Archive 2025

The continuous enhancement of the National Guard and the strengthening of its deterrent capabilities remain a key priority for the government, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday during the memorial ...

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s spokesperson said on Sunday that a criminal investigation launched by the Jersey authorities against him in 2022 was baseless and that he had been allowed to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is ready to meet with the newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader, provided the effort remains within the agreed framework for negotiations, Deputy Government Spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ...

Some 2,000 animals are at risk of being abandoned for the second time in their lives following the recent threat to the future of Paphiakos animal shelter. The shelter has operated ...

A ceremony dedicated to recognising individuals whose collective action and selfless contribution have significantly supported both local institutions and the village of Salamiou was held on Sunday morning by the ...

I have spent thousands of hours sitting alongside video editors working on productions quite similar to the Panorama documentary that has landed the British Broadcasting Corporation with the threat of ...

I read with great interest the comprehensive article on how many vehicles were registered in Cyprus. The aspect I’d really be interested in how many vehicles were scrapped or ...

A Swedish woman has been named Ayia Napa’s Tourism Ambassador in recognition of her long-standing loyalty to the resort, having visited the town 34 times. In a statement on Friday, ...

Gardeners in Northern Europe may envy us our sunny gardens, where we can grow many sub-tropical plants along with the more usual ones. Sometimes though, I long for the lovely ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority on Sunday held a seabed cleanup campaign at Paphos harbour, as part of its ongoing environmental and social initiatives. The two-hour operation, which ran from 9am ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, currently on a working visit to the United States, is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday. An official statement from the ...

Britain on Monday said it would make refugee status temporary and speed up the deportation of those who arrive illegally, in a major overhaul aimed at stemming the rise of ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Sunday issued a warning over a fresh wave of fraudulent emails being sent to unsuspecting consumers. In a statement on Monday, the authority ...

Ukraine is working to resume the exchange of prisoners with Russia, hoping for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Security Council chief said. “We are … counting on ...

By Euripides L Evriviades When Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his emblematic work The Prince in 1513, he was dissecting the raw mechanics of realpolitik in an age of fragile states, restless rulers ...

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Airforce One on Friday that he will sue the BBC for between $1 and $5 billion for cheating and putting words in his mouth in a ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting November 10: An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers ...

PREZNIKONE appears to be on a mission to prove to the few remaining idiots that still think there is a hint of honesty in what he says are making a ...

The number of registrations of EU businesses increased by 4.0 per cent during the third quarter of 2025, compared with the second quarter of 2025, according to Eurostat. At the same time, the ...

The visit of Tufan Erhurman, the newly elected leader of the Turkish Cypriots, to Ankara on Thursday for his eagerly awaited meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan must have disappointed all ...

IBM (IBM.N) announced on this week that it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum ...

The euro area recorded a trade in goods surplus of €19.4 billion with the rest of the world in September 2025, compared with €12.9 billion in September 2024. Exports from the euro area rose ...

Shipping’s training ecosystem is straining under accelerating change, with senior figures warning that operational pressures, shrinking manning levels and a compliance culture are eroding seafarer competence. Although companies acknowledge ...

A new app promises to improve the rental market by filtering out bad tenants – but it’s unlikely to solve the dire situation in Cyprus. The app is called the ...