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A new draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement about the Turkish announcements regarding the fenced off city of Famagusta (Varosha) has been presented by the UK. The draft statement, which ...

Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020 organisers have the chance to patch up the Games’ image when they reveal who will carry the Olympic flame ...

Many people have applauded bitcoin as the future currency that would effectively address the frequent shortcomings of dealing with fiat currencies and traditional banking institutions. Since Satoshi Nakamoto released Bitcoin ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said that the plan for the implementation of sustainable mobility solutions in Nicosia is progressing, according to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). Speaking during an event ...

The European Central Bank pledged on Thursday to keep interest rates at record lows for even longer to boost sluggish inflation and warned that the rapidly spreading Delta variant of ...

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has on Wednesday upgraded Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited’s (Bank of Cyprus) and Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd’s (Hellenic Bank) long-term ...

The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 has dropped to 39 percent in Israel, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The Pfizer vaccine is also only 41 per ...

By George Kassianos Nestled in the pastoral hills of Pareklisia, just 20 minutes north of Limassol, the Hadjiantonas winery is a hidden gem. The Hadjiantonas winery team has been making wine ...

The fight to stop a lone pine in Konia from being chopped down has become a symbol for the Paphos Greens in their struggle to save trees. “This pine tree ...

The unacceptable shoddiness with which court security is approached by the authorities was displayed again in Limassol when in the early hours of Wednesday a room in which evidence for ...

Belgian authorities raised the death toll on Thursday from last week’s burst rivers and flash floods to 37, with a further six people missing. Belgium‘s crisis centre, which is ...

Several airlines, banks and technology websites were coming back online on Thursday afternoon after a brief outage, the third such widespread incident noted in just a span of two months, ...

Authorities have seized almost 700 boxes containing thousands of laughing gas canisters, found in a warehouse at the port of Limassol. Police on Wednesday had secured a search warrant on a ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while 89,188 – a record number of daily tests tracked 1,046 positives to the virus. The latest deaths were: a woman aged 74, ...

Direct financial assistance to those who suffered damage to their properties in the massive July 3 blaze will begin being dispensed as of next week, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said. He ...

Two thrilling performances are coming to Larnaca’s popular Savino Live this weekend starting with The Smallest Creature presenting their new album on Friday. Titled Magic Beans, the album includes 11 ...

Haggling continued through Thursday night over a UN Security Council statement over Turkey’s latest pronouncements on Varosha, with the body apparently unable to agree a final text in its ...

Police said Thursday they were looking for a 37-year-old Palestinian man in connection with an arson attack at the Limassol courthouse, which destroyed evidence relating to serious criminal cases. Police ...

Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler plans to invest more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) by 2030 to be ready to take on Tesla in an all-electric car market, but warned the shift in technology ...

Italian luxury boss Brunello Cucinelli is offering six months of paid leave to a handful of employees who have refused to vaccinate in order to protect workers who have taken ...

Britain’s government on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for returning NatWest (NWG.L) to majority private ownership within a year, more than a decade since bailing out the lender at ...

Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe praised Cyprus’ “impressive recovery” from the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, stressing that this performance was the result of good national policies coupled with good decisions taken ...

France’s Olympic men’s football campaign got off to a dreadful start when they were thrashed 4-1 by Mexico while Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Australia as ...

Cyprus must gradually return to prudent fiscal and macroeconomic policies to bolster its economic standing, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday, warning that a reversal of reforms would harm ...