Archive October 2025

The European Union’s business economy comprised around 33.1 million enterprises in 2023, employing 162.2 million people, according to Eurostat a report released this week. These enterprises generated a net turnover exceeding €38.5 trillion, ...

Cyprus recorded an employment rate of 79.8 per cent in 2024, surpassing the European Union’s 78 per cent target set under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan for 2030. Eurostat reported ...

Allwyn International AG and OPAP S.A. on Monday announced that their boards of directors have approved a merger through an all-share transaction valued at €16 billion, creating the world’s ...

Total government employment in Cyprus reached 52,530 persons in September 2025, showing a marginal decline of 50 employees, or 0.1 per cent, compared with the same month last year, according to the statistical service (...

The European Union has backed calls for a single, international strategy for the decarbonisation of shipping, saying that the adoption of new measures by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) could ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has released a new educational video on crypto-assets as part of a joint campaign with other European supervisory authorities. The move comes in ...

Transforming the transport system is an ongoing effort with decarbonisation being one of the major challenges, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday. Speaking at a round table discussion in ...

For too long, the Republic’s defence spending was rather random. This was partly because only a few countries would sell arms to Cyprus, mainly Russia and France, and partly ...

Venezuela’s government said on Monday it will close its embassies in Norway and Australia and open new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a restructuring of ...

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as US President Donald Trump declared the ...

Suspected Islamic State-backed rebels killed 19 civilians in an overnight attack in eastern Congo, two local officials said on Monday, deepening insecurity in the mineral-rich region. The attack, believed to have ...

The Gaza conference in Sharm El Sheikh was “a day of hope and promise for our region”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. In a post on X, Christodoulides said ...

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments”, the European Broadcasting Union said on ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he would meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, where the two would discuss Ukraine’s air defence and long-range ...

A 65-year-old from Romania who had been hit by a bus on September 4 died in hospital on Monday. The accident had happened in Limassol almost opposite the city’s central ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election ...

The new teacher evaluation plan is designed to support, not punish, teachers, said Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday. She said the bill proposes a flexible system with modern regulations ...

Opposition parties on Monday generally gave the thumbs-down to government policies as elucidated in the state budget for 2026, noting that although some key economic indicators are positive, these do not ...

The environment department has rejected the proposed development of 69 villas with a reception building and sewerage treatment plant at the entrance to Akamas, a move welcomed on Monday by BirdLife ...

The police found over 100 limesticks on Monday in an open space in Famagusta outside a hut belonging to a 68-year-old man. The investigation was conducted in the framework of police ...

Fast approaching in Nicosia is Lara Sophie Benjamin’s third solo exhibition at Apocalypse Gallery. Titled Trace Memories, the showcase will run at the gallery from October 22 to November 8, presenting ...

The prospects of implementing the Gaza truce and the role Cyprus and Jordan can play in regional stability were discussed on Monday during a meeting President Nikos Christodoulides had in ...

Employers’ organisations OEV and Keve on Monday reaffirmed their positions on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) during a joint meeting, and said their negotiating teams will handle Thursday’s meeting with ...

Cardano (ADA) has been a reliable name in decentralized finance for years, but its long effort to break past $1 continues. Despite its robust ecosystem, ADA’s growth has slowed, leading ...