Cyprus Business Now
Bank of Cyprus’ Director of Compliance Division Marios Skandalis said that the coronavirus pandemic has given businesses an opportunity to reshape their long-term strategies to ensure their viability.
“A business ...
Petrol station owners call for harsh fines on those going north for fuel
People only understand harsh punishments and strict fines and that’s what it will take to stop people buying petrol in the north, the head of the association of petrol ...
Our View: Foreign minister seems to have lost touch with reality
Last Monday foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Plus TV that any more Turkish moves aimed at opening the fenced area of Varosha would affect any efforts to find a ...
US to lift restrictions Nov 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers
he White House on Friday will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors starting Nov. 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering the ...
Director Panikos Chrysanthou and poet Nese Yasin awarded European Citizen’s prize
Greek Cypriot director Panikos Chrysanthou and Turkish Cypriot poet Nese Yasin on Friday received the European Citizen’s Prize 2021 for their cooperation which led to documentaries ‘Our Wall’’ and ‘My ...
Final touches being put to gender identity bill, Cyprus lagging behind other CoE states
Officials are putting the final touches to a draft bill on gender identity – a revamp of a previous version that was drafted in 2019, Law Commissioner Louisa Christodoulides Zannettou told a ...
Cyprus to report grant of land near Apostolos Andreas to Turkish army
President Nicos Anastasiades will report to the UN and the that land has been granted to the Turkish military in the area of Apostolos Andreas in the Karpas peninsula on ...
China launches second crewed mission to build space station
China on Saturday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts, including one woman, to the core module of a future space station where they will live and work for six months, ...
Coronavirus: no new deaths, 142 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
No new deaths from Covid-19 were announced on Friday, while testing came up with 142 new positives.
Hospitals were treating 56 patients, of whom 24 are in a serious condition; and of these, 10 ...
Elena Tsigaridou’s Odyssey through art
A new art exhibition at Alpha CK Gallery by Elena Tsigaridou will take viewers on a journey full of symbolism in Her Odyssey.
Through allegories and parallels, the artist recreates ...
Three men jailed for five years for robbery and kidnapping
Paphos criminal court handed down five-year prison sentences to three men aged 34, 30 and 29 charged with robbing and kidnapping a 36-year-old man last September.
The police report said that in the ...
Spurs boss Nuno not concerned about Kane’s lack of goals
Tottenham Hotspur manager Nuno Espirito Santo said on Friday he is relaxed over Harry Kane’s goal-scoring form and has backed the striker to get back on the scoresheet soon.
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Man Utd star Rashford set for return against Leicester
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is set to be included in the squad for Saturday’s trip to Leicester City while captain Harry Maguire has resumed training following a calf ...
Company insolvencies in England and Wales return to pre-lockdown levels
Company insolvencies in England and Wales rose last month and returned to levels seen just before the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Friday.
The government’s Insolvency Service said 1,446 ...
‘Viral’ Big Potato garners attention at home and abroad
Xylofagou’s Big Potato has achieved its goal of bringing attention to both the village and its trademark product, but this is only the beginning, community leader George Tasou said ...
Half-shredded Banksy fetches $25.4 mln on return to Sotheby’s
A Banksy picture which was half sliced by a shredder concealed in its frame when it was sold at auction fetched 18.6 million pounds ($25.4 million) when it went back under the ...
Coronavirus: Saturday’s testing locations for eligible groups
A total of 53 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups.
Free rapid testing for the general population ...
Bronze Age workshop at Erimi site ‘held pivotal role’ in settlement
A workshop complex at the Middle Bronze Age settlement at Laonin tou Porakou on a high plateau on the eastern Kouris riverbank held a pivotal role and a peculiar ideological ...
Pep ‘surprised’ by Sterling’s desire to leave
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was not aware that Raheem Sterling was open to leaving the Premier League club due to a lack of playing time but added ...
New strategy launched to attract investors
The government on Friday presented its new strategy for attracting businesses to Cyprus with emphasis, among others, on high technology, shipping, innovation, and research and development, in a bid to ...
Bitcoin ups and downs in 2021
The Bitcoin rollercoaster ride may be ruthless, but it’s also logical. The digital currency’s boom and bust cycles are some of its defining features and should be seen ...
British lawmaker stabbed to death in ‘terrorist incident’ (update 2)
British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in an Essex church on Friday by an assailant who lunged at him as he met voters, in what police said was ...
Tala fire brought under control (updated)
A fire near the village of Tala, in Paphos, burned around eight hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, and trees, the fire service said on Friday.
The fire broke out ...
What’s Eaten Where: Comoros
These are ‘the perfumed isles’, renowned for the sweetly-scented plants that fragrance the air. Honeyed ylang ylang, rich vanilla, spicy clove – all grow in abundance, and are sought after for ...