Archive December 2025

A two-day Christmas experience at the Lidl Food Academy, open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, December 20 and 21, from 10 am to 7 pm – because “wonderful things are worth doing every ...

A nine-year prison sentence imposed by the Paphos criminal court has been increased to 12 years on appeal for a man convicted of importing, possessing, and intending to supply 8.155kg of ...

Cyprus has renewed its collective agreement covering seafarers employed on Cyprus-flagged ships, with employers and unions signing a new three-year deal that aligns local maritime labour standards with international frameworks. ...

Cyprus stepped onto one of the world’s largest maritime stages this month, making its debut with a national pavilion at MARINTEC China 2025, as the government stepped up efforts to ...

Joining Nato “would be a natural development” for Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro, he said that “if it were possible for Cyprus ...

A motorcycle driver killed in a traffic accident on Sunday died from a severe brain injury, a state pathologist said on Tuesday. A formal autopsy was conducted on Bulgarian national ...

Cyprus-based mobile game developer Top App Games Ltd announced on Tuesday that its hit title Ludus: Merge Arena has surpassed 8 million installs worldwide, underscoring the island’s growing role in ...

As cryptocurrency mining continues to evolve, free crypto cloud mining apps have become a practical entry point for beginners and a low-risk testing ground for experienced users. Instead of buying ...

A Paris labour court on Tuesday ordered Paris St Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe 60 million euros ($70.6 million) in unpaid salary and bonuses, bringing a partial end to one of the ...

A British man who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans during May’s Premier League victory parade was jailed for 21-and-a-half ...

A fire and rescue exercise will take place on Wednesday at 9am at the Conference Centre in Nicosia, the fire service announced on Tuesday. The drill, part of the service’...

Parliament’s decision to raise the fine for illegally parking at electric vehicle charging stations to €85 was welcomed by the association of electric vehicle companies on Tuesday. The decision was ...

I went to Andreas Vrontis’ studio in Limassol for an interview, but it didn’t really feel like one. I was expecting the typical quiet, intense artist, maybe a bit ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a new social welfare deputy ministry initiative giving work-capable Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) recipients opportunities to gain professional experience. According to the deputy ministry, the ...

Disability rights groups on Tuesday demanded that the government offer them more financial benefits, saying that the government’s current plans to raise the total budget for disability benefits to €45 ...

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of the distinguished conductor Mr. Myron Michailidis as the new artistic director of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Michailidis ...

Ukraine will be of paramount importance during Cyprus’ upcoming presidency of the EU council, Deputy European Affairs Minister Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday Outlining Nicosia’s priorities ahead of the ...

Reservations at entertainment venues are rising ahead of Christmas and New Year, president of the Association of Entertainment Venue Owners (Osika), Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. He said restaurants and ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, a move that dramatically expands the U.S. government’s authority to fight the ...

The deputy ministry of immigration will assume responsibility for the reception centres for unaccompanied minors from January 1, the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday. Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday held a telephone call with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty. Erhurman’s office said during the call, “...

Hourly labour costs in Cyprus rose by 3.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, according to provisional data released by the ...

Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought by Israel against the court’s probe into its conduct of the Gaza ...

Europe launched an International Claims Commission for Ukraine on Tuesday in an effort to ensure Kyiv is compensated for hundreds of billions of dollars in damage from Russian attacks and ...