#Cyprus

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday plans are underway to boost the profile of Cyprus’ higher education. Speaking following an interministerial meeting aimed at developing the field, she said ...

New cabinet members were appointed based on their ability to implement President Nikos Christodoulides’ pre-election pledges and not because of party allegiances, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Letymbiotis ...

A 44-year-old man suspected of causing the traffic accident that killed four people on New Year’s Day will remain in custody until the start of his trial in February, ...

More children than usual were off school sick on Monday, the first day of school after the Christmas holidays. Education ministry’s secondary education director Elias Markadjis said on Tuesday ...

Mediterranean Hospitality Venture (MHV) Ltd has agreed to sell 50 per cent of its stake in Aphrodite Hills Resort Limited (AHRL) to WRA Consultants Ltd, a private company registered in Cyprus. ...

Cyprus has satisfactorily dealt with nine of the 16 recommendations on tackling corruption, according to the latest Greco (Group of States against Corruption) report, published on Tuesday. The findings are detailed ...

Oesterreichischer Lloyd Shipping Group announced the appointment of Sunil Kapoor as its newest Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Kapoor, with over 40 years in the maritime industry, will lead business development ...

A 52-year-old woman suspected of conning people out of over €400,000 by pretending to be a real estate agent was arrested and remanded for seven days, authorities said on Tuesday. Complaints ...

The Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS) and the Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association (GBCY) have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen business connections and opportunities between companies in the UK and ...

The electricity authority’s new photovoltaic park which was inaugurated in Akrotiri on Tuesday will help the island move away from power generated from fossil fuels. But, “the penetration of ...

Volkswagen’s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on ...

Activist investors are expected to launch more and bolder campaigns for change among European companies in the year ahead, advisers told Reuters, after a record number in 2023. Europe was for ...

Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was ...

In an official announcement by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities informed recipients of the monthly Blind and the Severe Mobility ...

According to a report released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), in November 2023, Cyprus witnessed a notable 1.6 per cent increase in retail trade volume compared to October. This positive trend ...

EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson will visit Cyprus on Tuesday to discuss migration management as well as the implementation of the EU Action Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean ...

The UN Secretary-General’s newly-appointed personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is expected to arrive this week in New York, where she is to hold a series of ...

Journalists should not be targeted in conflict flashpoints, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cyprus said on Monday, following the death of three more journalists in Gaza a ...

A man appeared in court on Monday accused of stealing a lorry and driving it to the north but told the court he was “too drunk to be able to ...

The two men who killed 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city are still on the run, police inspector Huseyin Zaifer told a court in the north on Monday. ...

There is “no disagreement” between President Nikos Christodoulides and political party leaders on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Speaking after a National Council meeting held ...

President Nikos Christodoulides replaced four of his ministers on Monday in a partial reshuffle that had been widely anticipated. Effective from Wednesday, Vasilis Palmas will take over from Michalis Giorgallas ...

The Larnaca criminal court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison on Monday, for having attempted to import a total of 36 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus. The man, a 47-year-old ...

The University of Cyprus is set to host the 14th annual session of Harvard University’s Institute for World Literature (IWL) from July 8 to August 1, 2024. The collaborative event will bring ...