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By George Sklavos The smooth transition to the digital age is one of the toughest challenges facing the banking sector in Cyprus. We are living in a time when everything ...

Turkey’s third-place election candidate endorsed President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, boosting the incumbent and intensifying the challenges for opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a Sunday runoff vote. Sinan Ogan, ...

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Tuesday the “counter-terrorism operation” in the region was ongoing, with the defence ministry and law enforcement agencies continuing “to clean up” ...

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement Monday on how to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling with just 10 days before ...

Property sales rose by 20 per cent between January and the middle of May, compared to the corresponding period of 2022, according to the head of the Department of Lands and Surveys ...

The course and prospects of the Cypriot economy, as well as issues pertaining to EU funds until 2027, took centre stage during a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and European ...

On Tuesday the weather will be partly cloudy with local rains and isolated storms expected, mainly in the northern half of the island. The winds will be mainly south-westerly, weak ...

The turmoil facing US regional banks has prompted some lenders to step back, leaving space for investors such as asset managers, private equity (PE) funds and insurers to lend more. ...

The island’s wines will once again be the focus of attention by international experts at the 14th Cyprus Wine Competition in Limassol this week. Speaking at a press conference ...

The Sunday before last, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced, out of the blue, that natural gas would be sent from Israel’s gas fields by pipeline to Cyprus, ...

Junior doctors in England plan to stage more strikes in June, their union said, meaning more strain for the state-run health service, NHS, after pay negotiations with the government collapsed ...

Kosovo must implement a Western-brokered peace deal with Serbia if it wants to achieve its goal of joining the NATO military alliance, two U.S. senators visiting Pristina said on ...

Top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said talks over raising the U.S. federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were “on the right path” ahead of a meeting with Democratic President ...

Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of ...

Brazil does not favour vaccination as a way to control bird flu because it would inevitably lead to trade barriers, one of its senior officials said on Monday. The world’...

Last year the ‘cabinet’ in the north granted permits for the purchase of real estate to 2,810 foreign nationals, while during the first three months of 2023 alone about 1,000 such permits were ...

Parliamentarians on Monday sounded upbeat that legislation regulating which homes would be eligible for reduced VAT will go to the House plenum for a vote on June 8. The ‘sweet spot’ – ...

Deputy Culture Minister Michalis Hatzigiannis said on Monday that publication of a woman with a criminal record appointed to work at his ministry is barbaric and distorted. In his statements, ...

Secondary teachers’ organisations on the island on Monday hailed the education ministry’s decision to scrap mid-term exams. The education ministry on Monday decided to abolish the mid-term exam and ...

Interior minister Constantinos Ioannou informed on Monday European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas about the migration policy being followed by Cyprus to tackle issues of illegal migration. Ioannou said that ...

Limassol-based pianist Tatiana Stupak is back this summer with another special concert, not only in terms of repertoire and performers but also in location. If you have never been to ...

Medical experts and cancer patients alike hope to see new and innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the disease on the island with the inauguration of the Nicola David-Pinedo Cyprus ...

Five young teens were called in for questioning on Monday after police and firefighters uncovered arson attacks across high schools in Limassol. It is understood that the vandalism centred around ...

Deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides on Monday delivered a stinging verbal attack on the auditor-general, whom he accused of a deliberate and concerted campaign to blacken his name, vowing that he ...