Archive December 2025

Authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal bird trappings, issuing €239,770 in fines and securing the convictions of 55 suspects following reports issued on Thursday. The committee against bird slaughter (CABS), released ...

Sports legends from outside of football, including football’s Tom Brady, basketball’s Shaquille O’Neal, hockey’s Wayne Gretzky and current All-Star baseball player Aaron Judge, will assist with ...

Arsenal re-established their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 home win against Brentford on Wednesday and for the second evening running the goals flowed ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that European countries should participate constructively in efforts to reach a settlement in Ukraine rather than obstructing the process, according to comments reported ...

A woman of Cypriot origin living in Greece was surprised to see her place of birth, Trikomo, in the north had been changed to the Turkish ‘Iskele’ on her renewed ...

Procedure is not a flexible framework that allows litigants to correct their mistakes after they have presented their case before the court. Rather, it is a mechanism that ensures the ...

A new earthquake rattled parts of Cyprus in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to initial estimates from the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the tremor measured 2.9 on the Richter ...

Safe Bulkers, which also maintains offices in Limassol and is led by owner and chief executive Polys Hajioannou, has authorised a new share repurchase programme of up to 10 million shares, ...

Two vehicles were torched in the early hours of Thursday in Mesogi, Paphos, and the police are investigating arson. The police were notified at 1.50am that two vehicles parked behind ...

Two people aged 25 and 21were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a burglary of offices in Nicosia and will be taken before a court on Thursday for remand orders. The ...

Italian police visited the headquarters of 13 high-end fashion firms, asking them to hand over documents on governance and supply-chain controls as part of an investigation into alleged worker abuse at ...

A weak high-pressure system is easing over Cyprus on Thursday, while a low-pressure system named Byron is expected to move in from Friday night, bringing unsettled weather across the island. ...

Cyprus strengthened its links with the EU institutional centre this week as Greek airline Aegean, in cooperation with Hermes Airports, launched a new direct Larnaca–Brussels route beginning of December, ...

The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy’s needs, with developing countries likely to suffer the most, the UN Trade and Development ...

British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in November, defying concerns about the impact of finance minister Rachel Reeves’ budget, and higher wages were improving affordability, mortgage lender Nationwide ...

’Tis time to get into the festive spirit and this weekend’s events will spread exactly that. Dozens of Christmas markets are happening, alongside concerts and exhibitions. There is a ...

Asia shares were on steadier footing on Wednesday, helped by an overnight rebound on Wall Street as a brief selloff in global bond markets and cryptocurrencies abated. Bitcoin reclaimed the $90,000 ...

An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies, as prices soar for the unglamorous but essential components that allow ...

At just 47.6 out of 100 points in the Gender Equality Index, Cyprus ranks last among EU member states, according to the latest report from the European Institute for Gender Equality. Although ...

As was widely expected, Tuesday’s talks between the United States and Russia made no progress towards a Ukraine peace deal. This was the view expressed by a Kremlin aide ...

Cuba said it had reconnected its electrical gridand was gradually restoring power after a partial collapse on Wednesday left capital Havana and much of western Cuba in the dark, the ...

The House education committee on Wednesday concluded its article-by-article discussion on the amended bill on the new teacher evaluation system, estimated to cost €12.5 million, which will be put before parliament ...

A total of 1,002 bottles of counterfeit vodka were seized in a coordinated operation at four premises Nicosia, the customs department said on Wednesday. According to the authorities, a search of ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed Black Sea safety on Wednesday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, after Ankara expressed alarm at attacks on ...