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The International Monetary Fund told the Lebanese state on Thursday its banking secrecy law has not resolved “key deficiencies,” urging officials to make new changes to their first attempt at ...

Pilots at Lufthansa went on strike on Friday, forcing the German airline to cancel hundreds of flights, stranding holidaymakers. The airline said it had cancelled about 800 flights at its main ...

State health organisation Okypy announced on Friday that from the coming weekend, September 3 and 4, it will staff on-call clinics for the first weekend of each month with pediatricians and personal ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

Russia’s banks lost a combined 1.5 trillion roubles ($24.95 billion) in the first six months of 2022, a top official at Russia’s central bank said on Friday in an interview with ...

Operator data on requests for gas on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Europe suggest flows should resume from Saturday morning when Gazprom said maintenance work will be completed. ...

With summer winding down, we annoyed a selection of tourists enjoying their holiday on the beach at Phinikoudes in Larnaca by asking if they’re worried about the future, and ...

A fire on the car of a 46-year-old that broke out early Friday morning in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol appears to have been set maliciously, police said. The fire spread to ...

The Mythographies exhibition that runs from September 3 to October 27 in Paphos not only presents the retrospective work of artist Mary Plant but also offers a series of parallel events. Coming ...

Personal differences and insults appear to be the reason behind the arson of the boat in Emba, police have said. According to Paphos police crime investigations unit officer Michalis Nicholaou, ...

Good morning! In today’s episode, we hear that main opposition Akel is seeking to turn up the heat on the government, revealing that several beneficiaries of the ‘golden passports’ ...

An 18-month-old toddler on Thursday was rushed to the hospital after being found floating in the swimming pool of a hotel in Yeroskipou. The state of his health is now ...

The health ministry said on Friday that four deaths from Covid-19 and 1,752 new cases of the virus were reported for the week of August 26 – September 1, 2022. The four deaths concerned three ...

More than 340 traffic offences were recorded in the last 24 hours by traffic police with a special focus on implementing new rules concerning e-scooters. Limassol traffic police as part of the ...

Nottingham Forest returned to the Premier League following a 23-year absence and, judging by their summer shopping spree, they look determined to stay in the top flight after bringing in ...

U.S. President Joe Biden charged Republican allies of Donald Trump with undermining the country’s democracy and urged voters on Thursday evening to reject extremism ahead of November’s ...

The U.S. Open turned over Arthur Ashe Stadium to the Williams sisters on Thursday for a prime-time first round doubles match that could have been Serena’s last after ...

A cargo vessel carrying more than 3,000 tonnes (3,307 tons) of corn from Ukraine was towed to anchorage in Istanbul on Friday after it briefly ran aground, a shipping agency said, the ...

Architect and founder of the eponymous firm Yiannis Armeftis on Thursday said that environmental policies and the various measures that facilitate them could help mitigate the severe energy crisis currently ...

US federal prosecutors asked Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to provide extensive internal records about its anti-money laundering checks, along with communications involving its chief executive and founder ...

The Retail Trade Turnover Value Index increased by 11.4 per cent in July 2022, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, while the Retail Trade Turnover Volume Index increased by 1.5 ...

The fiscal accounts of the general government generated a surplus of €141.8 million for the period of January – July 2022, marking a sizeable improvement compared to a deficit of €711 million in the ...

GXS Bank, the digital bank joint venture of ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings (A6I.F) and Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI), launched Singapore’s first digital bank on Wednesday for the ...

Cyprus has a very low number of organ donors in relation to other EU countries, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Thursday during a visit to the Transplant Clinic at ...