Archive November 2025

Ukraine is working to resume the exchange of prisoners with Russia, hoping for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Security Council chief said. “We are … counting on ...

By Euripides L Evriviades When Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his emblematic work The Prince in 1513, he was dissecting the raw mechanics of realpolitik in an age of fragile states, restless rulers ...

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Airforce One on Friday that he will sue the BBC for between $1 and $5 billion for cheating and putting words in his mouth in a ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting November 10: An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers ...

PREZNIKONE appears to be on a mission to prove to the few remaining idiots that still think there is a hint of honesty in what he says are making a ...

The number of registrations of EU businesses increased by 4.0 per cent during the third quarter of 2025, compared with the second quarter of 2025, according to Eurostat. At the same time, the ...

The visit of Tufan Erhurman, the newly elected leader of the Turkish Cypriots, to Ankara on Thursday for his eagerly awaited meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan must have disappointed all ...

IBM (IBM.N) announced on this week that it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum ...

The euro area recorded a trade in goods surplus of €19.4 billion with the rest of the world in September 2025, compared with €12.9 billion in September 2024. Exports from the euro area rose ...

Shipping’s training ecosystem is straining under accelerating change, with senior figures warning that operational pressures, shrinking manning levels and a compliance culture are eroding seafarer competence. Although companies acknowledge ...

A new app promises to improve the rental market by filtering out bad tenants – but it’s unlikely to solve the dire situation in Cyprus. The app is called the ...

A pumped-up England rallied from 12-0 down with 25 unanswered points and a powerful finish to beat a ragged New Zealand 33-19 on Saturday and claim their first Twickenham victory over ...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner stormed to a 7-5 6-2 victory over Alex de Minaur in the last four of the ATP Finals on Saturday, as the Australian suffered his 13th ...

As part of its 12th anniversary celebrations, the Kings Avenue Mall is organising, for the first time, the Kings Avenue Mall – Run Together event, taking place on Sunday, November 23, at 9...

The current crypto cycle has reignited investor attention toward projects with both technical strength and early-stage growth potential. Analysts tracking what crypto to buy now have increasingly highlighted Solana (SOL), ...

Pope Leo told a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers on Saturday that cinemas were struggling to survive and that more should be done to protect them and preserve ...

Steph Curry matched Michael Jordan’s record for the most 40-point games in the NBA after the age of 30 as he continued his stellar form. Golden State Warriors star Curry ...

The Iranian government on Saturday confirmed that it had seized a tanker vessel operated by Cyprus-based company Columbia Shipmanagement, with news agency Reuters quoting state media as saying the ship ...

Ravindra Jadeja’s four-wicket burst set India on course for a victory inside three days after a frenetic 15-wicket day in the low-scoring opening test against South Africa on Saturday. ...

Britain’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to introduce a new levy on high-value homes in her upcoming annual budget, the Telegraph reported. Reeves is expected to need to raise ...

What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image ...

Larnaca is both ready and set to host its annual marathon on Sunday, with more than 13,000 runners from 85 countries expected to pound the town’s streets across the event’s ...

By Pauline Hastings On October 30, 1965, the then 22-year-old wore a “swinging 60s” minidress that would go on to become the stuff of legend. Shrimpton ventured to Flemington Racecourse in a ...

Greece’s foreign ministry on Saturday promised to “never accept” northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today marks 42 years since the illegal, invalid … [and] unilateral proclamation ...