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“January always shocks Cyprus. It springs itself on us,” says Limassolian Christos Damianos. “We’ve just had all the jollity of Christmas, and then – bang! Suddenly it’s cold, we’...

Eurobank’s acquisition of Hellenic Bank is expected to conclude by the end of May, paving the way for the legal and operational merger with Eurobank Cyprus. The latest update ...

The European Commission said it was assessing its cases against Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O), X and Meta (META.O), stressing that President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) is planning to halt hiring in part of its consulting business in the US in a bid to cut costs, CNBC reported this week, citing an internal ...

Demand for global equity funds declined sharply in the week through Jan. 15, as US Treasury yields rose and expectations for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts fell following a ...

Around one in six British companies cut hiring late last year, the highest share since early 2021, according to a survey that showed firms felt pressure to raise prices due to ...

Finland’s Nokia (NOKIA.HE) has announced that it has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Samsung (005930.KS) for the use of Nokia’s video technologies in the South ...

US small-business confidence surged to the highest level in just over six years in December, extending post election gains. The National Federation of Independent Business said this week that its ...

Boeing (BA.N) expects to reach a balance between supply and market demand for passenger jets by the end of the decade, an executive said this week. “From my perspective ...

Cyprus MP Irene Charalambides has reignited her criticism of the minister of education over the controversial leasing of school land for the creation of padel courts. Charalambides claims that the ...

The audit office report about the state health services, Okypy, which was discussed at the House health committee on Thursday, must be seen as a red alert, an urgent warning ...

President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration on Monday will take place inside the US Capitol rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that US presidential ...

A Florida jury on Friday found TV news provider CNN liable for defaming a US Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan after the US military withdrew from the ...

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station ...

Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that we tell ...

A former Mozambique finance minister was sentenced on Friday to eight-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of participating in a fraud involving $2 billion in loans to three state-owned ...

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he wilfully retained and transmitted ...

The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial ...

A ruling by Paphos district court in favour of the Republic of Cyprus is binding, regardless of the decision issued by an Athens court for the temporary prohibition on fulfilling ...

The government’s draft criteria for the employment of workers from third countries have faced strong opposition from trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok, who said their views had not ...

A 34-year-old man from Paphos was on Friday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of possession of illegal drugs with the intent to supply, among other ...

Animal police have arrested a man after his dog was found in a rubbish bin on Thursday night in Peyia, Paphos, in terrible condition. The dog is being treated at ...

Nine patients are currently being treated with flu-related infections in intensive care units across Cyprus, two of whom are under the age of 40. State health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos ...

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots demanded the immediate opening of more crossing points on Friday afternoon, at an event in Nicosia. Members of bicommunal ‘United Cyprus’ gathered at Ayios Dhometios ...