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By Maria Demertzis Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have become a reality in ten countries: a number of countries in the Caribbean plus Nigeria. As a digital equivalent of a ...

The average price for Russia’s Urals oil blend was $57.49 per barrel between Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, Russia’s Finance Ministry said late on Thursday, below the Western cap of $60. That ...

The scandal of mobile phone use in the Nicosia prison deepened this week as the company tasked with upgrading the system to deactivate phones said it had inadvertently reconnected some ...

The 22nd World Cup, the first played in an Arab country, comes to a close on Sunday evening in a box-office final between holders France and Argentina, top football forces, ...

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will limit ticket sales for flights to London’s Heathrow Airport during planned strikes by border agents over Christmas and New Year’s Eve to ...

Pressure rose on Peru’s fledgling government Friday as two cabinet members resigned following deadly protests that have rocked the country since former President Pedro Castillo’s removal from office ...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday condemned an apparent assassination attempt on a prominent news anchor and critic of the president who said assailants had opened fire on ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved postponing – for the second time – a decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ...

The island’s social insurance service on Friday announced changes to social insurance contributions from January next year. According to the Social Insurance Laws of 2010-2022, as of January 2023, the ...

Panicos Nicolaou’s term in office as Chief Executive Officer (Ceo) of the Bank of Cyprus has been extended for another 4 years. During meetings on Friday, the Boards of Directors ...

Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) refused an Egyptian presidency decree unilaterally demarcating Egypt’s western maritime borders, the Libyan foreign ministry said in a statement on its Facebook ...

A 4.1 magnitude quake shook southeastern Afghanistan on Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Strong shaking was felt by Reuters witnesses in the Afghan capital Kabul. The quake ...

The U.S. State Department on Friday launched its long-planned “China House” unit, an internal reorganization to help expand and sharpen its policymaking toward its top geopolitical rival. Secretary of ...

By Sarah Ktisti New turmoil and serious problems are afoot at Limassol port due to the tariff increases that the port’s managing companies have decided to impose, with exports ...

France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of ...

European shares slid on Friday, ending the week sharply lower after major central banks flagged further rate hikes, while economic activity data from the euro zone failed to assuage concerns ...

International rail operator Eurostar on Friday said that it would not operate services on Dec. 26 between Britain and France due to a national rail strike that impacts the British rail ...

The island’s Finance Ministry on Friday said it will introduce a 15 per cent minimum corporate tax rate on multinational and domestic groups or companies with a combined annual turnover ...

Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo on Friday lifted the state of emergency it declared earlier in the day after Russian missile strikes cut nationwide energy consumption by more than 50%, it ...

A dinner between President Nicos Anastasiades and Ersin Tatar is scheduled to take place at the end of January as Anastasiades’ term in power comes to a close and in ...

US basketball star Brittney Griner, who on Friday left an Army medical center where she had been recuperating following her release from a Russian penal colony as part of a ...

An episode of Masterchef Turkey was filmed in the ghost town Varosha, where contestants were asked to cook Cypriot dishes, reports in the north said on Friday. The episode featured ...

One more Open Mic Night is taking place at Yfantourgeio theWorkplace just before the year ends. On December 27, the Third Open Mic event organised by Queer Collective CY will welcome ...

Turkish Cypriot pharmacies are the latest victims of the Turkish lira crisis as medicine shortages in the north have spiked in recent weeks, dangerously affecting patients who depend on certain ...