The European Union has given an additional €3 mln to support the work of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage in Cyprus. This was done through an agreement between the European
Analysts say a World Bank report on governance is a black mark against Cyprus which needs to tackle corruption if it is to attract institutional investors. World Bank governance indicators sees Cyprus
Two ruling party DISY MPs are campaigning to restore a passenger ferry link between Cyprus and Greece to carry passengers and cargo after an 18-year absence. MPs Nikos Tornaritis and Annita Demetriou
Cyprus must prioritize digital transformation and innovation, Chairman of the Hotel Association Haris Loizides, said on the occasion of World Tourism Day, celebrated on 27 September. He said the tourist industry has
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou announced Wednesday the 50 bi-communal teams (50 Greek-Cypriots and 50 Turkish-Cypriots), to receive cash prizes of €10,000 each from a total of €500,000 offered. This year, nearly 700 Greek-Cypriots
Europe’s highest number of first-time asylum applicants relative to the population have been registered in Cyprus, during the second quarter of 2018, according to Eurostat. The most applications in total numbers were
A 35-year-old man was remanded for eight days in police custody on Wednesday in connection with the abduction of two 10-year-old boys from their Larnaca primary school. The Greek Cypriot appeared before
A chance meeting at the United Nations saw Turkey’s strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands with Nicos Anastasiades the president of a country Ankara does not recognise and has no formal diplomatic
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) is launching an innovative new scheme, dubbed the ‘Sunday Escapes’, offering one-day excursions around the island until June 2019 to encourage local tourism. The series of one-day guided tours
President Nicos Anastasiades asked for help from Moscow, to support momentum on a Cyprus peace push, during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the UN General
