Archive May 2025

Renovation work has been completed at the Panaia Chrysopolitissa church in Kyrenia, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Monday. He said the church, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday said that President Nikos Christodoulides wants to “make us sit on his lap”. “I look into the man’s eyes, and I see ...

Small Indian grocery shops and major online fashion retailers are boycotting Turkish products ranging from chocolates, coffee, jams and cosmetics to clothing amid growing anger at Turkey’s support for ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Monday that he was “absolutely” confident his side can seal one of the top five spots in the Premier League that will guarantee ...

Pop singer Dawn Richard returned to the witness stand in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Monday, after telling a jury last week that she saw the hip-hop mogul ...

Investors in the cryptocurrency space consistently seek promising tokens available at early-stage prices that present significant opportunities for substantial returns. Mutuum Finance’s native token, MUTM, is quickly emerging as ...

Consumer prices in Cyprus rose by 1.4 per cent in April 2025 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) published by the ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Monday launched his new political party, named ‘Alma’ – Greek for ‘leap’. The ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday praised Cyprus’ special forces as “symbols of discipline, resilience and hope”, during a graduation ceremony at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base in Mari. Speaking ...

The Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind earned second place at the “Euro Low-Vision 2025” (ILSC) international song contest, held in Berlin on Friday. The Cypriot entry titled “Compass” was performed by ...

“Varosha currently stands at a crossroads between decay and renewal. “Will it remain a relic – an open-air museum of abandonment – or will it be reborn through cooperation and reconciliation?” These ...

Cyprus’ economy is expected to continue growing at a robust pace in 2025 and 2026, according to the European Commission’s Spring 2025 Economic Forecast released on Monday. Specifically, growth is expected to ...

The two men arrested on charges of attempted murder and robbery on May 10 and May 18 in Paphos will be brought before court in June, police said on Monday. Paphos police’...

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People in at least 70 countries are missing out on medical treatment due to funding cuts to aid programmes, the WHO said on Monday, adding it also faces major financial challenges. “...

The IMDB trivia page is a fascinating place, where one has the rare chance to take a sneak peek at what’s happening behind the scenes of each movie. Not ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies which ...

Gary Lineker, a former England captain and the face of soccer on British television for over two decades, will leave the BBC, the broadcaster said in a statement on Monday. ...

The proposal for changing how teachers are evaluated, which has been strongly condemned by the unions, is set to be approved by the cabinet on Tuesday. “Our proposal is expected ...

Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s upending of the global ...

Cyprus residents made 164,844 trips abroad in April, marking a 24.1 per cent increase compared with the 132,806 trips recorded in April of last year, according to data released by the statistical service ...

The fire department on Monday reported two fires in the Nicosia area leaving two cars in Engomi and a house in Tseri damaged. Fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis said that ...

The Cyprus Development Bank (cdbbank) on Monday released its financial results for 2024, posting a profit after tax of €4.09 million. This represents a decline of approximately 41 per cent year-on-year, from the ...

The summer will find Cyprus “completely unprepared” in terms of energy sufficiency, Marios Papoutis, head of the EAC’s technical employees’ union (Sekaik) warned on Monday. Speaking on CyBC, the ...