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Government amendments to Income Tax Law and special contribution for defence law target loopholes By Linda Stokes On December 21, 2021 new provisions amending both the Income Tax Law and the Special ...

Before the weekend’s entertainment begins, caught in between carnival festivities and cancellation of events either due to covid or world situations, several mid-week music gigs arrive. Around the island, ...

The proposal by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides for a package of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) is “a step in the right direction”, said Germany’s ambassador to Cyprus, Anke Schlimm. ...

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It is conducted on the basis of affidavits, save the right for cross-examination Courts have the power to issue orders, interim or final, for parties to do or refrain from ...

By Carmel Mothersill Shortly after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, both governments said that the Russian military had taken over the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of ...

Heavy rainfall Wednesday morning is affecting commuters in Larnaca and Limassol. Police report limited visibility and slippery roads, especially along the highway sections near Germasogeia and Moni. The police have ...

Cyprus-based financial technology company SquaredFinancial announced on Tuesday that it will be the first organisation to utilise iQbyQi, an advanced retail trading analytics tool. “SquaredFinancial, the fintech brokerage headquartered in ...

U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display of unity on Tuesday ...

Bitcoin has leapt since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, bolstered by people in those countries looking to store and move money in anonymous and decentralised crypto. Bitcoin trading denominated in ...

The services sector turnover index increased in 2021, compared to 2020, with particularly strong growth being observed in accommodation and catering services, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical ...

Italy plans to set aside more than 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) until 2030 to boost domestic chip manufacturing and support innovative technologies, a draft decree seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. The ...

By Marilena Evangelou & Yiannis Seitanidis The imposition of severe economic sanctions in Russia has made the daily life of those Cypriots who are in the country for work or ...

One of the main reasons for failing public education is excessive power wielded by the teaching unions. This union power has created a public school system that primarily exists to ...

Almost 20 per cent more rain than normal fell between October 2021 and February 2022, significantly boosting water stocks in the dams which on Tuesday were 85.5 per cent full. According to the Meteorology ...

Many people start reading about Bitcoin to learn about it and hear people referring to cryptocurrency as a religion. In fact, some promoters of Bitcoin claim that they are Friars, ...

As Russian rockets pounded targets in eastern Ukraine, men of fighting age lined up for hours outside gun shops in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday to buy hunting ...

World Athletics on Tuesday joined a growing list of sporting bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, while tennis’s governing bodies barred players from competing under the name or ...

The leaders of the two largest opposition parties met on Tuesday to sound each other out ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, while other such exploratory discussions are scheduled for this ...

Two British men have been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with defrauding people into investing nearly $100 million in loans supposedly backed by an inventory of expensive wine that ...

Meta Platforms FB.O is globally demoting content from Russian state-controlled media outlets’ Facebook pages and Instagram accounts, as well as posts containing links to those outlets on Facebook, the ...

The Taliban’s spokesman on Tuesday said that Afghans with legal documents could travel abroad, after the United States and United Kingdom raised concerns over previous comments that travel restrictions ...

US President Joe Biden, who has earned praise for his efforts to rally European allies and other nations against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, will turn to ...

Further easing of coronavirus restrictions will reportedly include the lifting of SafePass requirements to enter certain places, and are expected to be announced later this week, a health ministry spokesman ...