry of hailstones in the region left the road ...

Nigeria on Monday said the “unelected” military authorities in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso were letting their people down with their joint decision to leave the Economic Community of West ...

Canada on Monday said it had dropped weapons export controls to Turkey, including drone optical technology, according to a notice posted online, saying that from now on it would review ...

The Kyrenia Municipality is to use 100 per cent of the property tax revenue it collected in 2023 to “meet the urgent needs of schools” within the region, its mayor Murat Senkul ...

Nicosia’s Theatro Ena theatre announced on Monday the suspension of its operations after 37 years of continuous presence. The theatre announced the decision in a social media post, lambasting Deputy ...

The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus said on Monday that the Republic “must tighten its quarantine rules” regarding the import of citrus fruit. He made his comments in ‘parliament’ ...

President announces digital app among more than 80 policies President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. The ...

The House finance committee on Monday approved the release of €1.04 million for the procurement of services from the anti-corruption authority. The amount concerns the purchase of services from experts for ...

Wind and string instruments and classical music compositions will sound all over Cyprus in February as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents two new concert series. Its February agenda is not ...