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Limassol’s urban residential market remains the heartbeat of Cyprus’ property sector. The latest Land Registry data, processed by Ask Wire, reveals 3,164 residential transactions took place in 2024, amounting to €1.38 billion. ...

Cyprus is 12th among the 22 EU countries with minimum wages, having set the minimum at €1,000 gross, Eurostat announced on Thursday. That is nearly twice that of Bulgaria and nearly a ...

The value of bounced cheques in Cyprus rose to €156,564 in the first quarter of 2025, according to data published on Thursday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The CBC noted ...

New Zealand and Australia said on Thursday they are each working with other nations on a possible joint response to shore up free trade against a barrage of U.S. ...

By Xin Ping “The only reference to the Taiwan region in the UN is ‘Taiwan, Province of China.'” This is a resounding message from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ...

Arrest warrants have been put out for four more people over the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the Larnaca suburb of ...

A lorry driver was rushed to Paphos general hospital on Wednesday after his vehicle veered off the road and overturned into a ditch, severing an electricity pole in the process. ...

Green taxes expected to come into effect in May are now being postponed, finance ministry permanent secretary Andreas Zachariades said on Thursday. Zachariades said the carbon taxes would most likely ...

A chief prison warden was arrested in a police operation early on Thursday. Three other people were also taken in. They include a police officer, a convict and a private ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) started selling cars in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, a country where on a 900-kilometre (559 mile) stretch of its main east-west highway linking the capital Riyadh and the ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday evening promised to ensure that the north will gain international recognition. Addressing a diplomatic forum in his country’s capital Baku, he began by ...

The court case of two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, has been postponed yet again till May 6, as the former did not appear before the court on Wednesday. Nektarios’ ...

Cyprus’ cruise industry is on the path to recovery after years of disruption, according to DP World Limassol CEO Simon Pitout. Pitout on Thursday said the sector is set to ...

Cyprus is expected to see record tourism in Akamas this summer, thanks to a government plan aimed at tying together various development and beautification projects across the peninsula’s villages. ...

A school bus driver in Paphos tested positive for drugs on Thursday morning after undergoing a test ahead of a school trip. The police said they had attended the school ...

The mayor of Akamas on Thursday sounded the alarm over plans to build a dam in the environmentally sensitive area of Ai Vouni, warning of serious dangers to local communities ...

Lyon midfielder Nemanja Matic has hit back at comments from Manchester United’s Andre Onana, describing the Cameroonian as “one of the worst goalkeepers” in the club’s history ahead ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s wife Sibel Tatar on Wednesday night issued a second condemnation of the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...

Embattled Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou accused the club’s critics of a negative agenda on Wednesday as he prepared for a pivotal game of his second season in charge. ...

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the man to beat at this week’s Masters where Rory McIlroy, oozing confidence after a marvellous start to the year, makes his 11th and ...

By Will Hawkes As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of tiny black dots, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides this week presented the government’s rebranding drive during a roundtable with tech executives in San Francisco. The event focused on Cyprus’ role as an EU member ...

The European Commission has proposed shortening the standard securities settlement cycle from two business days to one (T+1), something which is being seen as a significant development for European capital ...

DBRS Ratings (Morningstar DBRS) has upgraded the credit ratings of two major Greek banks, Eurobank S.A. and the National Bank of Greece, raising them from BBB (low) to BBB. ...