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Cyprus’ retail sector experienced a notable surge during 2023, with a remarkable 8.9 per cent increase in the value of turnover, according to a report released this week by the state’s ...

The launch of US exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking bitcoin deepens ties between the volatile world of cryptocurrencies and the traditional financial system, potentially creating unforeseen new risks, some experts say. ...

The European Commission has signed a new delegation agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (Undp), providing an additional financial assistance of €2.5 million to support the work of the Technical ...

The honeymoon period between the government and the unions appears to be over. It lasted 11 months during which the main union demands about increasing CoLA and raising of the minimum ...

Japan’s industry ministry said on Tuesday it will offer around 45.2 billion yen ($307 million) in subsidies in an initiative to develop optical technology for use in chips to help boost ...

Turkey‘s central bank governor Hafize Gaye Erkan resigned on Friday, citing a need to protect her family amid a “reputation assassination”, and she was swiftly replaced by a deputy ...

Talks with the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, are very substantial, President Nikos Christodoulidis said on Friday evening. Answering journalists’ questions during an event in ...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Friday cleared of a public order offence as a judge ruled police had no power to arrest her and others at a protest in ...

The European Commission has signed a new delegation agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), providing an additional financial assistance of €2.5 million to support the work of the Technical ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (CMA) went on the defensive on Friday as to why it had yet to strike off or punish the doctor who was found guilty of indecently ...

A 47-year-old smuggler facing manslaughter charges after a child rescued from a migrant ship died, had his remand order renewed for seven days on Friday. With his existing remand order ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) approved on Friday Eurobank’s bid to acquire Hellenic Bank’s share capital. The decision was taken with a majority vote in ...

A unique concert is in store for February, as The Pharos Arts Foundation presents the partnership of three special musicians: the well-known to Cyprus audiences violinist Wolfgang Schröder, the ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party the CTP’s general secretary Asim Akansoy said on Friday the 14-point package of measures for the Turkish Cypriots announced by President Christodoulides “are not enough”. ...

Cypriot NGO ‘Grannies and Kids’ has partnered with the Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (Cymsa) to offer first aid course courses ...

Erling Haaland is ready to start a match for the first time in two months when Manchester City travel to Brentford on Monday, manager Pep Guardiola said, and the prolific ...

Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border on Friday and occupied roads in Greece while their Polish peers announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as protests for fairer prices and ...

A man has died after falling from the Tate Modern art gallery building in London, police said on Friday. The death is being treated as unexpected but is not thought ...

The UN Secretary-General’s new personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin plans to return to Cyprus in two weeks following her upcoming contacts in Ankara, Athens and Brussels, she said on ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) on Friday expressed its appreciation for the re-appointment of Deputy Director General Alexandros Iosifidis as a Goodwill Maritime Ambassador at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), ...

Around 16,000 livestock remained in limbo aboard an export ship at an Australian port on Friday, having set sail for Israel exactly four weeks ago only to abandon a passage through ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) this week met with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis, discussing both the positive prospects and lingering uncertainty ...

New lending in Cyprus remained stable during 2023, a reflection of an economic environment dominated by high interest rates, which also pushed loan restructurings to historically unprecedented levels. According to a ...

There could be intermittent power cuts in several areas on Friday night between 6pm and 9pm that might last for 30 minutes or so, the Transmission System Operator (TSO) has warned. ...