Archive August 2025

In just four years, TechIsland has firmly established itself as a driving force behind Cyprus’ transformation into a regional technology hub. Since its launch in 2021, the organisation has been working ...

Deposit rates in Cyprus fell in June while housing loan rates continued to rise, according to a report released this week from the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). In its ...

President Donald Trump declined to say whether he supports a potential Israeli military takeover of Gaza, emphasizing instead his administration’s focus on expanding humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. “...

Cyprus is expected to face a sharp rise in temperatures from Friday, as a warm air mass moves in, pushing heat levels significantly above the seasonal average. The latest weather ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association has released its evaluation of prices listed on the e-kalathi digital platform, publishing detailed conclusions following a multi-day review. In an announcement issued this week, the ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday released its results for the second quarter, reporting post-tax profits of €118 million, maintaining the same level as the previous quarter. For the first half ...

The industrial turnover index in Cyprus recorded an annual increase both in May and during the first five months of 2025, according to data released by the Statistical Service. In May 2025, ...

Barclays (BARC.L) has become the latest British lender to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance, the bank has said, arguing that the departure of several global lenders has left ...

TOURISE, the bold new global tourism platform, has announced the formation of its cross-sector Advisory Board, a high-profile group of global leaders assembled to shape the strategic direction of TOURISE ...

By Mary Michaelides When my garden began transitioning into a succulent haven, I decided to remove the automatic watering system. I wanted the flexibility to water the succulents less frequently ...

Three days have passed since an anti-occupation gathering organised by Famagusta municipality but the negative comments by political parties continue. They have all expressed their disapproval of the “unacceptable” views ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, on Tuesday expressed surprise at the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday told outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart that “your job description does not allow you to make such a statement”. ...

Parliament for the second time passed a set of bills which will make it mandatory for nursery schools to call children’s parents or guardians in the event that they ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Tuesday said he has “no evidence” that the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month was started “maliciously”. Addressing ...

Parliament on Tuesday accepted some of the amendments President Nikos Christodoulides had made to new bills regulating the pensions of future state officials. Christodoulides had sent six of the bills, ...

Bus drivers in Larnaca on Tuesday evening rejected a proposal of new terms presented to them by the labour ministry, with their indefinite strike as such set to continue. Drivers ...

There can be “no tolerance for arbitrary detentions”, European parliament president Roberta Metsola’s spokesman Juri Laas said on Monday in response to the arrest and continued remand of five ...

Commercial properties and holiday homes linked to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were built despite lacking the proper permits, the audit office said in a report published on Tuesday. One case ...

There is no end to live music nights in the summer. No one is complaining, of course, the island’s musicians and music lovers are happy to find each other ...

Morphou’s Greek Cypriot mayor-in-exile Victor Hadjiavraam on Tuesday said he felt “obliged to express my deepest indignation” at the government’s decision to build the new road connecting Nicosia ...

A specialised US federal team will arrive in Cyprus on Wednesday night to assist in the investigation and evaluation of the deadly wildfires that ravaged mountainous Limassol last month, assistant ...

Before Bitcoin (BTC) reached its all-time highs, the most forward-looking investors were already accumulating at prices under $100. That kind of early conviction is now being seen again—but not for ...

Fire chief Nikos Longinos on Tuesday defended his actions during the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month, saying he could not go above ...