Archive February 2025

Greek retail chain Jumbo Group has reported a 3 per cent increase in January sales for its stores in Cyprus, according to recent data shared by the company. This growth comes ...

Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday bade their final farewell to businessman Asil Nadir at his funeral. The funeral took place in three stages, with high-profile figures from Turkish Cypriot politics as ...

An out-of-space experience! That is what Thursday’s event at ARTos House in Nicosia will be, with visitors learning everything there is to know about black holes. Following the success ...

Eurobank announced on Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of an additional 37.5 per cent stake in Hellenic Bank, bringing its total shareholding to 93.47 per cent. The bank has also ...

Bomb threats were sent to more than 300 state and private schools in Cyprus on Tuesday morning, the police confirmed. A police spokesperson confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that the threats ...

Plans are afoot to link Paphos’ Tombs of the Kings and Coral Bay beach with a dual carriageway, Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Tuesday. Speaking to Paphos-based news website ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday vowed “firm and proportionate countermeasures” in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on all steel and ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the US government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase out single-use ...

The society for the promotion of cooperative banks in Cyprus has expressed its support for the efforts of Finance Minister Makis Keravnos to spark growth in the sector. This is ...

If I had written a list of the best books published in 2022, there is no question that Weike Wang’s second novel, Joan is Okay, would have made my top 5. ...

Freedom Holding Corp. (FRHC), the parent company of Freedom24, on Tuesday reported strong third quarter results for the 2025 fiscal year, as well as a record market capitalisation of $9 billion. “These ...

A 75-year-old man died on Tuesday morning after being involved in a traffic accident in Larnaca. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos said the man, named as Rodotheos Skordis, was driving ...

Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive in Cyprus on March 4-5 for a two-day state visit at the invitation of President Nikos Christodoulides. This marks the first ...

We fully recognise the concerns regarding the recall of vehicles with Takata airbags. Toyota is fully committed to the safety of Toyota owners and has conducted several recall campaigns over ...

StandinLine Artspace gallery, in collaboration with Future DMND gallery, hosts a new exhibition at its space in Nicosia. Collecting the Past, Curating the Future will run from Thursday to February 28 ...

Police arrested six more people on Tuesday in connection with violent clashes between officers and supporters of Omonia 29 May. The incidents took place outside Apollon’s indoor stadium during a ...

All “main artery roads” in the north will be lit with streetlights by the end of the year, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday. Speaking in ‘...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting the region, bringing unsettled weather with rain, storms, and snowfall in higher areas. Today, skies will be partly cloudy, becoming mostly cloudy at times. ...

President Donald Trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a flat 25% “without exceptions or exemptions” in a move to aid the struggling industries but which increases the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the ...

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded the long-term issuer credit rating of Bank of Cyprus Public Co. Ltd. (BoC) to ‘BBB-’ from ‘BB+’, reflecting improvements in the Cypriot banking ...

Central banks safeguard financial stability and inflation while also driving Europe’s innovation, according to Costas Papadopoulos, executive director at Cypriot fintech Moneygate. He explained that “by ensuring a stable ...

The Cyprus Institute of Certified Management Consultants (CICMC) and the University of Limassol (UoL) this week announced that they have formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). ...

The number of complaints made by patients to patients’ associations Osak’s observatory in January was 17 per cent higher in January this year than it was in the first month ...