Anastasiades on official visit to Saudi Arabia
President Nicos Anastasiades begins an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, after flying to Riyadh late on Monday at the head of a delegation.
According to an official announcement, ...
Coronavirus: 16 individuals, seven business premises fined
Cyprus police fined 16 individuals and seven business premises for violating protective measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19.
A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours ending ...
Russia’s growing ‘war chest’ reserves
Data from the Central Bank of Russia shows that the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves have been increasing for some time.
While at the beginning of 2018 the reserves ...
Turkey’s economy boomed 11 per cent last year, most in a decade
Turkey’s economy bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic to grow 11 per cent last year, its highest rate in a decade, but economists see a sharp slowdown this year as ...
Australia steps up flood relief efforts as Sydney braces for heavy rains
Military helicopters airlifted stranded people from rooftops of flooded neighbourhoods in eastern Australia and a tenth victim was found on Tuesday following days of torrential rain as the wild weather ...
Hong Kong residents brace for citywide lockdown as leader calls for calm
Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies on Tuesday, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm and appealed for the public not to worry ...
Amazon to launch AWS Local Zone in Greece
Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing services, announced on Monday that it will launch an AWS Local Zone in Athens, Greece,
The new Local Zone ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus’ cash reserves exceed the financing needs for 2022, the Public Debt Management Office said on Monday.
In its February bulletin, the office explained that general government debt at the end ...
Government deficit drops to 1.8 per cent of GDP
Cyprus’ government deficit fell to €409.1 million or 1.8 per cent of GDP in 2021 in 2021, primarily due to the impressive 16 per cent increase in revenues, according to a preliminary report released by ...
Cyprus linked to scam by Ukrainian lender Privatbank
Cyprus has been named in an internal lending scam and money laundering scandal involving Ukrainian lender Privatbank, nationalised in 2016.
In a case filed with the District Court, Southern District of ...
Our View: We shouldn’t bring Cyprus problem into issue of Russian sanctions
AFTER last week’s meeting of the European Council, it was reported that Cyprus was among the few member-states that had blocked the proposal to cut off Russia from the ...
Turkey warns countries not to pass warships through straits
Turkey has warned both Black Sea and non-Black Sea countries not to pass warships through its Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported as saying on Monday.
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Freezing weather and border bottlenecks as Ukrainians flee war
Poland sought to ease passage into the European Union on Monday for around quarter of a million Ukrainians waiting at European border crossings in freezing conditions after fleeing the Russian ...
Russian ambassador: Cyprus has shot itself in the foot with flight ban (Update 3)
Cyprus has “shot itself in the foot” by joining the EU’s ban on Russian aircraft into the bloc’s airspace, the Russian ambassador bluntly stated on Monday amid concerns ...
Russia banned from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued on Monday, sporting bodies moved to bar Russian athletes from competing in international events, with FIFA and UEFA suspending Russia’s national teams ...
IOC recommends banning Russian, Belarusian athletes from international events
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing in events following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The ...
Russia pounds Kharkiv as talks end with no breakthrough (Update 3)
Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s invading forces met stiff resistance ...
Coronavirus: Two deaths, 2,356 new cases (Updated)
The health ministry announced two Covid-19 deaths and 2,356 infections on Monday night as 150 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised.
The deaths were of a man, aged 67, and a woman, aged 80. Their deaths ...
Prominent Nicosia lawyer declares candidacy for 2023 elections
Prominent Nicosia lawyer Achilleas Demetriades officially announced his candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections, his message focusing on fighting corruption, a fresh start, and the Cyprus problem.
“I want to clear ...
Education minister in wheelchair basketball game
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday participated in a wheelchair basketball game with students from a Nicosia based high school, as part of efforts to create awareness about people with ...
Bassoon and piano recital at The Shoe Factory
As part of its Cyprus Artists Series, which is dedicated to the endorsement of leading Cypriot musicians, the Pharos Arts Foundation presents a recital this March with the highly talented ...
Finance watchdog says job impossible without increased budget
The Financial Ombudsman on Monday complained that the agency will not be able to perform their functions after the government slashed their budget by a considerable margin.
Ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou ...
Ukrainian president signs formal request to join EU
European Union leaders may discuss the possibility of Ukrainian membership at an informal summit in March, a senior EU official said on Monday, adding the issue was important for Ukraine ...
Port charges reduced after lengthy talks
The transport ministry announced on Monday it reached an agreement with the companies running the commercial activities at Limassol port to significantly reduce their freight and handling fees after lengthy ...