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Cyprus has revamped its planning and building permit system, cutting approval times to just 40 working days for small-scale developments, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced this week. The reforms target low-risk “...

British employees whose health deteriorates are four times more likely to drop out of the labour market if they have little or no flexibility over their working conditions, according to ...

New battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in UK rose 58 per cent in November, marking the eleventh straight month of growth, industry data showed, driven by deep discounts to meet government-mandated ...

Cyprus is among the European countries with the highest consumption of antibiotics and the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance, which caused approximately 700 deaths on the island in 2019 alone. Across the ...

For months now, the House education committee has been debating two bills on higher education, tabled by the government, without reaching agreement. Wednesday’s behind-closed-doors meeting was cut short, because ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said on Thursday after ...

Transactions of over €10,000 done in liquid assets, such as cash, are now illegal and punishable by fines or even jail time, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday. Drafted ...

A large magnitude 7 earthquake hit off a sparsely populated stretch of northern California coast on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later ...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein will meet his Syrian and Iranian counterparts on Friday to discuss the situation in Syria, the Iraqi state news agency said on Thursday. The Friday ...

Western countries including the United States assailed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the war in Ukraine on Thursday at an annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...

Mexico is seeking an agreement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ensure Mexico does not receive deportees from third countries in case of large-scale deportations from the United States, ...

The House of Representatives was briefly thrown into disarray on Thursday when it turned out there were not enough MPs present to vote on proposed amendments to the constitution. The ...

In raids across the country, police on Thursday arrested 41 foreign nationals residing here illegally. The persons arrested were of various nationalities, the police said in a statement. The 41 are being ...

Hezbollah has paid out more than $50 million in cash gifts to families affected by war with Israel, its leader Naim Qassem said on Thursday, as the Iran-backed group seeks to ...

Thinker Maker Space of CYENS will host Eating our Heritage this Friday afternoon, a workshop that focuses on decolonial acts that integrate displaced heritage objects back to their land and ...

With sound management of public finances, the economy will continue performing well in the next few years, but despite this there is no room for complacency, the finance minister said ...

Key stakeholders will meet early on Friday to discuss their concerns regarding the upcoming launch of the e-kalathi platform an initiative aimed at enhancing market transparency. Following a meeting held ...

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and US President-elect Donald Trump have pledged to deepen bilateral ties during a phone conversation on Thursday. In a written statement, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

Syrian rebels captured the key city of Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President ...

Arsenal’s set piece-inspired victory over Manchester United on Wednesday showed the Gunners’ ability to score goals in different ways and their sheer will to win after a difficult spell, ...

The world economy is set for steady growth in the next two years if resurgent protectionism does not derail a recovery in global trade, according to the the Organisation for ...

Cyprus’ gender pay gap stands at 10 per cent, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Thursday. Speaking at an awards ceremony, she said that “gender discrimination remains in the workplace ...

All of your favourite Disney songs, the ones you grew up with and all the recent hits, are to be performed live in Nicosia! Not only that, performing on stage ...

Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israel angrily denied. The London-based human ...