Asia Cyprus Cyprus is to become East Med data hub after Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed on a joint venture to lay undersea and land fibre optic data cable that will link Europe with Asia; the project has been named the East to Med data Corridor (EMC)
Asia Cyprus After the period to renew road tax expired at midnight on Saturday, police on Sunday warned they will start checking for those who have not paid up and eventually report them
Asia Cyprus The new government has put on hold a budget request of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials
Asia Cyprus The Bank of Cyprus released its preliminary financial results for 2022, posting a profit after tax of €71 million for the entire year; after-tax profit generated in 2021 was €30 million
Asia Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides won the presidential election, promising a unity government tasked with advancing peace talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots; Christodoulides, 49, took 51,9% of the vote, runoff independent rival Mavroyiannis, 66, took 48,1%