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Cyprus has witnessed a notable increase in bounced cheques, with 26 such incidents totalling €276,202 reported in September 2023 alone. This concerning trend has landed 15 individuals (comprising 12 legal entities and 3 individuals) on the ...

Limassol port management company DP World recently concluded a three-month internship programme for students specialising in shipping and related fields, in a bid to strengthen its ties with the local ...

Friday will start off mostly clear with afternoon clouds expected to bring isolated rains or storms, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 32C in the interior, 30C on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met the ambassadors of Arab states in Nicosia on Thursday to discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza. The minister expressed Cyprus’ support for de-escalation and ...

Toyota Motor (7203.T) and Idemitsu Kosan (5019.T) have formed an alliance to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on Thursday. The partnership follows an announcement ...

Eviction orders have been issued for 25 more homes in Pissouri, made unsafe for habitation after years of land slippage, the community leader told MPs on Thursday. Lazaros Lazarou also said ...

The government decision to set up a committee to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the Greco report, on fighting corruption, suggests that someone in the cabinet has a ...

Birkenstock’s (BIRK.N) stock ended more than 12 per cent below its initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday in an underwhelming Wall Street debut that signaled investors remain cautious ...

The UK’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, was on the island on Thursday, paying a visit to the Sovereign Base Area in Akrotiri. The British ...

French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French ...

Turkish and Greek Cypriots are determined to work towards a brighter future for workers in a reunified island, the head of the Segdamelin union, Athos Eleftheriou said on Thursday. He ...

Gaza moved closer to a humanitarian catastrophe on Thursday as the death toll rose and vital supplies ran low, while Israel massed tanks on the enclave’s border ahead of ...

Another boat with 50 migrants arrived off the coast of Cape Greco on Thursday, with the people on board safely escorted ashore. According to media reports, the police coast guard spotted ...

Cyprus’ local authority reform will increase costs for the state; however this is to be expected until everything falls into place, the House audit committee heard on Thursday. Presenting the ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned violence against civilians on Thursday in the wake of the devastating attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel and the relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip ...

The Russian Olympic Committee was banned with immediate effect on Thursday for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee said. The IOC added the ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the recent attacks by Hamas in Israel – though not unanimously – as politics and different approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict kicked in. ...

Two new art exhibitions are set to open on Friday in Nicosia and Paphos, presenting group and solo works. In Paphos, Art&Shock Gallery will host the Where Did ...

Three issues regarding the work of civil servants were raised on Thursday during a meeting with civil service union Pasydy, and President Nikos Christodoulides. The first issue concerned unfreezing some ...

Police said on Thursday that the case file of a young driver who died, perhaps due to a faulty airbag, is now with the legal services. Police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

No agreement has been reached on the extension of a concession contract for the airport management company’s obligations regarding management and development of Larnaca and Paphos airports, the finance ...

Israeli air strikes have made major cemeteries in Gaza dangerous to reach so mourning families are burying their dead in informal graveyards dug in empty lots amid an intensifying siege ...

The forestry department trade union welcomed the reopening of the forestry college in Prodromos for training of staff as a step in the right direction. The branch of the Asdyk ...

A 47-year-old arrested in Chlorakas in connection with the violent incidents which unfolded in August plead guilty to key charges against him, including incitement to violence. The man also plead ...