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The list of consumer goods subject to reduced VAT – in some cases, zero per cent – should be ready within the next 14 days, the commerce minister said on Monday. Speaking to ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The prolonged period of rising inflation over the past year and a half has pushed major Central Banks to successive interest rate hikes. Specifically, ...

Cyprus may have joined the EU and pledged its allegiance to the West but the latest sanctions by the US and UK have once again brought unwelcome attention to the ...

For Yasemin and her friends, a typical summer Saturday night begins at a bar in north Nicosia and ends at another one in the south. “Or our friends from the ...

Greek jets on Sunday were set to rescue a number of people from Sudan including Cypriots. Meanwhile British forces used the Akrotiri bases to coordinate operations evacuating British diplomats from ...

The new Alphamega stadium in Limassol is great. But getting there can be a nightmare on match days. Fans and nearby residents lodge their complaints with Jonathan Shkurko Just months ...

Cyprus will not allow its reputation to be tarnished, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, suggesting there would be more individuals and companies that might be sanctioned. Already, the country ...

THE SANCTIONS, imposed by the Yanks and Brits during Holy Week on 23 Cypriots and 20 Cyprus-based companies, may have brought the honeymoon period of the new presidency to a premature end ...

Russians love to litigate in England and the legal profession in London loves Russian litigation as it is extremely lucrative By Alper Ali Riza After the Soviet Union collapsed an ...

The government may have earned some plaudits from the United States for its cooperation on the issue of sanctions, but this cooperation was evidently not enough. This was why on ...

There may not yet be an overall solution yet but a whole new generation has experienced what their parents did not Twenty years after the opening of the first crossing ...

Despite failed negotiation efforts for decades, President Nikos Christodoulides said Turkey’s elections may revive talks on the Cyprus problem. In an interview with Politico published on Saturday, the president ...

The government is continuing its diplomatic contacts to highlight the benefits of implementing the President’s proposal for a more active EU involvement in the Cyprus problem, government spokesperson Konstantinos ...

The effects of climate change in Cyprus are becoming all the more apparent, Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou said on Saturday, marking World Earth Day. “Protecting the environment should be a ...

The transport ministry will be taking over any handlings concerning the Hermes concession agreements, the audit office said on Saturday. Though the 5.5 year concession deal was described as “scandalous and ...

The investigation into possible disciplinary offences committed by former drug squad (Ykan) chief Michalis Katsounotos is underway, with a conclusion expected in the next few weeks, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou ...

Occasionally, and even more in recent months, we keep hearing about how elderly people are being treated within the health service. The latest spate of abuses came only days ago. ...

The cabinet on Friday approved an interior ministry proposal to review the criteria for the naturalisation of third country nationals. According to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, the proposal is mainly ...

Sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian citizens so far will not significantly impact the Cypriot economy as its banks have very satisfactory levels of capital and one of the best ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus needed to follow the examples of other European countries and that both sides of the divide need to learn and respect each other’...

Diabetes type 2 injectable, Ozempic, a drug not regulated by the national health scheme (Gesy) is in general shortage in Cyprus, as people rush to take part in an international weight ...

The health ministry announced four Covid-19 deaths this week including a 19-year-old who suffered from underlying health conditions. The ministry’s bi-weekly update detailed that three men – aged 19, 79 and 88 – and ...

The first phase of the government action plan on fire prevention will be ready by May 1, in time for this year’s fire season, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou said on ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos wrote to associations representing the banks and loan-purchasing companies asking them to absorb part of the cost from the rise in interest rates so that loan ...