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The volume of credit card transactions rose by 72 per cent between September and November of 2021, according to data provided by credit card processing company JCC to the Cyprus News Agency (...

High-tech cameras have been installed by Nicosia municipality along key urban arteries under the “Smart Cities” plan, which will record average vehicle speeds, pedestrian flows and “prevent vandalism”. Monday’s ...

On the day primary school teachers held a one-hour work stoppage because they were not satisfied with the government’s response to their demand for full-time replacement staff, nursing unions ...

The coming days will be crucial in the Ukraine standoff, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting on Monday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who suggested some progress had ...

Greece’s foreign ministry said on Monday images showing a band dancing to electronic music at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela monastery in Turkey were “offensive” and “a desecration” of ...

The United States said on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari and ...

Paphos police on Monday said they have arrested another twelve people who were found violating the interior ministry decree which prohibits the settlement of additional migrants in Chlorakas. The arrests ...

NATO is considering a longer-term military posture in eastern Europe to strengthen its defences, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, as tensions remained high over Russia’s military build-up near ...

The United States and the European Union pledged on Monday to work to ensure gas supplies can respond to disruptions in pipeline gas flows, as tensions rise over the massing ...

A group of doctors, lawyers, educators and scientists gathered outside the attorney-general’s office on Monday to demand explanations regarding what they described as “scandalous” management of Covid-19. Professionals from ...

The health ministry on Monday announced four more coronavirus deaths, including two people in their 40s, as 3,374 new infections were recorded. The deaths concerned a man, aged 40 and a woman ...

Lawmakers on Monday discussed how to tweak a government bill on VAT on houses so as to make it compatible with EU law. The matter relates to a bill tabled ...

A new exhibition opening in Limassol this week presents the works of various artists. The Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki is hosting the group exhibition Stories of Intimacy curated ...

The new Limassol football stadium is being completed as planned, government said on Monday, adding the three Limassol teams are willing to follow new Uefa specifications for wider spacing between ...

The government said Monday it will use any safeguards afforded to it in the contract governing the LNG import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any differences with the contractor ...

Diko has established a political framework within which it will move in the run up to the 2023 presidential elections, leader Nicolas Papadopoulos said on Monday following the centre-right party’s ...

The Toulouse Declaration marks a new chapter in Europe’s journey towards net zero aviation by 2050, Hermes Airports said on Monday after joining fellow aviation stakeholders in endorsing the declaration. ...

More coronavirus cases are being detected among students after the implementation of the test to stay policy, risking school closure, secondary state teachers’ union Oelmek said on Monday. On the ...

LOUIS TRAVEL, member of the Louis Group and a pioneer in the field of cruising in Cyprus, announced that it has been appointed a Preferred Sales Representative of Royal Caribbean ...

South Africa’s health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, although a senior health official said the government was not planning to ...

A 26-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Monday in connection with the attempted murder of another man in Nicosia. Police said the suspect was arrested on Sunday on ...

Speed skater Ireen Wust of the Netherlands made history at the Beijing Olympics on Monday when she claimed her sixth career gold medal, making her the first Olympian to win ...

A man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following the biggest ever drugs bust with links to Cyprus which saw 645 kilos of MDMA smuggled to Australia in Cypriot charcoal ...

Online appointments for a booster dose will be able to be arranged five months after the latest anti-coronavirus jab as of Sunday, the health ministry announced on Monday. Following a ...