Archive November 2025

Turkish Cypriots reacted largely positively on Friday to the first meeting of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, following the former’s election ...

European Union finance ministers this week approved the scrapping of the duty-free exemption for parcels worth under €150, in a move expected to hit ultra-cheap imports from Chinese e-commerce platforms such ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves has no plans to raise income tax rates in this month’s budget due to improved fiscal forecasts, a source said, following a surge in borrowing ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, on Thursday had his remand extended for a further seven days after having been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Ask a foreigner, and they’ll tell you Cyprus is all sun and sea. For the most part, our summer visitors are blithely unaware that we have two mountain ranges, ...

Carlos Alcaraz clinched the year-end world number one ranking and secured top spot in the Jimmy Connors Group with a 6-4 6-1 win over Lorenzo Musetti at the ATP Finals ...

Superb goals by Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze secured a routine 2-0 win for England over Serbia to make it seven wins from seven games in their World Cup qualifying ...

Ireland stunned Portugal 2-0 on Thursday to keep their narrow path to next year’s World Cup open and make the Nations League winners wait to book an automatic spot ...

Cyprus is uniquely positioned to develop a strong and competitive capital market, provided that the country approaches the privatisation of the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) in a strategic and inclusive ...

Two tremors occurred early on Friday morning in Cyprus. According to the Euro-Mediterranean seismological centre, a tremor measuring three on the Richter scale was recorded at 3.10am. The epicentre was 14 ...

A 36-year-old was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon when he fell from a height while working on a building under renovation in Limassol. The police were notified at 6.40pm that ...

Yalla Collective Space & Café hosts the very first Nicosia Alternative Book Festival this Saturday and Sunday, showcasing publishing, political books, zines, discussions and ideas that rarely find space in ...

Roads leading to the mountains will be closed next week for works. From next Monday until next Friday, from 8am till 3pm, the roads from the Limassol-Platres and Saittas-Pera Pedi ...

Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv early on Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens in strikes on energy facilities, apartment buildings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) is leading a national delegation of 13 startups to Slush 2025 in Helsinki, one of the world’s most influential gatherings for founders and investors. This ...

The priorities of Cyprus’ EU presidency, the Cyprus problem and cooperation with Germany will be discussed on Friday during a meeting President Nikos Christodoulides will have in Berlin with Chancellor ...

The Larnaca Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) has welcomed the government’s decision to establish the Cyprus University of Technology’s (Tepak) new School of Marine Sciences in Larnaca, ...

Three of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in July in the north returned home to their families on Thursday evening. The five Greek Cypriots were initially arrested on July 19 near ...

Limassol will host a series of major maritime events during Cyprus’ EU Council Presidency in 2026, with shipping set as one of the government’s top priorities, according to Shipping Deputy ...

Two cars parked outside a house in Aglandjia, Nicosia, went up in flames at 1am on Friday. Both cars were destroyed in the fire. The police have said they believe ...

Industrial production in Cyprus recorded significant growth in September 2025, according to first estimates released by Eurostat this week. Cyprus’ manufacturing sector showed a strong increase month-on-month, even as the broader ...

Unstable weather prevails on Friday, with isolated showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the north, inland and to the east. Later in the day, rainy weather moves to Troodos and the ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced that it will be conducting both written and online oral examinations for executives seeking certification as qualified CSE stockbroker representatives. The written examination ...

An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and set how it is implemented ...