Archive December 2025

Greece has paid off ahead of schedule debt worth 5.3 billion euros ($6.22 billion) that had been due after 2031, two government officials said. Monday’s payment would allow Greece to save 1.6 billion ...

The Greek Cypriot side is ready for a new enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem “as soon as possible”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. “From our side, at ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Tuesday reported a sharp improvement in loan quality across the Cypriot banking sector, alongside a decline in profitability, reflecting changing conditions across the ...

The education ministry has confirmed that the bicommunal Imagine programme will resume in January, following changes to its framework and the reissuing of circulars to schools. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, ...

Construction waste was illegally dumped while a police station in the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou was being built, according to a report released by the audit office on Tuesday. ...

Cyprus among EU leaders in GenAI use Cyprus ranked among the leading countries in Europe for the use of generative artificial intelligence in 2025, according to Eurostat, highlighting the island’s ...

UCLan Cyprus is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Voluntary Contribution Award 2025 at the 10th Corporate Volunteering and Voluntary Contribution Awards, organized by the Pancyprian Coordinating Council ...

Cyprus’ social spending drops to 19.2 per cent of GDP in 2023 Social protection expenditure fell as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023, even as the total spending increased in ...

Cyprus is an easy and welcoming destination, but a little local knowledge goes a long way — especially for visitors looking to get beyond the beaches and truly experience island life. ...

Cyprus grain producers will mobilise tractors and rally outside Nicosia’s House of Europe next Thursday to protest revisions to the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) framework. The organisation ...

Eurobank highlighted the importance of embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into core business strategy rather than treating them as a communications exercise, during its participation in the 4th ...

At the recent Solana Breakpoint conference, Ripple executives made it clear that XRP’s future is no longer confined to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Instead, Ripple is repositioning XRP as ...

By Philippa Tracy In this novel, set in the mid-19th century with a cast of many characters the most interesting ones are the women. There is Clorinda Morrissey, who ...

Cypriots made more than 237,000 trips abroad for business purposes in 2024, while Cyprus itself recorded close to 279,000 business-related arrivals by foreign visitors over the same period, according to the Cyprus Statistical ...

LA28 has said that fans will be able to register starting January 14 for a random ticket draw covering all Olympic sports at the Los Angeles Games with organizers promising at ...

The Cypriot representation to the United Nations has submitted a letter to the security council decrying what it describes “violations” of Cyprus’ airspace and territorial waters by Turkey. The letter ...

Cyprus continued to record relatively low levels of payment fraud in 2024, even as European banking supervisors warn that the overall risk landscape is evolving, with criminals increasingly shifting tactics rather ...

Parents’ groups on Tuesday strongly criticised a planned teachers’ strike, warning that students are being used as “leverage” for the union’s demands. The Pancyprian confederation of parents’ associations said ...

Nicolina Nicolaou, a special education teacher for the past 15 years, has been jotting down ideas and taking notes, which over time transmuted into a complete book – Reading Comprehension and Psychosocial ...

British bases police will intensify road patrols across eastern and western “hotspot” areas in the coming weeks to ensure driver safety during the holiday period. The visible increase aims to ...

A few days ago the European Union’s Earth Observation programme, ‘Copernicus’, made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate. It ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Tuesday welcomed the signing of a new strategic agreement between Cyprus and France. In its announcement, the chamber said that the ...

Keyonte George scored 37 points — his second straight 30-plus-point game — and dished out six assists while leading the Utah Jazz to a 140-133 overtime victory against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday ...

Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi struck late to salvage a point for his side in a 4-4 draw with Manchester United on Monday, capping a Premier League thriller that swung ...