Archive December 2025

Elam, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma, and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy party look set to be the big winners at May’s parliamentary election, according to ...

McLaren’s Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen’s four-year reign with a ...

Sila Usar Incirli, the leader of Turkish Cypriot opposition political party the CTP, on Sunday said early legislative elections in the north are “inevitable”, as her party seeks a return ...

The US-based, world-famous Chippendales are set to bring their fiery show to Cyprus for the first time this month. As they embark on their European All Night Long tour, they ...

The road linking Polis Chrysochous and Latchi was closed on Sunday as heavy rainfall brought about by Storm Byron caused floods in the town and the region. With heavy rainfall ...

Edek will remain in the government following an extraordinary meeting of the party’s political bureau held in light of a cabinet reshuffle which the party had earlier said showed ...

By Mark Post If you are fluent in any language other than English, you have probably noticed that some things are impossible to translate exactly. A Japanese designer marvelling at ...

I live in the countryside, in the Nicosia district, in the middle of a field. Nature, wildlife, fresh air and peace and quiet. Except during the hunting season. During that ...

There have been “no developments” in efforts to lift the Turkish government’s ban on Cypriot-flagged ships entering its ports, Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis said on Sunday. Speaking on ...

United States President Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was “really close” and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the ...

Rain will continue to fall in Cyprus until Thursday, met office senior officer Panayiotis Georgiou said on Sunday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that the eye of Storm Byron ...

Australia stormed to an eight-wicket victory in the second Ashes test on Sunday to take a 2-0 series lead as England succumbed on day four to a pace blitz from ...

In the halcyon days of 2016 when there still seemed to be hopes for progress in the Cyprus talks, the Imagine programme offered the potential to turn the page on the ...

Bucharest could become the first European Union capital led by a hard-right mayor in Sunday’s local election, a contest which threatens Romania’s fragile pro-European coalition government. The influential ...

Uganda’s opposition candidate Bobi Wine said he was beaten alongside his aides and supporters by security forces while campaigning in the country’s north, in an escalation of violence ...

Cyprus’ long-running debate over who can claim halloumi intensified recently after a new statue in Pissouri drew waves of online attention and revived an old dispute over the cheese’s ...

Cyprus is home to some of the most significant cultural sites in the eastern Mediterranean, several of which have been recognised by UNESCO for their universal value. From Neolithic settlements ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and undersecretary to the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Dana will hold a one-on-one meeting before President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, and ...

A British member of parliament from the country’s ruling Labour Party has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Girne American University in Kyrenia, the university announced on Sunday. ...

Members of the House of Representatives should not rush to approve the questionable ‘tax reform’ proposed by the government. This is because its contents are largely not compatible with achieving ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested pursuant to an international arrest warrant at the Ledra Street crossing point, and stands accused of attempted murder, among other allegations, the police said ...

A car was abandoned in the middle of a road after a fight broke out between what the police on Sunday described as “unidentified individuals” in the Famagusta district village ...

A food delivery rider said he was attacked and robbed while returning from a delivery in Limassol, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the man said he ...

Storm Byron will continue to batter Cyprus with thunder, lightning, wind, and rain on Sunday, with hailstones also expected in some parts of the island. Temperatures will reach a high ...