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There was a decrease of 4.9 per cent in the number of building permits issued in Cyprus between January and October 2022, according to a report released on Thursday by the Cyprus ...

Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s biggest retailer, kept its full-year profit guidance after it joined rivals in reporting stronger than expected Christmas sales despite an escalating cost-of-living crisis. The supermarket ...

Blockchain firm Venom Foundation and Abu Dhabi-based investment manager Iceberg Capital Ltd on Wednesday launched a $1 billion crypto venture fund and said it was leading a $20 million funding round in ...

There were 6,579 deaths recorded in Cyprus during 2020, while 59,533 patients were hospitalised in general hospitals across the country, statistics published on Thursday revealed. The figures from Cyprus’ statistical service centered on ...

There was an amusing exchange about state funding of election campaigns during Wednesday night’s television debate that hosted seven presidential candidates. It was sparked by Giorgos Colocassides, who complained ...

Sandwich chain Subway is exploring a sale of its business, a source told Reuters on Wednesday. The sale could value the sandwich chain at more than $10 billion, the Wall Street ...

Ukraine said its troops were holding out against pro-Moscow forces in the eastern salt mining town of Soledar as more than 500 civilians including children were trapped there. In a video ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that security force members were complicit in letting an anti-government mob ransack the seat of power in Brasilia, and promised ...

Independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides continues to lead by a significant margin, although this lead has been reduced, ahead of next month’s presidential elections, according to an opinion poll for ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Blackstone Inc BX.N Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman on Thursday, receiving one of Wall Street’s most prominent figures at his Downing Street office ...

Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador to Ankara on Thursday, a diplomatic source said, over a demonstration in Stockholm in which a puppet of President Tayyip Erdogan was hung from its ...

Doctors and nurses at state hospitals have decided to go on a two-hour work stoppage next week, in a bid to exert pressure for having certain collective agreements renewed. Unions ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he spoke on the phone with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who briefed him on the ongoing conflict. “Received a phone call by President Zelenskyy ...

Thursday’s meeting between trade unions and employers’ organisations ended in deadlock over reinstating the cost of living allowance (CoLA), with the labour minister – acting as mediator – scrambling to find ...

One more evening of live music is coming to Nicosia as ARTos House in Ayioi Omologites prepares to host two local musicians. On January 26, Nama Dama and Constantinos Lemesios will ...

Larnaca is seeing millions of euros go towards anti-flooding works, with the Tersefanou dam and Archangelos anti-flooding dam in Aradippou set to contribute towards overall citizen protection, Agriculture Minister Costas ...

The defence ministry on Thursday said it had ordered an investigation after a noncommissioned officer (NCO) was seen on a TikTok video calling homosexuality something that goes against nature. “This ...

Main opposition Akel-backed independent candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis has published the financing he received from the party for his campaign on Thursday as a debate brewed about special allowances given for ...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s government has cracked down more aggressively on dissent and political opponents ahead of Turkish elections with censorship and prison sentences, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. ...

Five people have been arrested for alleged assault, threats and the killing of a dog in Paphos. Police started investigating the complaints of a 38-year-old who on December 29 was attacked ...

Serdar Denktash, son of former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Raif Denktash, is preparing to run in the next elections for the north’s leadership, reports said on Thursday. Denktash and ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Thursday signed a contract for the provision of services to the development of a sustainable urban mobility plan in the Paphos district. The preparation of ...

Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley has undergone surgery for an “aggressive” form of cancer and is under medical care, a statement on the “Lord of the Dance” creator’s Instagram account ...

By Laini Burton Celebrity has always existed in one form or another. Across history, the likeness of kings, queens and nobility, deities, popes and saints have been the subject of ...