Archive 2025

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to reignite their rivalry at the ATP Finals, with the year-ending championship that begins on Sunday expected to produce another title showdown between ...

I HAD great difficulty sleeping on Friday night, after hearing that our dear Kyproulla, the pylon of stability and security of the East Med, is “under existential threat.” And this ...

Global air passenger demand rose by 3.6 per cent in September 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  Total capacity, ...

Cyprus will take over the presidency of the EU Council on January 1, 2026, and our government has been making sure there is not a single person on the island who is ...

Pep Guardiola takes charge of his 1,000th game as a manager when his Manchester City team face Liverpool on Sunday and he says he could not wish for a better ...

The EU’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) position, in relation to the rest of the world, increased by 16.5 per cent in 2024 compared with 2023, according to Eurostat. This increase was ...

European Union agricultural output value dropped by 0.9 per cent in 2024, continuing a slight downward trend for the second consecutive year, according to Eurostat. The total value of EU agricultural output ...

Commentators have given the thumbs-down to the coming changes to the tax regime – not so much for any major errors in it, but because it falls short of the government ...

Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane scored as Everton claimed a deserved 2-0 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday in a game in which they had the ball in the ...

West Ham United substitutes Tomas Soucek and Kyle Walker-Peters scored second-half goals as their side came from behind to beat Burnley 3-2 at home in a pulsating Premier League clash ...

Kicking off next week’s events calendar is a concert in Limassol. The municipality, as part of the Classical and Contemporary Inspiration Music Encounters, presents the concert Greatest Opera Moments ...

The crypto market is shifting, and investors who once favored large-cap plays like Ripple (XRP) are now looking for higher-growth opportunities with far greater upside. While XRP continues to lag ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday decried Turkey’s “expansionist, neo-Ottoman policy” on Cyprus. Addressing a conference on Hellenic culture, he said Cyprus is “still suffering from the unhealed wounds caused ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is underway on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, state news agency ...

A small wildfire in the Troodos mountain village of Gourri was brought under control “within a few minutes”, the forestry department said on Saturday. The fire broke out at 2.10pm ...

The police on Saturday said they are looking for a man who set a car on fire while it was parked outside a kiosk in Limassol. The incident occurred shortly ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were “victims of a conspiracy”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP spokesman Asim Akansoy said. He described the ...

Matthijs de Ligt’s 96th-minute header snatched a point for Manchester United in a see-sawing 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, after Richarlison thought he ...

 Members of Irish soccer’s governing body voted overwhelmingly on Saturday for its board to request that Uefa immediately suspend Israel from European competitions, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) ...

The energy sector is a “key pillar” of Cyprus’ foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference and made reference to ...

The power of love is something that has often been written, and even sung, about. It is also the focus of a recently released film telling the story of a ...

All parties have now left the area following a brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone near the Nicosia district village of Denia, ...

Award-winning composer, guitarist and producer George Solonos returns to Nicosia for a one-of-a-kind concert this month at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre. On November 12, Solonos will step onto the stage with ...

Malaria takes a devastating toll on pregnant women and their babies across Africa. Now a pioneering EU-funded project is working on a new vaccine to increase protection. By Vittoria D’...