EU annual median disposable income has risen to 18,706 of purchasing power standards per inhabitant from €18,011 PPS, while Cyprus is above the European average. At the national level, the EU countries with the highest
Cyprus has become the 30th nation to sign the Vilnius Declaration of the G7, offering security guarantees to Ukraine, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on X. Zelenskyy personally thanked President Nikos Christodoulides for his
Annually, the tax-to-GDP ratio increased in 12 EU countries, with the largest rise registered in Cyprus (from 34.8% in 2021 to 36.5% in 2022) and Hungary (33.9% to 35.1%). The overall tax-to-GDP
The share of people working in high technology sectors in Cyprus is around 4.8%, close to the EU average, while the percentage of women workers at 34.7% was above average, according to
A BBC plaque honouring the ‘first black Briton’ has been removed after DNA analysis suggested she was not actually of African origin. The sign celebrating the 1,800-year-old remains of ‘Beachy Head Lady’
A British pensioner found guilty of the manslaughter of his seriously ill wife returned to court, as the state prosecution appealed the verdict and sentence as lenient. David Hunter, 76, was found
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told the EU General Affairs Council the bloc’s Civil Protection Mechanism should be activated if repatriations increase due to the Middle East crisis. During discussions on the preparation
Cyprus’ general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio increased by 2.2 percentage points (pp) to 85.3% in the second quarter of 2023, compared with the previous three months, the largest quarterly increase by an
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to British nationals living or visiting Cyprus, stating the heightened chance of demonstrations relating to the tension in the Middle East. In the
Greece’s Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis dismissed as completely unfounded the criticism that the Cyprus issue has been put on the back burner to avoid disturbing the climate in warming Greco-Turkey relations. He
