Gas prospecting to be speeded up

By Elias Hazou CYPRUS is seeking to speed up prospecting for hydrocarbons in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with a view to clinching a binding

April 1 pranks kept alive

DESPITE the absurdness of the times we live in making it ever harder to separate fact from fantasy, April Fools’ Day pranks are an annual

Strike Wednesday on Limassol buses

WORKERS at Limassol’s bus company (EMEL) will stage a 24-hour strike on Wednesday because they did not receive their entire salary for March. Unions said

Jobless rate continues to rise

THE jobless rate in Cyprus rose in February to 16.7 per cent, one of the highest annual increases in the European Union, the bloc’s statistical