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A “large number” of businesses and self-employed people received state aid without meeting the necessary criteria during the coronavirus pandemic while potential beneficiaries were rejected, an audit office report showed ...

Starved of Big Macs since McDonald’s Corp MCD.N closed its Russian restaurants in March, Russians will from next year be treated to an alternative from the burger chain’...

Deputy director of state broadcaster CyBC, Savvas Aristodemou has been suspended, after allegations of workplace bullying surfaced on Monday. According to daily Politis, he has been suspended by the board ...

Switzerland will be contributing a total of over €15 million to Cyprus for cohesion projects, as part of a set of agreements between the two governments. On Monday, Finance Minister Constantinos ...

The Islamic Republic on Monday hanged a man in public who state media said had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less ...

Croatia and Morocco are the surprise guests in the World Cup’s final four but, as the Croatians discovered in 2018 and many other long-shot semi-finalists have before them, the two ...

Larnaca has been designated as a major urban centre for cofinancing purposes by the European Union and many prospects for large and important projects related to the trans-European transport network ...

Consumers will experience power cuts as of Wednesday if there is increased electricity demand or adverse weather conditions, as a result of a strike by the electricity authority (EAC) staff ...

Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti is gaining notoriety. All this is due to a ...

Cyta on Monday announced the signing of an agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications for the construction and maintenance of a new subsea telecommunications connection between Cyprus and Lebanon. ...

Cristiano Ronaldo running to the tunnel in tears and as desolate as the football world has ever seen him will be the lasting image for Portugal fans looking back on ...

The federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) has urged the town planning department to finalise the Akamas plan, stating that significant human and financial resources have been exerted on the process. ...

The European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) on Monday announced its intention to focus on credit risk provisions and, more broadly, new lending procedures, due to the deterioration ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met his Slovakian counterpart Zuzana Caputova on Monday, who is on a one-day visit to Cyprus. Caputova is in Cyprus to also visit with the Slovakian regiment ...

Heavy snowfall blanketed parts of Britain on Monday, disrupting airports, train networks and roads, while two coal plants were put on standby in case of a power crunch as the ...

Live music, art and pop-ups at the popular venue. By ELENI PHILIPPOU One could easily visit Nicosia’s centre without exploring the gems that are the local cafes and bars ...

Hellenic Bank CEO Oliver Gatzke returned to his duties today following a recent decision by the bank’s board of directors after an investigation into allegations of statements and actions ...

In a shocking story, one Nicosia-based instructor tells ALIX NORMAN that yoga brought her from the very brink of death. It’s a journey that inspired her to write the ...

The vision of the startup and innovation ecosystem in Cyprus should be about changing the ‘DNA’ of the people living in Cyprus. People should start to think differently and find ...

The crypto market is attracting a new group of investors who hope to make massive gains by investing in unique projects. Orbeon Protocol (ORBN), Oryen Network (ORY), and Dogeliens (DOGET) ...

Writer, poet, journalist and actor Leonidas Malenis, best known for his poem that later became a song ‘Chrysoprasino Fyllo’, died at age 85 on Monday. Malenis was born in 1937 in Nicosia. ...

Two women aged 67 and 43 years were arrested in Paphos on Monday for a case of shoplifting. According to the police, the two women who allegedly stole clothes from a Paphos ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has signed the legislation on sex education in schools which was passed by parliament, despite the attorney general claiming it is unconstitutional. The bill soon became engulfed ...

Nothing marks the arrival of Christmas more than the annual festive concerts of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. For years now, the Orchestra has been dedicating its December shows to the ...