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The rise in Cyprus’ minimum wage will not be “symbolic” but will reflect the economy’s positive growth and address real needs, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. Addressing ...

The Polis Chrysochous municipality issued a strong response on Thursday to claims that the area does not need a new hospital. Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said recent comments by Osak honorary ...

Many of the 14,000 drivers arrested for drunk driving in the past three years were inexperienced, the House transport committee said on Thursday as it proposed a new law introducing a ...

Britain fined online porn company AVS Group £1 million on Thursday for not having robust age checks in place to protect children, the biggest penalty imposed to date under its new ...

The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces have killed around 40 Hamas militants who had been trapped in tunnels below Rafah in southern Gaza, in an area now under ...

Works to create a third lane at the Ayios Dometios crossing point began on Thursday, in an EU-funded expansion project aimed at easing heavy congestion at one of the island’...

By Christina Michailidis Cyprus has a new world champion. He’s a 51-year-old powerlifter who trains after work in a Limassol gym. Ireneusz ‘Eric’ Aletorowicz, a Polish-born athlete who has ...

For many years payday loans dominated the short term lending world. They offered quick cash to people who needed emergency money but at a very high cost. Traditional payday loans ...

The historic reservoir in Strovolos, built around 1817 under Archbishop Kyprianos, is at risk of being destroyed by a proposed motorway connecting Strovolos avenue with Archangel Michael avenue. The issue was ...

Cyprus is ready to steer the European transport agenda in the coming months, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Arriving in Brussels, Vafeades underlined that Cyprus is assuming the ...

Inflation in Cyprus turned negative in November, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling by 0.5 per cent year on year, according to the state statistical service (Cystat). The index decreased ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin must have ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018, in a “reckless” display of power that led to the death ...

England’s Joe Root conquered his final frontier with a first Ashes century in Australia as the tourists pushed past 300 on day one of the second test in Brisbane on ...

Australia’s internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta’s Instagram, ...

The communications landscape is transforming quickly and the methods used to measure success are evolving along with it. PR & Marketing teams can no longer rely solely on quantitative metrics; ...

Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party secured 9 million pounds ($12 million) from businessman Christopher Harborne in the third quarter of this year, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday, one of ...

EMBIO Diagnostics has entered a strategic partnership with international basketball player Sasha Vezenkov, who joins the Cyprus-based deep-tech company as both an investor and brand ambassador for its airbeld indoor ...

The teacher evaluation reform reached a critical stage this week as the education committee finalised its examination, ahead of a decisive plenary vote on December 15. But the legislative debate was ...

National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) has appointed Michalis Athanasiou as Chief Business Officer, in a move that strengthens its management team during a period of dynamic growth and strategic upgrading ...

Ethnikos Defteras football club will be closing a road on Saturday in a symbolic gesture to protest “threats and intimidation” faced by the academy’s children, as well as attempts ...

Net new loans in Cyprus fell by €18.5 million in October to €429.4 million, mainly due to a slowdown in lending to companies, while housing loans continued to rise, according to data ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was welcomed in Kyiv on Thursday by President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the framework of what government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis described as a “deeply symbolic visit”. In a ...

TechIsland held its first Town Hall discussion in Limassol on Thursday, bringing together senior representatives from Ask Wire, PwC Cyprus, Leptos Estates, Neapolis University Paphos, Bank of Cyprus, Cybarco Development ...

Turkey and institutions affiliated to the north are reportedly conducting disinformation and propaganda campaigns in Cyprus, a Polish embassy officer said on Wednesday, pointing out that the aim was to ...