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Turkish companies facing forex payments will be able to open lira accounts protecting against depreciation without needing to convert foreign exchange, and a central bank source said on Thursday there ...

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Thursday that global sales hit a record for the month of February as it bounced back from severe pandemic-induced parts shortages, adding that worldwide ...

Police in Limassol said they are set to intensify checks to clampdown on bonfires in the run up to Easter. An announcement released on Thursday said that, from April 15, police ...

A UNHCR report on Monday aimed at identifying perceptions and attitudes towards refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants and comparing trends and shifts in public opinion since the last such survey in 2018. ...

Two U.S. citizens have been kidnapped in Haiti, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel confirmed on Thursday, adding that Washington is in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will ...

At least six Russian missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv late on Thursday night, and officials are gathering details about damage and casualties, said regional governor Oleh Sinegubov. ...

Scuffles broke out outside a Kyiv monastery on Thursday after a Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church that the government says has ties with Russia defied an eviction order. Tensions ...

Turkish Cypriot properties in the south leased to Greek Cypriots must first pass structural integrity checks to ensure they’re safe for habitation, under a law passed by parliament on ...

The road traffic department on Thursday sought to clarify concerns as to what the exact procedures are when attempting to turn at junctions with newly installed traffic cameras. A sergeant ...

A Florida aquarium has reached a deal with animal welfare advocates to release Lolita, a 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) killer whale held in captivity for more than half a century, officials said ...

Firefighting helicopters at the disposal of authorities are substandard and may even not be airworthy, legislators heard on Thursday. The matter of the choppers was discussed in parliament, where auditor-general ...

During the first National Council session held under his administration, President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday briefed party leaders on his proposal for the appointment of an EU envoy to support ...

At the end of last year, and after the University of Cyprus (UCy) had formally filed its budget request for €81.2 million, it later requested an additional €58.5 million, the Audit Office ...

In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICE) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ...

Cyprus-flagged ships are facing ‘a second Turkish embargo’ hampering Ukrainian grain exports, Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli said on Thursday. Apart from the embargo on docking at Turkish ports, ...

Israel’s government is “on a rampage” against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and other allies to do ...

Employees in the semi-public sector will no longer have the benefit of private health insurance, MPs have decided this week, citing the introduction of a national health scheme (Gesy). There ...

Music performances continue in Paphos with an elegant concert will take place at a popular cultural venue. Well-known mezzo soprano Anoki von Arx returns to Technopolis 20 on Friday, this time ...

Cyprus’ defence ministry signed a letter of intent with the US’s New Jersey National Guard on Thursday, to be inducted into the state partnership program (SPP). Under the program, ...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the inauguration of the country’s first nuclear power reactor built ...

President Nikos Christodoulides appointed two unpaid advisors on Thursday – one specialised in economics and the other in crisis management and civil protection. The two advisors are Christodoulos Patsalidis and George ...

A government system to help improve cyber security has been sitting idly since 2019, Deputy Research Minister Philippos Hadjizacharias admitted on Thursday, as services were reeling after a number of hacks ...

A Moscow court ruled that a U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most ...

Pope Francis’s health is improving after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection and he has resumed working while treatment continues, the Vatican said on Thursday. The pope was ...