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Five bills for the prevention and extinguishing of fires across Cyprus will be submitted to the House plenary in January 2025, House interior committee chairman Aristos Damianou said on Thursday. Damianou ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Thursday to deliver on his priorities to rebuild Britain by offering voters targets for improved living standards and more home building in a speech ...

Advisers to Donald Trump publicly and privately are floating proposals to end the Ukraine war that would cede large parts of the country to Russia for the foreseeable future, according ...

The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, one of the most prestigious chess events in the world, will debut in New York City’s financial district on December 26. This year, ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS The Sullivans arrived in Larnaca on Thursday, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis Fisher said. She said the ...

It is always a busy and creative month and this December is no different. Apart from the big Christmas markets, festive recitals and ballet shows, the island’s creative scene ...

Sports are much more than a way to sweat or count our steps. They are a language our body speaks when it wants to remind us how alive we are. ...

Cyprus has revamped its planning and building permit system, cutting approval times to just 40 working days for small-scale developments, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced this week. The initiative is part ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused President Nikos Christodoulides and attorney-general George Savvides of “collusion” to ensure he was removed from his post. In a letter to the House ...

Cypriot DIY retail chain Superhome Centre is set to change ownership in a €94 million deal, it emerged this week. The prospective buyer is reportedly a billionaire investor of Greek descent, ...

Digital Citizen, a new app available on Google Play and the App Store, was launched on Thursday, ushering in a “new era” in digital services for the public and businesses. ...

Opposition party Akel is bent on taxing banks’ historically high profits on Thursday, while critics argue the move intended to effect social justice is misguided. Member of the House finance ...

Cyprus continues to offer some of the lowest deposit interest rates in the eurozone, according to data published this week by the European Central Bank (ECB). The report revealed that ...

The widow of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was assassinated in 2022, was one of 250 people indicted in Turkey on Thursday following a large-scale investigation into money laundering and illegal ...

CySEC officer Elena Karkoti on Thursday highlighted the ongoing issue of underrepresentation of women on corporate boards and in leadership roles. She described this phenomenon as “a profound social and ...

Paphos police announced on Thursday the arrest of a 24-year-old man suspected of involvement in multiple thefts and burglaries in the district between October and November this year. The investigation ...

The ICE Barcelona 2025, running from January 20 to 22, 2025, at the prestigious Fira Barcelona Gran Via in Spain, stands as a key event in the iGaming calendar. Recognized as one of Europe’...

The lighting of the Paphos Christmas tree took place on Wednesday night at Kennedy square. The Paphos municipality decorated the streets with festive ornaments and lit the Christmas tree for ...

Cyprus is stepping up as a leading destination for international investment, president Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking at the ‘EY Cyprus Attractiveness Forum 2024,’ the president outlined the government’s ...

Cyprus is turning to the west to renew its air defence systems, a senior government source said on Thursday. The source told Reuters the country is “turning to other countries ...

US President-elect Donald Trump is once again the star of an army of clay figurines caught with their pants down and defecating, produced by Spanish craftsmen in keeping with a ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week reported the registration of 16 bounced cheques worth €21,445 in November 2024. This represents a significant drop compared to previous months, as well as the ...

Bitcoin catapulted above $100,000 for the first time on Thursday, a milestone hailed even by sceptics as a coming-of-age for cryptocurrencies as investors bet on a friendly US administration to cement ...

Tottenham Hotspur will use the mid-season transfer window to strengthen their attacking options, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Wednesday ahead of his side’s Premier League clash away to Bournemouth. ...