British businesses are cutting staff at the fastest pace in more than four years ahead of a tax increase ordered by finance minister Rachel Reeves which has already prompted suppliers to jack up their prices, a survey showed this week. The preliminary reading of the UK S&P Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for February dipped […]

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The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged at a policy meeting next week after inflation spiked in January, although analysts believe a rate cut is possible in the coming months should price pressures ease. All 13 economists polled by Reuters said they expected the central bank to keep its benchmark […]

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Cypriot champion Marios Georgiou is one of the candidates for the title of “Gymnast of the Year” by European Gymnastics, the Cyprus Gymnastics Federation said in a post on social media. Other candidates are Harry Hepworth from the UK, Magnus Lindholmer from Denmark, Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus and Rhys McClenaghan from Ireland. Georgiou finished sixth at […]

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Snow reaches Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol as ‘Coral’ cold snap shows its teeth (videos)  in-cyprus

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Hamas freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, the last living Israeli captives slated for release under the first phase of a fragile ceasefire accord, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, and Omer Wenkert, 23, all seized from the site of the Nova music festival […]

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Education Minister Athena Michaelidou has taken to social media to address growing concerns regarding a school programme, following recent reports about planned student visits to northern Cyprus. The controversy surrounds the inclusion of a student visit to the port of Kyrenia, organised by the historical dialogue and research association, within the framework of the Imagine […]

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Σημαντικοί αγώνες, με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον και σήμερα στην Κύπρο στη Cyprus League By Stoiximan, στην ελληνική Superleague, καθώς και  στα μεγάλα πρωταθλήματα της Ευρώπης. Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε σε πραγματικό χρόνο, την εξέλιξη όλων των αγώνων, μέσα από το πρωτοποριακό MATCHCENTER του PROTATHLIMA. Ενημερωθείτε για όλους τους αγώνες, δείτε ενδιαφέροντα στατιστικά σε πραγματικό χρόνο και απολαύστε […]

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Lately, I’ve noticed my energy feels sluggish – as many of you may be experiencing – as Cyprus faces excessive drops in temperature. With recent reports of temperatures plummeting close to freezing levels overnight, it’s no surprise that our homes and our moods are feeling the effects. Have you noticed how the weather impacts your […]

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Meta Platforms has cut back on its yearly distribution of stock options by about 10 per cent for tens of thousands of employees despite the social media giant trading at record highs this month, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Employees receive equity refreshers every year that make up the majority of their remuneration, alongside […]

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The Cyprus Orthodox church has reiterated that it will not perform funeral rites for individuals who choose cremation after death, following an announcement about the establishment of the first crematorium in the country. The crematorium, set to open in Paphos in the summer of 2026, marks a significant development in Cyprus’ approach to death and […]

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Cyprus Peace Operation veteran recalls heroism, compassion of Turkish soldiers  turkiyetoday.com

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Cyprus Strikes Energy Deals, but ‘Aphrodite’ Gas Delayed Until 2031  KNEWS - The English Edition of Kathimerini Cyprus

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The ‘Money Conference 2025: Investment Outlook Opportunities & the AI Impact’, held in Nicosia this week, explored key investment prospects and the market impact of artificial intelligence. The conference, which was organised for the seventh consecutive year, attracted distinguished speakers from Cyprus and abroad, as well as leading executives from the financial, technology, and business […]

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Chinese startup DeepSeek will make its models’ code publicly available, it said on Friday, doubling down on its commitment to open-source artificial intelligence. The company said in a post on social media platform X that it will open source 5 code repositories next week, describing the move as “small but sincere progress” that it will share “with […]

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British consumers turned a little less pessimistic this month as the Bank of England’s latest interest rate cut led to an improvement in expectations for their household finances, according to a survey published on Friday. The monthly consumer confidence index published by market research firm GfK edged up in February to -20 from January’s -22 […]

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Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York arts institute, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder. Matar, 27, can be seen in videos of the 2022 attack rushing the Chautauqua Institution’s stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe […]

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Kazakh ambassador presents credentials to President of Cyprus  Казинформ

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Turkish media: Discontent over Cypriot Foreign Minister's visit to Syria  KNEWS - The English Edition of Kathimerini Cyprus

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A tender process with the aim of installing two new generators at the Dhekelia power station has begun, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with executives from Cyprus’ transmission system operator (TSO), he said the aim of the new generators’ purchase is to limit the costs borne by the government […]

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