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A Swiss proxy adviser representing some former Credit Suisse shareholders has backed a class-action lawsuit seeking a better price from UBS (UBSG.S) for its takeover of its cross-town rival, ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will set up a new federal ministry of investment to develop the Gulf state’s investment strategy both globally and domestically as it contends with ...

The European Commission has acknowledged some tweaking is necessary to their original regulation limiting pesticide use, but farmers must acknowledge change is coming By Alexandra Attalides Τhe recent mobilisation of ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has announced that he would initiate a dialogue with stakeholders about shop opening hours. This transpired after a meeting he had with Povek, the association that ...

Bahrain has signed a memorandum of understanding for strategic investments and collaborations with Britain that will see the Gulf state’s private sector invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in Britain, the ...

MPs on Tuesday were considering the approval of a €345,000 supplementary budget to compensate an American citizen of Turkish Cypriot origin for loss of use of his property where a petrol ...

Attracting productive direct investments in our country is of paramount importance for the Government, Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides said in his address at the 11th Invest Cyprus International Investments Awards ...

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a 27-year old man who was hit by a projectile at the time of the riots on Saturday, the Marseille ...

Companies caught out by China’s decision to restrict exports of two metals widely used in semiconductors and electric vehicles were racing to secure supplies on Tuesday as some industry ...

The death of six-year-old girl, who was critically injured during a jet-ski accident at Lady’s Mile over the weekend, was attributed to a severe head injury, state pathologists said ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, has said that the aim of the meeting he will have with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on July 11, in New York, is to create ...

Government will announce a package of measures on foreclosures to ensure the credibility of the country and to protect its vulnerable residents, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He said ...

Authorities in the north have called for the establishment of an Azerbaijani ‘embassy’ in an effort to establish diplomatic relations, Turkish Cypriot media said on Tuesday. The chairman of the “...

Heavy clouds of smoke covered the Aglandjia area in northeast Nicosia due to a fire in the north, the fire service said on Tuesday. The smoke that is visible near ...

Mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Fort Worth, Texas, claimed the lives of 10 people ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, a grim reminder of the United States’ ...

Important step forward would be agreement on a UN envoy The leaders of the two sides should promote more contact and cooperation as well as the opening of more crossing ...

Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the northeastern Kharkiv region. ...

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said on Tuesday eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged national security offences would be “pursued for life”. ...

Polis Chrysochous and Tylliria communities said on Tuesday they want the Kokkina area crossing point reopened as speculation grew over the opening of additional crossing points. In a letter to ...

The Department of Environment is investigating a suspected scam where contaminated vegetable compost (fertilizer) may have been supplied to farmers, officials said on Tuesday. The suspected fraud and potential embezzlement ...

Three performances and one workshop will take place this week as part of the 26th Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus. Music, theatre and song will continue to sound ...

The new look to the top tier of justice on the island – after 60 years of operation a restructure will see three new courts operating – was branded as “historic” by the ...

In November 2022, Ibrahim Faraj, a seven-year-old boy from Cheshire, was reportedly taken from England to Saudi Arabia by his father. His mother, Ranem Elkhalidi, had not consented to the trip. ...

The Limassol tourism organisation (Etal) has created a new nature trail in the east of the district, which goes by the name Gyrismata, with the aim of attracting more tourists ...