Archive June 2025

The situation in the Middle East “remains extremely critical”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told an extraordinary meeting of the European Union’s foreign affairs council on Tuesday. He also told ...

Public sector trade unions reaffirmed their determination on Tuesday that the cost-of-living allowance should be paid in full to civil servants, including teachers and the military. The meeting took place ...

Summer schools are banned from national parks for a second year running because the groups were making a nuisance of themselves and potentially harming the environment. The Forestry Department also ...

A total of 50 Cypriot citizens located in Israel and five who are located in Iran have requested to be repatriated, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Tuesday. Speaking to ...

The recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are a “lifebuoy” for Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s ...

A 16-year-old boy was on Tuesday remanded in custody after assaulting a waiter and robbing his possessions. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday morning, with the police ...

Turkish Cypriot property in the south will no longer be made available through bidding, a practice that in the past allowed them to be allocated as holiday homes, the House ...

Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes ...

Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable outlet in Los Angeles’ vast fresh produce market, the place in the city center where Hispanic restaurateurs, street vendors and taco truck ...

London’s Oxford Street, one of Britain’s busiest and most famous shopping districts, will be pedestrianised, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday, in a move designed to ...

The Crete–Cyprus electricity interconnection is moving steadily forward, but only until August, according to reports that emerged on Tuesday.   Nexans, the French cable contractor, has confirmed it will continue ...

The forestry department on Tuesday found illegal waste dumped in a state forest in Pelendri that blocked vehicle access to a fire lane. According to a statement from the forestry ...

A 76-year-old man who travelled to Cyprus for a holiday in April was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing a six-year-old child. According to newspaper ...

A fire on Tuesday at Dierona burning dry grass and wild vegetation has been contained and houses on the outskirts of the village are now out of danger, despite strong ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange on Tuesday announced the acceptance of new government treasury bills for trading. Specifically, 25,000 treasury bills with a nominal value of €1,000 each have been introduced to the ...

Constantinou Bros Hotels, a hotel management company that owns and operates a group of luxury hotels in Cyprus, on Tuesday issued an interim profits forewarning for the first half of 2025. ...

There has been “no wave of cancellations” of tourist bookings in Cyprus in recent days while the conflict Israel and Iran has escalated, Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and warned that U.S. patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran’...

Wizz Air is suspending all flights to and from Tel Aviv, Israel, and European flights to Amman, Jordan, effective immediately, until 15 September 2025, the airline announced on Tuesday. It also said ...

Cyprus experienced a surge in exports, combined with a rise in tourist arrivals, during the first four months of 2025, according to a report released on Tuesday by the state statistical ...

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus rose by 13.7 per cent in May 2025, reaching a total of 479,160, compared to 421,400 in the same month last year, according to the state statistical service. For the ...

‘You weren’t supposed to suddenly get a new family at eleven o’clock on a Saturday after you’d sold out of eggs.’ So much of Kevin Wilson’s ...

Deputy research ministry handed out funds without due diligence, audit office says By Tom Cleaver The deputy research ministry handed out funds without conducting the correct due diligence, an audit ...

Israeli tank shellfire killed at least 51 Palestinians on Tuesday as they awaited aid trucks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the territory’s health ministry said, adding that ...