Archive 2025

The Famagusta regional tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday that the district is becoming the first tourist destination in Cyprus to feature an AI-powered (artificial intelligence) digital assistant. “The board, ...

German police have detained a Polish-German citizen accused of running a site on the dark web that agitated for the murder of prominent politicians, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Prosecutors said ...

The cabinet approved measures on Tuesday to combat antimicrobial resistance and hospital infections, which health minister Michalis Damianos described as “one of the most serious threats to patient safety and ...

The value of property transfers in Cyprus reached almost €3.5 billion in the first nine months of 2025, according to the Real Estate Agent Registration Council.  In a statement released on Tuesday, ...

A Turkish prosecutor demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that ...

A series of practical workshops will run alongside the 2nd Women in STEM Cyprus Summit, ‘Voices of Change’, on November 21 in Nicosia, offering participants hands-on sessions on communication, career development ...

The outgoing boss of Britain’s BBC broadcaster said on Tuesday he was proud of its journalism, despite quitting after accusations of bias and the threat of legal action from ...

A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources said, with efforts to advance U.S. President ...

The cabinet has approved a new state university of marine science in Larnaca, Deputy Minister to the President Irene Piki announced on Tuesday. The move is part of the government’...

Two bills restricting and monitoring property purchases by third country nationals have been submitted to the House of Representatives, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Tuesday. He told a press ...

In the heart of southern Lebanon, where pine trees once stood tall and abundant, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The cones are barren, the trees are drying and a forest ...

Alpha Bank has saw robust financial performance during the first nine months of 2025, with post-tax profits reaching €703.7 million and a landmark acquisition strengthening its position in the Cypriot market. The ...

A grant scheme incentivising the installation of small desalination units has been launched by the water development department with applications open until September 30, 2026. According to the Larnaca district government, the ...

Three years after the documentary exhibition The Art of Making, which illuminated the lives, motivations and struggles of 20 craftspeople in Germany and Cyprus, an open lecture will revisit its themes ...

Kyndryl Cyprus managing director Marios Kapiris recently assumed the role of president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cyprus (AmCham Cyprus) for the 2026–2028 term, outlining an ambitious agenda to ...

Employee compensation in Cyprus is set to rise by about 6.9 per cent in 2025, reaching €4.1 billion, up from the €3.9 billion recorded during 2024, according to the Finance Ministry. The increase, which will ...

Eurobank announced on Wednesday that it has become the platinum sponsor of the Cypriot Olympic Committee (COC) for the period 2025–2028. According to the announcement, this affirms the bank’s “long-standing ...

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Egypt will discuss the Gaza ceasefire and international efforts to rebuild the enclave once the war is over during talks in Ankara on Wednesday, ...

A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people outside a court building in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. Several others were wounded and some were ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Wednesday announced that it reached a €225,000 settlement with Cyprus investment firm FXNET Limited for possible violations of both a markets law and ...

When I found Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut, My Sister, The Serial Killer, on my father-in-law’s shelf, I knew a couple of pages in that I was reading something special, ...

Forty youth workers from eight European countries gathered in Pervolia, Larnaca, for the “PEACE 4 ALL” training seminar, held from November 4 to 12. Organised by the Ayioi Anargyroi Youth Organisation under the ...

The Cyprus animal party on Tuesday called on the government and the judiciary to suspend a court order affecting the Paphos animal shelter.  The party urged a coordinated effort to ...

The Paphos municipality on Tuesday warned of a surge in email phishing scams, urging the public to exercise caution and ignore such messages. In particular, the municipality advised the public ...