Paphos will feature in a new EU web platform promoting sustainable travel to some of the most remarkable World Heritage sites in Europe. The initiative is co-funded by the European Union and features 34 selected World Heritage sites spread across 19 EU countries. The Department of Antiquities and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation announced their participation

The key focus of Israel, Greece and Cyprus is to develop and build the Eastern Mediterranean underwater gas pipeline, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Our prime focus right now is on energy, on developing the eastern Mediterranean pipeline. It’s a great project, could be one of the great underwater projects in the world. And

Thousands of ex Co-op customers have been brought back from the cold after they were left without access to their accounts after Hellenic Bank’s official takeover last week. Negotiations paid off on Thursday as Hellenic accepted onboard more than 4,500 frozen accounts. Some 4,559 accounts belonging to former Co-op customers were initially denied access to

The number of job vacancies in the second quarter of 2018 increased by 2,440 (90.1%) compared to the same quarter of 2017 when the figure was 2,708, according to official data. This puts the number of job vacancies recorded in May-July 2018 was 5,148. Compared to the first quarter of 2018 the number of job

Cyprus expects a budget surplus for a fourth consecutive year in 2019 with the state budget providing expenditure of around €7.9 bln and revenue of €8.5bln, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said Thursday. “The strong recovery of the economy allows us to turn deficits into surpluses,” Georgiades told reporters after the Council of Ministers approved the

A green see turtle, found wounded in Limassol in June, has returned to the sea after it healed under the care of the Fisheries and Maritime Research Department. Agriculture and Environment Minister Costas Kadis attended the send-off for the turtle named “Eleftheria” (Freedom). “The conservation of biodiversity and marine diversity is among our priorities,” Kadis

Larnaca authorities and local businesses are bracing themselves as negotiations over a €400 mln investment for the development of the town’s port and marina hangs in the balance. Despite concern over whether the deal will actually take place, there is optimism that that efforts by the local authorities and the government will pay off. The

The Supreme Court has overturned a jail conviction for former Bank of Cyprus boss Andreas Eliades, clearing him of charges that he sought to manipulate the share price before the financial meltdown in 2013. Eliades, who resigned from the bank in 2012, was jailed for 2-1/2 years in January on charges that he issued misleading

Flats rented out through web-based platforms such as Airbnb are to be included in the law regulating tourist units on an official register which is to be created, as MPs look to amend a bill submitted prior to the summer break. The initial bill, which was submitted jointly by DISY President Averof Neophytou and EDEK

It is only a matter of time before there are flights to Alexandria and Cairo from Paphos airport the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos was assured on Wednesday. Visiting Egypt parliament speaker Ali Abdel Aal, told the Paphos Mayor that his country’s parliament will ratify within the coming weeks a bilateral agreement with Cyprus on the