More than 80 Cypriot antiquities will be repatriated to Cyprus from the US. To this end, a ceremony has taken place in Washington in the presence of the Director of the Department of Antiquities, Dr. Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou....
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, will preside over a new meeting at 1030 local time on Tuesday, on the issue of sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on individuals and legal entities in Cyprus 'in connection with the Russian Federation’s unlawful and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including facilitators of sanctions evasion'...
In the wake of allegations that she was involved in the so-called Qatargate kickback scandal, Greek MEP Eva Kaili is also being investigated for misappropriating European Parliament funds, Politico has reported...
The first Cypriot citizen has been evacuated from Sudan and has arrived on a flight to Aqaba, Jordan, according to Foreign Affairs Minister, Constantinos Kombos....
Another odd exchange about Cyprus with references to age and sexism ended up crashing an international conference on Russia and Ukraine on Monday in Prague, where Cypriot House Speaker Annita Demetriou took exception to her Turkish counterpart’s response after he took issue with her Turkish-Russian invasion analogy...
First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides and Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou presented their joint initiative on Monday to transform the Presidential Palace into a Zero Waste to Landfill building. The initiative aligns with World Earth Day, celebrated on April 22nd....
Today, the morning will be mostly clear, but there will be increasing clouds in the west and on the northern coast. As the day progresses, isolated showers are expected mainly in areas south of the Troodos. ...
Cypriot House Speaker Annita Demetriou told her Ukrainian counterpart over the weekend that Turkey ought not to assume any mediator role in international conflicts, as Kiev continues to call on EU capitals to stay the course against Russia...
A local man who did time in a US prison and is also being accused of bitcoin theft in Cyprus has turned himself in, but he is reportedly not answering questions about the disappearance of a man whose torched vehicle was found in rural Nicosia last week...
A complex equation for the Cyprus problem is foreseen by circles at the EU headquarters, regardless of who wins Turkey's elections. This is because neither of the two main candidates, Tayyip Erdogan nor Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has the resolution of the Cyprus problem on their agenda. ...
Greek commandos are part of a mission to Egypt which will include the evacuation of Cypriot citizens in Sudan, where humanitarian convoys organized by western countries are under the threat of attacks...
We will probably receive on Friday the first concrete information that we have requested as regards the sanctions imposed to persons and legal entities in Cyprus, President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides has told CNA, adding that Cyprus is in contact with the USA and the UK on a daily basis about this issue "with a view to having all the information before us, so that the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus will do what they have to do."...
British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned from the government on Friday after an independent report found he had bullied officials, the latest scandal to force out one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's top ministers....
Four deaths due to COVID-19 - including a 19-year-old with underlying health conditions - and 1,546 new cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on Friday for the period between April 7-20....
The Statistical Service announced on Friday a fiscal surplus of €570.2 mn, which corresponds to 2.1% of GDP and a fiscal debt of €23,371.1 mn, which corresponds to 86.5% of GDP....
The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Constantinos Herodotou, was received on Friday morning (21/04) by the President of the Republic, Nicos Christodoulides. ...
According to data released by Eurostat, prices for driving lessons and relevant services dropped by 1.6% in 2022 in Cyprus, while increasing in all other EU member states and by 4.8% overall in the EU....
On Friday, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottides to the Presidential Palace for her reappointment....
A highly contentious takeover of a Lukoil plant in Italy by a Cypriot fund appears to be moving forward, with the latest media speculators picking on rumors that the leadership of the new operation might come from both Russian and Ukrainian stock...
Cyprus Police are investigating a natural death involving a foreign worker in Limassol, but his family blames his boss following an accident that was not reported to authorities...
In 2022, the average hourly wages and salaries in the whole economy were estimated to be 15.6 euros in Cyprus, 22.9 euros in the EU and 25.5 euros in the euro area, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Compared with 2021, they increased by 7.5% in Cyprus, by 4.4% in the EU and by 4.0% in the euro area...
Encrypted folders with stolen information from Open University of Cyprus may be available on the dark web, where data brokers and identity thieves can now buy access to private information of students and staff after the institution failed to pay ransom...
European Union lawmakers on Thursday approved a series of proposals aimed at ending the yearslong standoff over how best to manage migration, a conundrum that has provoked one of the bloc’s biggest political crises....
On March 10, as fears were swirling over the health of the nation’s banks, an investment account belonging to the children of Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., sold shares of Seacoast Banking Corp. worth $65,000 to $150,000....
The 21st International Film Days Festival - Cyprus 2023 is set to begin on Friday, April 21st, at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and the Zina Pallas in Nicosia. ...
The government of Cyprus has outlined a four-pillar plan to address immigration issues, according to Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou. The first pillar is to limit the flow of asylum seekers entering Cyprus, followed by managing asylum applications and reception areas more efficiently....
A new study carried out by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research has shown that the worker shortage in Germany has reached an all-time high level. ...
No derogation from EU sanctions will be tolerated, President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Wednesday during a meeting at the Presidential Palace on the sanctions imposed by the US and the UK against natural and legal persons from Cyprus. The President was also informed about the procedures to establish the National Sanctions Implementation Unit...
The European Commission is in contact with member states regarding the implementation of sanctions, Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta told the Cyprus News Agency responding to a question on whether the Cypriot authorities have briefed the European Commission on their intended next steps regarding sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on Cypriot individuals and entities...
