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The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) is organising the fifth BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0, focusing on innovative technologies in the financial sector (Fintech), over October 18-20, 2024. It will be held in person ...

By Ellie Mackin Roberts Last year, one of my child’s English assignments was to rewrite a traditional fairy tale with one major plot difference, to see how the story ...

A decomposed body was found in Ayia Napa on Thursday afternoon, with officers reaching the scene to investigate. State pathologist Angeliki Papetta was called to the forest area in Ayia ...

As of July 1, 2024, Lidl Cyprus has been offering additional benefits to those of its team who are new parents. Taking action in response to the island’s persistent high level ...

The court case over the death of a Cypriot medical student who was electrocuted during a flood in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir in July began on Thursday. Ozge ...

The House finance committee will begin renewed efforts to regulate the multiple state pension issue, which has been a sore point for months. Committee chair and Diko MP Christiana Erotokritou ...

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator,as his new prime minister on Thursday, after weeks of drawn out talks following an inconclusive ...

As part of Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation’s (BoCCF’s) Faneromeni ’24 Art Festival, the musician Vangelis Gettos (lute, drums, samples, background music) and Italian dancer Erika Guastamacchia, will perform ‘...

By Nicolas Netien Olive trees have been abundant in Cyprus since Neolithic times and while the benefits of olive oil for the skin were understood by ancient civilisations, they have ...

The Audit Office has lashed out at the government, saying that Wednesday’s decision to turn the service into an audit council was an effort to “manipulate” it and “gag ...

Former Istanbul street dogs Dali and Deezi now live in the Netherlands, enjoying a pampered home life after years in a shelter in the Turkish city, and as other strays ...

German police shot dead a man in an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in Munich on Thursday, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said. “...

Unions representing contract workers at the state health services Okypy have expressed their deep disappointment over what they describe as unacceptable delays and inconsistencies by the organisation. Okypy postponed a ...

Russia wants Kamala Harris to win the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in a teasing comment that cited her “infectious” laugh as a reason to ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a law on police promotions, referred by President Nikos Christodoulides, deeming it unconstitutional, as it violates the principle of equality. The law was ...

Turkish Cypriot travel agencies’ association (Kitsab) chairman Orhan Tolun called for the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport to be treated as a domestic airport by Turkey. His call comes amid ...

Inflation in Cyprus stood at 1.5 per cent in August, its lowest level since March of this year, according to a report from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released on Thursday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the government institutions must work to gain the trust of society, while receiving the report from the public service commission (EDY) on Thursday. The report ...

Fuckup Nights, a global movement and a series of events where industry leaders share their failure stories, are opening the autumn season in Limassol with their second event. Fuckup Nights ...

The government on Thursday decided to push back its decision to next Tuesday over the regulatory framework of the leg of the Great Sea Interconnector project connecting Cyprus to Crete. ...

Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou easily qualified for the SB11 category 100m breaststroke final on Thursday, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. In the qualifying race at La Défense Arena, Karolina ...

The Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association (CITEA) announced this week that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). This agreement paves the way for ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday, following his arrest in connection with a case of burglary and theft. The incident involves the burglary of ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) on Thursday announced that the Shorewinner project, a pioneering effort to advance skills in the offshore renewable energy sector, is set for ...