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Public employees’ unions have written to finance minister Constantinos Petrides asking for the raising of the income tax threshold as well as other tax relaxations. In the letter, signed by ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday said they had remanded a 32-year-old woman in connection with a case of obtaining €24,000 from a couple under false pretences. The money would allegedly pay for ...

Germany on Wednesday declared an “early warning” of a possible gas supply emergency, saying the measure was designed to prepare for the risk of disruption or stoppage of natural gas ...

In a risk taker with a swashbuckling CV, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man whose years in the City through the hedonism of the 60s and strife of the 70s see ...

Ukrainian officials reported shelling around the capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, despite a promise by Moscow to scale down military operations there. Kyiv’s deputy ...

In new research from PwC, 65 per cent of next generation (NextGen) family business members say achieving business growth is a top priority. At the same time, nearly the same number, 64 ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will advise Cyprus on the development of a vaccination strategy for this coming winter, Minister of Health Michael Hadjipantelas and ECDC ...

In today’s episode, a senior government official said that three individuals subject to the EU sanctions in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hold a Cyprus passport, adding ...

A 62-year-old man, who was intubated at the ICU of the Nicosia general hospital following a car accident in Larnaca, has died, police said on Wednesday. Larnaca resident Marcos Triggilos ...

One more art exhibition is added to Nicosia’s cultural agenda just before the month ends. Anthi Pafiou’s solo drawing exhibition, Please Breathe in before Freefalling, opens at Marginalia ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that while Cyprus would inevitably be affected by rising inflation and deteriorating growth, its economy was better equipped to handle the ...

Paphos police were investigating on Wednesday after two masked persons stole money from a 24/7 bakery on Ellados avenue. The robbery was reported to the police by the 47-year-old female employee ...

Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst ...

Nicosia police on Wednesday said they have arrested a 27-year-old man after they find 16 stolen credit cards in his possession during a traffic check. The man was driving in Aglandjia ...

Britain will take a very sceptical view towards Russia and its pledge to scale down military operations around Kyiv, with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raabsaying London will judge Moscow on ...

A Paphos bar was booked for operating without a music licence after three employees were found violating coronavirus measures following 117 checks in the district, police said Wednesday. According to the ...

More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China’s giant financial hub ticking over ...

Russia’s demand that some buyers pay for its gas in roubles has raised concerns in Germany, which relies on Russian fuel, that the payment dispute could escalate and disrupt ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) announced on Tuesday that it is currently hosting 25 tourism industry stakeholders, including agents and journalists, from Jordan. The initiative, which is conducted in ...

The Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency, commonly known as Invest Cyprus, on Tuesday held an event in Israel to promote the island as an investment and business destination. The Cyprus Roadshow 2022 ...

By Martin Clark Despite the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and the desperately sad situation in the Ukraine, nothing can halt the onset of spring. Here in Cyprus, the ...

Researchers from the University of Nicosia (UNic) has found that as many as 238 people likely lost their lives in 2017 due to emissions from vehicles and heat sources. UNic researchers simulated ...

Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, and Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, on Tuesday, spoke of the need to attract ‘quality tourism’ that would endure in times ...

An Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the third deadly attack ...