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The unemployment rate in Cyprus decreased to 4.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, as reported on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). This marks an improvement from the ...

Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...

Social welfare services were called to help 53 cases of human trafficking in the first half of 2024, amid efforts to improve support to victims, it emerged on Friday. According to figures ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue reached €385.2 million in June 2024, marking a 6.6 per cent rise compared to €361.5 million in the same month of the previous year. According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes on Thursday announced that its mortgage-to-rent scheme, launched in December 2023 to protect vulnerable homeowners, has already attracted over 2,500 applications. Ahead of the scheme’s deadline ...

 New Zealand are expecting a hostile reception on and off the pitch at Ellis Park on Saturday when they meet South Africa in the first clash between the southern hemisphere ...

The government should use taxpayers’ money to support sports clubs outside of football, the Famagusta Nautical Club said on Thursday. Reacting to the planned submission of a bill to parliament ...

Delfi Partners director Michalis Loizou on Thursday argued against the notion that short-term rental properties in Cyprus are the primary cause of rising rental costs, suggesting that other factors contribute ...

Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill which will create the role of a “patient advocate”, Health Minister Michael Damianos said. Speaking after the meeting, he said there had been a “...

Major general Neofytos Pachoulides was on Thursday sworn in as the national guard’s new deputy chief. His swearing in took place at a ceremony at the Presidential palace in ...

Brookstreet Equity Partners, a Greek-founded fund management firm, whose investment footprint includes Cyprus, this week launched a new investment platform based in London. According to an official announcement, the new ...

Days after a deadly Islamic State attack on a Russian concert hall in March, a man clad in military fatigues and a helmet appeared in an online video, celebrating the ...

Lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou has objected to participating in the ecclesiastical trial against two monks, his clients, involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, it emerged on Thursday. Efstathiou, who is ...

Acquiring the necessary skills and knowledge in the realm of Anti-Money Laundering is crucial for effective compliance and risk management. Typically, organizations have to choose between investing into formal AML ...

Relations between the EU and Turkey, as well as the Cyprus problem, will be discussed at a working lunch on Thursday between the EU foreign ministers and their Turkish counterpart ...

The second round of the U.S. Open continues on Thursday as the world’s top players battle for Grand Slam glory in New York. Top seed Jannik Sinner resumes ...

Another delivery driver was attacked while at work in Limassol on Wednesday. Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou told the Cyprus Mail that the incident had taken place at around 3pm. ...

By Richard Boxall Cyprus ended their ICC World T20 European Qualifying Tournament in 7th place (out of 10) after a 6-run win over Malta in their final match. Batting first, Cyprus ...

Evening prayers will be read on Sunday at 6pm in the church of Ayios Mamas in Morphou, where the recently-recovered icon of the Akanthou village saviour saint is temporarily being ...

Police in Paphos have arrested two boys, aged 14 and 16, to facilitate investigations into a case of theft. Paphos police said a 41-year-old permanent resident of Cyprus reported that on July 29 ...

Here to celebrate the last weekend of August is a huge array of events and festivals happening in towns and rural villages. Whether you are soaking up the sun by ...

Three people have been arrested for illegally working and residing in Cyprus, while their 70-year-old employer has been charged. Acting on a tip-off, Paphos police investigated a pizza parlour in ...

Two passengers, aged 50 and 44, who were smoking during a flight and drinking booze they had brought onto the plane in their luggage, were handed suspended prison sentences of four months ...

Police have arrested a sixth suspect in the context of ongoing investigations into the assault and serious injuring of a 17-year-old on August 24 in Protaras. The sixth person, a 17-year-old, ...