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The economic sentiment in Cyprus improved in January 2023, with the Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) increasing by 0.9 points compared to December 2022, according to a report released on Friday by the Centre ...

Petrol station sales in Cyprus marked a decrease of 7.5 per cent in December 2022, compared to the corresponding month of 2021, according to data released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

Deposits in the Cypriot banking system experienced an increase of approximately €590 million in December 2022, with their total balance exceeding €52 billion, according to a report published on Friday by the Central ...

A somewhat fractious exchange between the minister of energy and the electricity transmission operators took place on Friday, following publication of a letter sent by the latter to the ministry. ...

Support for party-backed independent Nikos Christodoulides has slipped in the past month while the other two main candidates, Disy’s Averof Neophytou and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis have gained, according to ...

Larnaca is taking on the image of a modern European municipality thanks to a series of projects that have made it more humane, functional, and attractive, President Nicos Anastasiades said ...

The Cyprus Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises (CARIE) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hellenic Aerospace Security & Defense Industries Group (HASDIG) aimed at consolidating the ...

Increasing pharmaceutical exports can boost the economy, presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Prospects for providing specialised services to European multinational pharmaceutical companies also exist, Christodoulides said, highlighting the ...

Paphos fire fighters rescued a 13-year-old boy from a pit he fell into shortly before 4pm on Friday. The boy fell into the three-metre-deep pit at a construction site in ...

The 21-year-old murder suspect in the north was remanded for a further seven days, reports said on Friday. Sefer Bugra Altundag is being investigated for the murder of 16-year-old Zehie ...

Over 50,000 Holocaust survivors were hosted in Cyprus from 1946 to 1949 the foreign ministry said on Friday on Holocaust Remembrance Day. These survivors stayed in Cyprus in camps, ahead of moving to ...

Cyprus on Friday delivered a demarche to the UN over statements attributed to Unficyp chief Colin Stewart blaming the Greek Cypriot side for the inaction on the Cyprus problem. A ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades is traveling to Saudi Arabia over the weekend, after an invitation from the government to discuss how the two countries can further their cooperation in ...

Politicians and unions reps collectively blasted President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday, after he appeared to making a dig at Akel’s former Labour Minister Sotiroula Charalambous as “a yelling woman”. ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Friday signed an agreement for the opening of a regional World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Larnaca in the presence of WHO regional director for ...

Cyta celebrated the connection of its 100,000 customers to its island-wide Cyta Fibre network by offering 100 months of free internet to Andreas Michael from Geroskipou, the customer with connection number 100,000. Having ...

A man and a woman were arrested in Paphos on Thursday evening after police discovered the woman attempted to end her pregnancy after taking some unprescribed pills. According to Paphos ...

There cannot be talk of resolving the dispute on hiring foreign workers as soon as possible while the cost of living (CoLA) allowance is still up in the air, Sek ...

All is ready for the upcoming presidential elections, Chief Returning Officer Costas Constantinou said on Friday, adding that officers of the polling stations in Nicosia have been thoroughly briefed. Constantinou ...

The refurbished Larnaca archaeological museum will showcase the city’s history and relationship with antiquity, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday. He was inaugurating the new museum during a tour ...

Efforts to promote Cyprus as a tourism destination to American travellers are beginning to bear fruit as interest is growing, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Friday during ...

Seven people died from Covid and 1,934 cases were detected in the last week, the ministry of health said on Friday. The new infections were detected from 66,251, giving a positivity rate ...

Through the front window of its exhibition space in Limassol, Pylon Art & Culture will present films from three visual artists this February and March who, through their research and ...

Procedures to tow the abandoned 10-metre sailing boat found on Wednesday in the sea off Potima in Paphos have got underway after a briefing from the shipping department, Paphos police ...