Archive October 2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Cyprus violated the right to free elections by failing to address a legislative gap that left a parliamentary seat vacant ...

While most investors chase hype, a handful of early adopters are quietly sitting on the project they believe will be 25x before 2026 — Mutuum Finance (MUTM). These early backers were quick ...

Sweden has signed a letter of intent that could see it supply up to 150 of its domestically produced Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on ...

Discussions were held at the House institutions committee on Wednesday regarding plans to create a registry of all public contracts. The bill has been put forward by Green Party leader ...

Netflix shares fell more than 8 per cent on Wednesday, as the streaming giant’s outlook for the coming quarter left investors nonplussed despite a strong line-up of shows that includes ...

The education ministry and teaching unions have until November 5 to submit a plan for the teacher evaluation system reforms, The House education chair Pavlos Mylonas said on Wednesday. Education Minister ...

A 23-year-old woman was remanded for eight days on Wednesday after more than a half a kilogram of cocaine was seized at Larnaca airport on Tuesday. She is believed to ...

Depositors who lost their savings in the 2013 bank bail-in, commonly known as the “haircut”, have been given until the end of the month to file applications for reimbursement from the ...

Cyprus’s Consumer Price Index remained negative for the fourth consecutive month in September 2025, according to the latest data from the statistical service and the Consumer Protection Service’s Consumer ...

A plenary session vote on regulating the lighting of Easter bonfires (‘lambradjies’) is expected to take place within the next 15 days, after Archbishop Georgios agreed to the bill, the House ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a ...

Greek police arrested dozens of people across the country on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a scandal in which farmers faked land and livestock ownership to receive EU ...

Strict measures were agreed on Wednesday after an incident on Tuesday, when students from Larnaca technical school threw objects, including olives, inside their school bus, forcing the driver to stop ...

The union of municipalities on Wednesday called an urgent meeting with all mayors to assess the government’s commitment to the reform and financial sustainability of the municipalities. The union ...

More than 1,300 urban planning and building permits for residences have been approved within the framework of the fast-track licensing measures introduced this October, according to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. Speaking ...

Bank holiday, good weather and the kind of mood that makes you want to get out and do something. A friend had suggested Smoothie Factory + Kitchen up in the Mercure, ...

The decision regarding dismissed judge Doria Varoshiotou’s appeal against her dismissal will be announced “as soon as possible”, supreme constitutional court chief justice Antonis Liatsos said on Wednesday, following ...

The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) on Wednesday announced that its 6th BoC Fintech Hackathon, held at the IDEA Innovation Centre from October 10–12, 2025, “concluded with resounding success”. According to the announcement, ...

British inflation unexpectedly held steady in September, raising the prospect of a Bank of England interest rate cut this year and offering some relief to finance minister Rachel Reeves ahead ...

A man was seriously injured on Wednesday when shots were fired outside the parliament building in Belgrade near a tent erected by supporters of Serbian President Aleksander Vucic. One person ...

Organised crime in Cyprus is now often imported from abroad, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. Addressing a behind-closed-doors session of the House legal committee held in light of ...

It may only be October but before you know it, festive decorations, carols, markets and mulled wine will signal the start of the Christmas period. This year, the capital will ...

DESIGN EQUALITY is the seventh installment in BE OPEN’s long-running series of global competitions inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Initiated by the socio-cultural platform BE ...

Limassol district court on Wednesday ordered the eight-day detention of a 30-year-old convicted prisoner suspected of orchestrating the purchase of the motorcycle involved in last week’s murder of 49-year-old ...