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The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) announced on Friday that the price index of construction materials rose by 8.15 per cent in March, reaching 135.89 units. This is compared to the same period ...

The U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months earlier than previously known and to a ...

Japan’s Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Saturday ordered the country’s military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite should it fall within Japan’s territory. ...

Consulting and advisory firm Deloitte Cyprus recently published its findings on the social and economic impact of atherosclerosis in Cyprus, with the overall cost to the state estimated in the ...

Dubai Police this week announced a new diploma programme on financial investigations for digital assets, which was developed in partnership with the University of Nicosia’s Institute for the Future (...

Cyprus recorded a fiscal surplus of €570.2 million, a share of 2.1 per cent of GDP, for the year 2022, according to a report released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute this week announced that it will be hosting a press conference on the “European Maritime Day (EMD) in Cyprus” with parallel events taking place ...

The investigation into possible disciplinary offences committed by former drug squad (Ykan) chief Michalis Katsounotos is underway, with a conclusion expected in the next few weeks, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou ...

Occasionally, and even more in recent months, we keep hearing about how elderly people are being treated within the health service. The latest spate of abuses came only days ago. ...

The South Korean government and its top battery companies plan to jointly invest 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) through 2030 to develop advanced battery technologies, including solid-state batteries, the industry ministry said on ...

The cabinet approved the creation of a digital platform that will allow consumers to compare the prices of goods across the market, Energy and Commerce Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

Paphos police on Friday made two arrests to facilitate investigations on cases of burglary and theft in the district. The suspects are a 24-year-old mand and a 33-year-old woman, both ...

A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc TSLA.O a sweeping win, finding that the car maker’s Autopilot feature did not fail to perform safely in ...

H Heavy firing rang out in Khartoum on Friday after Sudan’s army declared a truce, a Reuters witness said, dealing a blow to international efforts to end almost a ...

Fifty-three cartons of cigarettes and 40 packets of tobacco were seized from a Larnaca kiosk on Friday after they were found to be duty-free. According to Larnaca police spokesman Charis Hadjiyiasemi, ...

Limassol police on Friday arrested a 35-year-old woman after a reported robbery. According to the report, around 8.30 on Thursday night, a 33-year-old man called the police after reportedly finding a ...

A new bill approved by the council of ministers on Friday will aim to strengthen the public’s trust in tap water, Health Minister Popi Kanari said. Speaking after the ...

The cabinet on Friday approved an interior ministry proposal to review the criteria for the naturalisation of third country nationals. According to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, the proposal is mainly ...

Deputy Minister for Culture Michalis Hatzigiannis on Friday attempted to give some kind of closure to a recent blunder by his office after an official post was made by his ...

The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a hub in Poland to repair tanks ...

The first week of May brings back the island’s favourite street food fiesta. On May 5, Fork Food Market returns for another season of tasty events in Nicosia. Taking place ...

Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said on Friday. Police did not give a motive ...

Sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian citizens so far will not significantly impact the Cypriot economy as its banks have very satisfactory levels of capital and one of the best ...

The Open University of Cyprus said on Friday it was continuing to cooperate with authorities on the hack of its database, even after a first tranche of files were made ...