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Renewable energy accounted for 37.1 per cent of the total energy used for heating and cooling in Cyprus in 2020 – the ninth highest rate in the EU and up from 19.97 per cent ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Friday announced that it has been named ‘Best Private Banking & Wealth Management Bank’ in Cyprus for 2022 after an online voting process surveying customers on ...

The transformation of banks’ business model towards digitalisation and their profitability enhancement by rationalising their cost structure, while closely monitoring the underlying risks of this transformation, are the main banking ...

The 65-year-old building housing Limassol police headquarters needs maintenance and improvement as a matter of urgency, House legal affairs committee president Nicos Tornaritis said on Friday after he headed a ...

The testing sites for Saturday are as follows District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Limassol (18 units) My Mall Limassol (Entrance D, next to “Public” store) 9 am – 6 pm 77774400 Pano ...

President Nicos Anastasiades discussed the government’s Climate Change Initiative and developments in the Cyprus problem at the ‘One Ocean’ international summit in Brest, France, on Friday. According to government ...

The health ministry announced that four people had died of Covid-19 and that 2,485 had tested positive from 115,325 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.15 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

As a leading maritime nation, Cyprus feels responsible to accelerate the transition of shipping to a low carbon and climate-resilient industry, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, addressing the One ...

The children’s rights commissioner has responded to parents’ complaints over the education ministry’s rollout of a book criticised for causing “terror”, minimising the mental health impact of lockdowns ...

Police on Friday said they identified three cars imported to Cyprus by a crime ring which, with the alleged involvement of public servants, has been importing slightly damaged luxury vehicles ...

A court in the north on Friday ordered six-day remands for two suspects as authorities continued to investigate the gang-style execution of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was gunned ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating in line with the protocols, the party said on Friday afternoon. The announcement was made public by the ...

Milk, cheese, and some key veg are amongst the goods to have recorded the highest prices increase in the last month with tomatoes up by over 200 per cent from €1.05 per ...

Pandemic assistance to people working in the arts and culture is grossly inadequate and the state must step in with additional grants, the Cultural Movement said on Friday. In an ...

The nine communities living near Vasiliko staged a demonstration on Friday morning to protest the imminent relocation of two asphalt plants to the area, which the government has scheduled three ...

Cyprus and the US on Friday signed a 10-year agreement on science and technology cooperation in what a visiting senior State Department official described as a new chapter in bilateral ...

New measures will be announced in coming months to safeguard the public health care system from abuse and fraud, the health minister said on Friday amid growing concerns Gesy was ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday welcomed the European Commission’s forecasts for the Cypriot economy, viewing them as a validation of the country’s recovery and future prospects. In ...

A total of 776 people died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the health ministry said on Friday in a new update of data submitted to the epidemiological monitoring ...

A 33-year-old man on Friday pleaded not guilty to the premeditated murder of two women in Amiantos last year while his older brother pleaded not guilty to being an accessory-after-the-fact. ...

The climate crisis and developments in the Cyprus problem were at the focus of a meeting which Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades had on Friday with the US Special Presidential Envoy ...

The speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom will pay a three-day visit to Cyprus from Monday, February 14, at the invitation of House president Anita Demetriou, the ...

Police booked 473 drivers for various driving offences of which 129 for speeding in the 24 hours ending at 6.00 am on Friday as part of efforts to deter serious accidents. According to an ...

Paphos police on Friday arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of illegal possession of drugs and burglary tools. The man was found by patrol officers hiding behind a car at ...