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The summer may seem far away yet some of the island’s festivals have already begun the work. Come August, the 21st edition of the Countryside Animafest Cyprus Festival will ...

What do we understand by tax optimization? As the name suggests, tax optimization refers to the usage and implementation of processes that can reduce an individual or company’s tax ...

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 ...

Paphos police arrested a 31-year-old man early on Friday after finding drugs, burglary tools and weapons in his car. Officers stopped the car for a check at around 12.40am. During ...

Increasing migratory flows into Cyprus require comprehensive management of the asylum system in line with international laws and norms to implement fast and fair asylum procedures, the UNHCR representative in ...

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to purchase something, but you didn’t have enough money? You can always borrow money from relatives or friends In ...

Police on Friday said they issued a total of 44 fines for violation of the Covid-19 measures. A police spokesperson told Cyprus News agency that during the last 24 hours, 2,063 checks were ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced on Thursday that it has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (Etyk). “Today’s agreement is ...

The top diplomats of Russia and the United States were to meet in Switzerland on Friday to discuss soaring tensions over Ukraine after a flurry of meetings between officials on ...

Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist who was on ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said his first paycheck, to arrive on Friday, will be automatically converted into cryptocurrency via Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O). The salary ...

Highlights on Friday, all times local (GMT +11): 1620 KEYS HOLDS ON TO BEAT WANG Madison Keys came from a set down to claim a 4-6 6-3 7-6(10-2) win over China’...

Cypriot biotechnology NIPD Genetics announced on Thursday that the agreement to sell a 68.3 per cent stake in the company to diagnostic services company Medicover was officially completed earlier this month. ...

Hedge funds that earn returns speculating on precarious acquisitions were handed a gift this week when Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) agreed to buy “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI....

Cannabis was the most used drug in Cyprus during the restrictions against the spread of Covid-19, while there has been a drop in the use of ecstasy according to the ...

As expected, rising prices have sparked a new bout of calls by unions for the full restoration of the Cost of Living Allowance, by which wages are automatically adjusted every ...

France will ease work-from-home rules from early February and allow nightclubs to reopen two weeks later as the general Covid-19 situation in the country is starting to improve, Prime Minister ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law on the protection of whistleblowers, hailed by MPs as an important step in cracking down on corruption in the public sector. The legislation passed ...

Following pressure from opposition lawmakers, the government has agreed to amend certain provisions of the ‘Dangerous Infectious Diseases Law of 2021’, which will repeal and replace the current Quarantine Law under ...

An explosion in Ghana‘s rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced 11 deaths from Covid-19 – only three of which occurring on the day – while 2,282 more people tested positive for the coronavirus. The latest announced fatalities were: ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission in Cyprus has announced some tweaks to vaccination and testing status at the crossing points. In a statement on Thursday, the Mission said ...

A total of 604 people contacted a cybersafety website and helpline operated by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute in the last quarter of 2021, with the number of sextortion reports filed double that ...

A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to “blackmail” those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of ...