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Cyprus continues to press ahead with efforts to distance itself from “tacky tourism”, as the deputy tourism ministry announced a further funding boost for authentic hospitality venues. The €8m will ...

Britain’s accounting watchdog will reclaim powers to ban auditors under proposals announced on Thursday. The powers were previously delegated by the government to professional accounting bodies such as the ...

Cyprus-Lebanon relations, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the broader region, the situation in Ukraine in view of Russia’s invasion, as well as current regional and international issues of ...

Russian companies and global banks including BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan could profit if Moscow moves to de-list Russian companies’ depositary receipts from foreign exchanges, according to two ...

Staff at Limassol General Hospital’s clinical lab will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday in protest at lack of auxiliary personnel in the afternoons, weekends and holidays, their trade ...

The European Union has closed a loophole that allowed EU governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia last year alone despite an embargo that took ...

Eni (ENI.MI) has signed a deal to boost gas production in Egypt and boost liquefied natural gas supplies to Europe, the Italian energy group said on Wednesday. The move ...

With the release of the 2022 Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa rankings, for the second consecutive year Elias Neocleous & Co LLC has received a Tier 1 rating in all nine ...

A 62-year-old man was slapped with a hefty 12-year jail sentence for his role in running a cannabis production unit, as he pleaded guilty to possession of nine kilos of ...

The number of commercial flights departing from and landing in Cyprus in March 2022 was 17 per cent lower than in the same month in 2019, before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

The government and construction company C.Kasinos & Son Ltd on Thursday signed a €457,000 contract titled “emergency measures for the protection of the Pervolia Lighthouse coastal front in Larnaca.”. The ...

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Thursday in raids in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during what the Israeli army described as “counterterrorism activities”. The latest ...

Russia already has nuclear weapons in the Baltic region, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Thursday. Anusauskas told Lithuania’s BNS wire that nuclear weapons have been deployed in ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday night after police officers found a total 498 Easter firecrackers in a bag on the back seat of his car. The man ...

Atletico Madrid could face UEFA action after their Champions League quarter-final with Manchester City on Wednesday ended with ugly scenes on and off the pitch. Scuffles broke out late in ...

A car accident occurred on Thursday, at around four in the morning in Ayia Napa when a saloon car crashed into a restaurant’s outdoor patio, police said. The driver, ...

By Abi Jackson Most people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a list of foods that tend to trigger symptoms. What causes IBS to flare up can vary from person ...

Years of hard work are paying off for Ferrari with a stellar start to the Formula One season, company chairman John Elkann said on Wednesday. Charles Leclerc has won two ...

From April 18, Cyprus no longer requires the completion of passenger locator form (Cyprus Flight Pass) for entry into the country, the deputy ministry of tourism reminded on Thursday. Moreover, Cyprus ...

Former Colombia captain Freddy Rincon has died after he sustained severe head injuries in a car crash that occurred in the city of Cali earlier this week, doctors said late ...

The war in Ukraine and its consequences on Cyprus tourism should push stakeholders on the island to work together to tap other markets, Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettou said on ...

French far-right presidential candidate Marin Le Pen rebuffed on Thursday criticism by her rival Emmanuel Macron accusing her of retaining her “authoritarian” and extremist views, despite displaying a softer image ...

As seemingly the last Limassol resident to have not eaten at the popular Israeli restaurant, visiting Pitot was long overdue. I did once attempt to visit Pitot but unluckily happened ...

The east Mediterranean is critical for energy security, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Laura Lochman has told CNA, pointing out that through potential interconnections between Israel, Cyprus ...