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Tourism revenue in Cyprus reached €454.1 million in September 2024, according to the statistical service’s passenger survey. This marks a 6 per cent increase compared to September 2023, when tourism revenue stood at €428.4 ...

Clothing prices in Spain may rise by as much as 5 per cent over a six month period to February, which includes the Christmas holidays, a survey of retailers by the ...

British bankers should be able to spend their bonuses sooner, the Bank of England and Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority announced this week, relaxing rules put in place after the ...

Cyberattacks have cost British businesses around 44 billion pounds ($55.08 billion) in lost revenue in the past five years, with 52 per cent of private sector companies reporting at least one attack in ...

Supermarkets large and small are scrambling to send information to the commerce ministry in time for a pilot e-kalathi application to go into operation before Christmas, it emerged on Friday. ...

A group called the Nicosia-Cyprus Capital initiative has launched a new push for a rethink on the way traffic is allowed on Makarios Avenue. Anyone who has been down there ...

A 38-year-old woman was jailed for 12 years on Friday after having flown to Paphos airport with a total of 16 kilograms of cannabis in her luggage. The woman had travelled to ...

An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale hit off the coast of Cyprus on Friday evening. According to Turkey’s disaster and emergency management directorate (Afad), the earthquake occurred ...

The issue of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) “must be resolved” before a scheduled ...

Back for its annual December shows is the Nicosia Youth Ballet. This year it will present the Double Bill ballet performance featuring excerpts from the classic ballet Paquita in the ...

The government’s plan for a private company to operate the Larnaca port and marina on a temporary basis until a new investor is found to upgrade its infrastructure “puts ...

Police officers had their moustaches shaved on Friday morning to mark the end of ‘Movember’, with officers having grown moustaches throughout the month to raise awareness of and funds for ...

Internet influencers are to come under increasing scrutiny from the consumer protection service of the commerce ministry, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the move was spelled out by ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday warned both sides in the cement workers dispute that the economy had been pushed to the limit over something that could and should have ...

Smart street lights began to be installed in Paralimni, the Paralimni and Dherynia municipality announced on Friday. The old street lights began to be replaced on Thursday with smart lights ...

Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and on Friday in the Gaza Strip, many of them in the Nuseirat refugee camp at the centre of the enclave, medics ...

The UK has reaffirmed its steadfast support to a solution of the Cyprus problem within the UN framework and is clear on not recognising the breakaway regime in the north. ...

Closer ties with Nato would not only render the island a pillar of security and stability in the region but would also create better conditions for a solution to the ...

Britain’s parliament voted in favour of a new bill to legalise assisted dying on Friday, opening the way for months of further debate on an issue that has divided ...

Polish football club Legia Warsaw on Friday demanded that European football governing body Uefa take action over a “scandalous” tifo unveiled by fans of Cypriot club Omonia before the two ...

The government was forced to re-award its tender for the provision of new electric ministerial cars after the bid which had initially won the tender was disqualified on a technicality. ...

Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my boyfriend and my son. I’m from Brazil. Best childhood memory?Spending time at my grandparents’ rural property. I would ...

Polis has demanded a political decision to support the right of residents in the remote area to proper medical care in a modern hospital. The issue was raised again on ...

Six per cent more people have submitted their tax returns before the November 30 deadline than had done so this time last year, Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markides said on Friday. Markides ...