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Cyprus has recorded a fiscal surplus of €155.5 million, equivalent to 0.5 per cent of GDP, during the first half of 2023, according to the latest preliminary results, released on Monday by the ...

The Central Government of Cyprus saw its total debt rise to €23.83 billion as of June 30, 2023, according to a report by the state’s Public Debt Management Office. The latest figures ...

Euro zone inflation fell further in July and most measures of underlying price growth also eased, in a largely comforting sign for the European Central Bank as it considers ending ...

Economic sanctions have been the biggest headache for Russia’s business elite since the start of the war in Ukraine, but a drone strike in the heart of Moscow’s ...

A third underwater investigation at Dreamer’s Bay – on the south coast of Akrotiri peninsula – was deemed a success as two ancient stone anchors were transferred to the Local Archaeological ...

The disputes that have plagued Gesy since its establishment four years ago are endless. All Gesy stakeholders have been involved, at some stage, in a dispute or public row. The ...

urkey’s tourism revenues jumped 23.1 per cent to $12.98 billion in the second quarter, Turkish Statistical Institute data showed on Monday, maintaining a strong trend in the sector. Revenues in 2022 surged 53.4 ...

Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security ...

Officials in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said on Tuesday that drones hit populated areas of the city and one drone destroyed two floors of a college dormitory. The chief ...

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against four top Bosnian Serb officials, including the Serb member of the country’s presidency, for undermining a US-sponsored peace deal that ended ...

The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party said, in defiance of international calls to restore ...

The Bank of Cyprus Group on Monday released a statement in which it confirmed that it has successfully completed the EU-wide stress test for 2023. The announcement by the bank explained ...

Unesco experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the city from ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday night. Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in ...

England’s Stuart Broad claimed the last two Australia wickets to secure a dramatic 49-run victory for his team in the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Monday and ...

Ukraine’s defence ministry signed an agreement with Turkish company Baykar Makina to build a service centre for the repair and maintenance of drones in Ukraine, the ministry said on ...

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday said all 15 judges in an historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist ...

Deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis met with Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Monday to discuss tourism development in the town and the surrounding area. The pair, who were joined ...

Italy’s economy performed surprisingly poorly in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, offering an uncomfortable outlook for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as her government tries to tackle the ...

Several bars and music venues on the island are welcoming August with a series of live music nights. Quaint spots in Nicosia, Paphos and rural villages host local musicians this ...

Cyprus’ emergency services held a mass casualty management exercise on Monday, with the aim of ensuring their readiness for possible future emergencies. The exercise, named Ippocratis 2023, was designed and organised ...

Police have issued hundreds of fines since the beginning of the year for businesses found to be operating without proper licensing or to be causing noise pollution, authorities said on ...

The north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance, budget, and planning committee met on Monday with a view to amending its law regarding the opening and operating of casinos. Casinos have, in recent ...

The Department of Town Planning and Housing on Monday issued the second call for proposals for a funding scheme aimed to enhance business activity within the walled city of Nicosia. ...