Cyprus has recorded a fiscal surplus of €155.5 million, equivalent to 0.5 per cent of GDP, during the first half of 2023, according to the latest preliminary results, released on Monday by the ...
The Central Government of Cyprus saw its total debt rise to €23.83 billion as of June 30, 2023, according to a report by the state’s Public Debt Management Office.
The latest figures ...
A third underwater investigation at Dreamer’s Bay – on the south coast of Akrotiri peninsula – was deemed a success as two ancient stone anchors were transferred to the Local Archaeological ...
The Bank of Cyprus Group on Monday released a statement in which it confirmed that it has successfully completed the EU-wide stress test for 2023.
The announcement by the bank explained ...
Deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis met with Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Monday to discuss tourism development in the town and the surrounding area.
The pair, who were joined ...
Cyprus’ emergency services held a mass casualty management exercise on Monday, with the aim of ensuring their readiness for possible future emergencies.
The exercise, named Ippocratis 2023, was designed and organised ...
Police have issued hundreds of fines since the beginning of the year for businesses found to be operating without proper licensing or to be causing noise pollution, authorities said on ...
The north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance, budget, and planning committee met on Monday with a view to amending its law regarding the opening and operating of casinos.
Casinos have, in recent ...
The Department of Town Planning and Housing on Monday issued the second call for proposals for a funding scheme aimed to enhance business activity within the walled city of Nicosia.
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Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after being found with almost 40 kilograms of cannabis and cocaine on Sunday.
The pair appeared in court in Paphos ...
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air celebrated its six millionth passenger to either take off from or land at Larnaca airport on Monday.
The airline gave a travel voucher to the ...
An engineer who was arrested on Friday in Turkey as part of the ongoing Isias hotel case was released on bail on Monday.
Mehmet Goncuoglu was caught on Friday in ...
Spending by tourists between January and May has surpassed the figures for 2019, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Monday and showing that 2023 is set to be a ...
Using Cyprus as his inspiration, one designer is putting the island on the map by turning plastic bottles into in demand scarves finds NIKI CHARALAMBOUS
Although Michalis Pantelidis has been ...
Police on Monday issued another warning about phone scams, where people receive calls from unknown persons urging them to invest in get-rich-quick schemes.
Using mobile phone numbers starting with 94, 95, 96, 97 and 99, ...
ALIX NORMAN meets a group of people who live firmly in Cyprus’ golden past, and asks why their memories of an island long gone are still so precious
These are ...
The time is almost here for the third edition of Larnaca Biennale which will unravel a series of events, exhibitions and artistic happenings throughout the coastal town. From October 11 to ...
Cyprus witnessed a significant surge in private debt during the first quarter of 2023, reaching a staggering 218 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to €60.1 billion, according ...
Truth is the basis for peace, lawyer and member of non-governmental organisation TruthNOW Achilleas Demetriades stated on Monday.
Demetriades, who is spearheading efforts towards the establishment of a truth commission ...
A 40-year-old man on remand for eight days is a “very serious case”, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday where the suspect is alleged to have uploaded sexual content ...
Greece and Cyprus have common goals concerning the Cyprus problem both President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, during the latter’s visit.
At a ...
President Nikos Christodoulides will visit Jordan and Palestine on Tuesday, an announcement from the presidential palace said on Monday.
He will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman along ...
A boat licensed to carry 54 people was used to transport 73 irregular migrants back to Lebanon along with 80 police officers overseeing the operation, the police officers’ association Isotita said on Monday.
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A small increase in the number of Covid cases in Cyprus has been recorded in the last few days although this is not a cause for concern, the state health ...