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A 30-year-old man was remanded in police custody for five days on Thursday for possession of illegal drugs. The man was found driving following a tip-off in the Famagusta district ...

Two businesses were fined a total of €11,000 in Nicosia and Limassol while a third business owner in Paphos will appear in court over violations of coronavirus protocols, police said Thursday. ...

Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine accused government forces on Thursday of opening fire on their territory four times in the past 24 hours and said they were trying to establish if ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Constantinos Herodotou, does not side with the hawks in the design of monetary policy in the eurozone and expects that in the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, seeking to deepen their partnership, promote sustainable ...

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in a nationwide decline in turnover, profits and liquidity of small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMEs), but without a commensurate reduction in employee numbers, according to a collaborative study ...

Despite the recent improvement across a number of economic performance indicators, Association of Large Investment Projects president Andreas Demetriades on Tuesday called for a concerted response and an immediate course ...

Cyprus has made slow progress in easing dependence on fossil fuels for its energy needs, according to 2020 figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday. These show that fossil fuels accounts for 89 ...

British permanent residents of Cyprus, understandably, were angered by the Cyprus government’s decision to take away their voting rights after Britain left the EU. Those whose names were on ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Thursday condemned what appears to be racist violent attacks against food delivery drivers, saying they are “offensive to the culture and values” of locals and called ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) appears to have misunderstood its role. It is not a price monitoring service that decides whether price increases are acceptable or not, as the association ...

Late goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah earned Liverpool a 2-0 victory at Inter Milan in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday. Inter had the better of ...

The ombusdwoman’s office examined some 2,500 complaints in 2020, many concerning delays in the payment of social security benefits and employment matters, Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Wednesday. Officials have assured that ...

The administrative court has ruled in favour of two plaintiffs who filed cases of administrative negligence against the state after having to wait for years for a response to their ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-high 50 points as the Milwaukee Bucks earned a 128-119 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night to complete a four-game sweep of the season ...

The House education committee will meet urgently on Monday to discuss the results of the newly introduced twice-yearly exams at lyceums amid fury from parents and students over the poor ...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday quipped to members of the royal household that she could not move much as she carried out her first in-person engagement since her son ...

The purchasing power of the average salary in Cyprus is currently 6.8 per cent below 2006 levels, with real wages still on a downward trajectory, according to a report by the Cyprus ...

More European aid will be funnelled to Cyprus to deal with increasing migrant flows, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday as figures showed the numbers arriving in January this ...

Turkey is continuing a ‘positive dialogue’ with Saudi Arabia and wants to take concrete steps in the coming days to improve ties, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on ...

Manchester United should be fighting for more than a top-four place in the Premier League, goalkeeper David de Gea said after his team beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 at ...

The health ministry announced seven deaths and 2,549 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The deaths were of three men aged 59, 63 and 87 and four women aged 50, 85, 92 and 99, bringing the total death ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to pay a visit to Cyprus on March 2, diplomatic sources told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. The 11th President of the State of ...

The University of Cyprus has put an end to the plans for the Larnaca Marine Science and Technology School, according to reports following Wednesday’s House education committee. The reason ...