Archive January 2025

Following the successful completion of the “Agona Agapis” or “Race of Love” fundraiser ride, the Lexus Cycling Dream Team delivered a cheque for €13,498 to the “ELPIDA” Foundation for Children with ...

A 25-year-old man’s car was destroyed in a fire during the early hours of Wednesday morning in a Limassol district village. The incident took place just after midnight. According ...

The Bank of Cyprus has announced that Caius Capital has reduced its stake in the bank’s share capital to 4.98 per cent. The announcement was made through the Cyprus Stock ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is on Wednesday night expected to give his second annual “State of the Republic” address, outlining his government’s plans for the year ahead. In the speech, ...

Abu Dhabi’s Pure Health Holding has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Hellenic Healthcare Group (HHG), valuing the healthcare provider at €2.2 billion, marking a significant expansion into Cyprus ...

The Association of Cypriot Professionals in Greece (ACPG), which aims to promote innovation and foster collaboration between the two countries, was officially launched on Wednesday. According to the announcement, this ...

Celestyal will star in an hour-long episode of the popular TV series ‘Susan Calman’s Cruise of a Lifetime’. The episode airs at 8pm, February 7, 2025 on Channel 5. The comedian, writer ...

Police arrested four suspects in Limassol on Tuesday in connection with theft and illegal drug possession. Authorities launched an investigation after a resident reported that, between January 21-28, thieves stole ...

DeLeMa McCann is taking the helm of Alpha Bank Cyprus’ digital communications, launching a dynamic partnership that reflects the Bank’s recognition of its communication needs, as well as the ...

It is with great pride that Toyota Cyprus has delivered brand new Toyota Land Cruisers to the Cyprus Police, significantly enhancing the Force’s fleet. The move continues a steady ...

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max’...

The end of January 2025 is a special time in the sky as a series of planets align. All those fascinated by the stars, the planets and the universe – whether from ...

Opposition party Akel on Wednesday demanded answers from the government regarding the extent and nature of Israeli security involvement in the island’s airports. “Why were flights diverted [from Paphos] ...

The Champions League and Europa League reform drew criticism because it added to an already packed calendar, yet the European competitions’ league phase finale is set to be a memorable ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar again ahead of the arrival of United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo. Tatar’s special representative Gunes ...

John Perumbalath, the bishop of Liverpool, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman and harassing another, Channel 4 reported on Tuesday, in the latest scandal to hit the Church of ...

An opinion poll indicated on Tuesday that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island – a semi-autonomous Danish territory – to become a part of the United States, Danish daily Berlingske ...

Wednesday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 20C inland and on the coast, and 9C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-to south-easterly, light to moderate, ...

The Trump administration said it is offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the US government. ...

Hellenic Bank is preparing to launch a new voluntary early retirement scheme aimed at reducing its workforce by a substantial number of employees, with completion targeted by the end of 2025, ...

Germany is in a deep economic crisis, Germany’s BDI industry association said on Tuesday, forecasting a 0.1 per cent contraction in gross domestic product in 2025. A decline in 2025 would mark ...

Turbulence in some of the biggest tech names is reminding investors of one of the major risks to the US stock market’s record-setting rally: Reliance on a handful of ...

Advertised rents in Britain outside London have fallen on a quarterly basis for the first time since 2019 due mostly to a drop in demand from tenants, according to data published ...

Four environmental organisations slammed the forestry department on Tuesday for not sticking to the guidelines of a Special Ecological Assessment Report (SEA) covering works in the Akamas. Terra Cypria and ...