Archive 2025

Cyprus will spend the €1.1 billion loan from the EU’s SAFE programme over the next five years to help boost its defence industry, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas announced on Wednesday ...

An email was sent to the Kykkos high school in Paphos on Thursday declaring that an explosive device had been left within the school grounds. As a result, the school’...

The gap between deposit and lending rates in Cyprus remains significant compared with the eurozone, with borrowing rates considerably higher and deposit rates comparatively lower, the Central Bank of Cyprus (...

Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for ...

More than 300 Cypriots living abroad have registered on the ‘Minds in Cyprus’ platform in less than two weeks since its launch, the president’s office said on Wednesday in a ...

The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza said they were fearful for the fate of their loved ones after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to launch strikes on ...

The parents of an infant hospitalised with a brain haemorrhage were remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday, after doctors said they were looking into shaken baby syndrome. The ...

The board of directors of Lordos Hotels (Holdings) Public Ltd will review the company’s half-yearly results for 2025 at its upcoming meeting, the firm announced on Wednesday. The meeting is ...

In the summer of 2020, while much of the country grappled with pandemic closures, Houston’s Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale quietly made a bet on a different kind of recovery. The ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday called out the wealth of online bots writing comments critical of him and supportive of incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, has said he deeply regrets ever meeting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and that he had carried on that association “for ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said that Greek Cypriots are “trying to manipulate voters with messages” ahead of next month’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. While he did ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) on Wednesday announced that several shares will be removed and replaced across its main indices, the FTSE/CySE20, the General Index, and the New Market ...

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday announced that the 13-week government treasury bills from the sixth 2025 issue will reach maturity on September 19, 2025. These treasury bills, issued on June 20, 2025, are traded on ...

Demetra Holdings Plc on Wednesday announced that its board of directors will meet on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, to review the company’s consolidated half-yearly financial results for the period ended June 30, 2025. ...

Veyzi Bandur was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison for the premeditated murder of Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died in the central prison in 2022. Bandur had been found ...

Young entrepreneurs in Cyprus have set a new record this year for the ‘Stelios Awards for Young Entrepreneurs in Cyprus’, with 77 applications submitted, the highest number so far.   At the ...

With a vision for a fairer, more resilient, and united society, the ENA Foundation officially begins its work in Cyprus, ushering in a new era of social contribution and tangible ...

Foreign investors in Cyprus face significant hurdles due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, excessively demanding banking procedures, and gaps in infrastructure, a number of officials warned. During a House energy committee meeting ...

The cabinet appointed Lieutenant General Emmanuel Theodorou as the new chief of the National Guard on Wednesday, said Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas. Theodorou is expected to assume duties from October 9, ...

If Israel failed to kill Hamas leaders in an air strike on Qatar on Tuesday, it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the United States said after the ...

After pro-Palestinian protesters forced a premature end to yet another stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday, race director Javier Guillen said the intention is to finish the race ...

The Labour Ministry recently launched a €4 million scheme to encourage employers in Cyprus to hire inactive women through flexible employment arrangements. The plan, approved by cabinet September 3 and co-funded by ...

Bolivia shocked Brazil 1-0 to secure a spot in the intercontinental play-offs for next year’s World Cup while Argentina suffered a 1-0 defeat by Ecuador in the final round ...