The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for a single referendum to be held on local authority reform whose discussion has been dragging on for years amid opposition from political parties and certain communities.

With the total demolition of fuel and gas storage tanks on Larnaca’s coast expected to be realised by early August, preparatory work is moving fast, Petrolina Group of Companies CEO Dinos Lefkaritis has told Philenews.

Cyprus trade deficit recorded a drop of about €300 million in 2020 compared to 2019 due to a large decrease in imports, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, on Tuesday, show.

The 2021 results of the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Rankings have ranked the University of Nicosia (UNic) among the Top 201-250 universities in the countries or regions classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging”, or “frontier”.

The Cabinet on Tuesday put its foot down in response to mounting pressure by parents of middle and Limassol primary school students for the reopening of schools ahead of the planned date on April 2.

EY announces the 2021 Better Working World Data Challenge, a global competition for aspiring data scientists. The Challenge is part of the EY commitment to innovate and use technology to address some of the world's largest environmental and climate change problems. The focus of this year’s competition is on leveraging data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to help find solutions to better manage wildfires.

Hellenic Bank’s new CEO is German national Oliver Gatzke who was the former Chief Financial Officer and member of the management board of HCOB Hamburg Commercial Bank.

The European Union plans to label some gas power plants as sustainable investments, a draft document seen by Reuters showed, after an initial proposal to deny them a green label faced a backlash from some member states.

Vulnerable groups and everyone aged 45 and over should receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May, the health ministry announced on Monday.

The health ministry’s epidemiological surveillance unit has re-evaluated the coronavirus risk-based classification of countries after the Cabinet agreed on an action plan last month for the resumption of flights and the reopening of Cyprus airports.