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Sek trade union on Wednesday accused hoteliers of trying to circumvent previously agreed modalities that form the basis of a Memorandum of Agreement leading to the renewal of a collective ...

Disy deputy Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis was perfectly justified to censure President Nicos Christodoulides for his “highly unlawful” intervention in the setting of the electricity authority’s new tariff. The tariff increase ...

Government employment in Cyprus recorded a 0.9 per cent increase in May 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, reaching a total of 55,305 employees, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Specifically, ...

Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic travelled to the Ukrainian city of Odesa for a regional summit on Wednesday, the first time the Moscow-friendly leader has visited the country during ...

President Donald Trump would welcome communications with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after having had friendly relations with Kim during his first term, the White House said on Wednesday. “...

The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow military dependents to leave locations around the Middle East due to heightened security risks in ...

President Donald Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk on Monday before the billionaire expressed regret over some of the posts he made on social media last week, according ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for illegal entry and causing malicious damage to the Holy Cross Catholic church in Nicosia. The police received a complaint on Tuesday that ...

A total of 58 public summer schools will be operating from June 23 till July 25 across Cyprus, with this year seeing the inclusion of special schools till August 1, the education ministry announced ...

The resumption of Cyprus talks from where they left off in Crans-Montana “remains our primary objective”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday evening, pointing out that any discussion of ...

The strategic partnership between Cyprus and the UK is “mutually beneficial at all levels and one that goes from strength to strength”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday evening, addressing ...

A 25-year-old was issued a six-day remand order on Wednesday by the Larnaca district court to facilitate investigations into the theft of a car, resisting lawful arrest and assaulting a ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) has decided not to insist on a 7.5 per cent increase rate on electricity bills and to request that the adjustment be limited to just 3 per cent, ...

Eurobank S.A., a subsidiary of Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings S.A., on Wednesday announced the completion of the squeeze-out procedure for the acquisition of the remaining shares of ...

Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it had sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the first four days after its launch, making the console the company’s fastest-selling gaming ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves prioritised spending on health, defence and infrastructure projects to drive economic growth in a bid on Wednesday to reboot the Labour government’s offer of a ...

Cyprus will be working closely with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) during its EU rotating presidency in the first half of 2026, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Addressing the 113...

Around 20,000 journalists and delegates will be arriving in Cyprus during the country’s EU rotating presidency in the first half of 2026, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna told MPs ...

Austria came to a standstill on Wednesday to mourn victims of one of the worst outbreaks of violence in its modern history, as authorities search for clues to why a 21...

Manchester City confirmed the signing of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan on a five-year contract on Wednesday and said the Netherlands international will be available for this month’s ...

Hotel worker trade unions warned on Wednesday they will be taking “dynamic measures” if employers continued to violate collective agreements and employee rights. Trade unions Sek and Peo called on ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines were undergoing refresher training in riot and crowd control just outside of Los Angeles and will move into the city soon, a military official said, ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou promised a more inclusive school, saying that a bill would be prepared this year to improve the special education offered by the state. Speaking after a ...

Between 2008 and 2017, a total of 7,500 individuals obtained Cypriot citizenship through the investment programme, with the cabinet first becoming involved in 2021, a senior officer told the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday. ...