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Lawmakers on Monday made more progress on a government bill aimed at reducing the stock of non-performing loans on banks’ books – a pledge Cyprus made to the EU in exchange ...

The cost of rebuilding Ukraine following Russia’s invasion could reach $750 billion and rich Russians should help pay the bill, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Monday. “We believe ...

Travel company executive Akis Kelepeshis expects the airport and airline chaos gripping Europe to subside in the coming weeks as thousands of flights have already been cancelled and more people ...

ΣaiΣ is a newly formed music project created by Savvas Chrysostomou. On a mission to share his music, Savvas is performing in Paphos on Friday and will be joined by ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it will implement a voluntary retirement scheme that will seek to reduce its staff by 15 per cent, which amounts to approximately 500-600 ...

Helicopter crews and drones flew over the Italian Alps on Monday searching for 14 people missing after part of a mountain glacier collapsed, killing at least seven people in a disaster ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged his ministers to “hang in there”, be ambitious and show a willingness to compromise after he carried out a limited reshuffle that saw no ...

Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s much-trumpeted proposals for cooperation may have caused a row in north, but had still not been received by the Cyprus government on Monday. The ...

The archbishopric is close to getting the green light for building a five-star hotel in Geroskipou, Paphos, at an estimated cost of €100 million. Filed years ago, the initial paperwork was ...

The Open University of Cyprus and two of its professors have been ranked among the top universities and scientists by a leading academic research portal. The Open University of Cyprus (...

A fire broke out on dry grass in an area between Akaki and Meniko villages at around 2pm on Monday. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, the fire department ...

By Sam Wylie-Harris Last week the Duchess of Cambridge demonstrated why white is a summer staple. Wearing a perfectly tailored suit – which looks to be the same Alexander McQueen outfit ...

Employment in the broad industrial sector decreased in 2020 by 1.5 per cent to 39,100 compared to 39,700 in 2019, according to the results of the Survey on Industrial Production 2020, published by the Cyprus Statistical ...

Hellenic Bank is leading the green transition and growth sector, by expanding its range of green-lending products and introducing ‘Green Home’, its latest financing product. The bank is the first ...

The European Union will set up a reconstruction platform to coordinate the rebuilding of Ukraine after its war with Russia, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission said ...

Turkey has halted a Russian-flagged cargo ship off its Black Sea coast and is investigating a Ukrainian claim that it was carrying stolen grain, a senior Turkish official said on ...

An Easyjet flight heading from London to the Spanish holiday island of Menorca on Sunday was escorted to its destination by a Spanish fighter jet after a British teenager onboard ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Monday said that the planned work stoppage at state hospital A&E departments is at the detriment of the public and undermines ...

Students gave touching speeches at the annual graduation ceremony of final year students at the International school of Paphos this month. In a traditional ceremony, the students, dressed in graduation ...

President Anastasiades was handed a total of €36,300 from representatives from Cyta’s trade union EPOE EOSEK and from the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinating Council at the presidential palace on Monday President ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Monday called for a united front on the government’s decision to erect barriers along the Green Line, aimed at stopping the inflow of irregular ...

Have you ever dreamed of what the world around us would be like in 30 years’ time? As things stand, logic dictates that our planet will be facing a worse fate ...

A local creative is making candles that bring ancient history into the modern home. ALIX NORMAN finds out more Vasiliki Riala is a contemporary artisan practising an age-old profession: the ...