Archive 2025

The cost of transitioning to a net-zero emissions economy in Cyprus depends heavily on the chosen policy mix, particularly regarding how carbon tax revenues are used, according to research conducted ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested for stealing €2,200 on Wednesday, following a six-month police investigation. The theft took place between January 11 and January 13 in Famagusta, where the suspect allegedly stole the ...

Olympic ski cross bronze medallist Audun Gronvold has died at the age of 49 after being struck by lightning during a cabin trip, the Norwegian Ski Federation said on Wednesday. Gronvold ...

Restoration work at the Ayios Andronikos and Ayia Athanasia church in the Famagusta district village of Kalopsida has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said ...

The second enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem of the year began in New York in the early hours of Thursday morning. The two-day conference, which is being attended by ...

England’s women are banking on their “proper England” mentality to come through a testing quarter-final against Sweden at Euro 2025 on Thursday. The defending champions credited their resurgent performances, including ...

Padraig Harrington struck the first tee shot as the 153rd British Open started in cloudy conditions at Royal Portrush on Thursday. Ireland’s Harrington, twice the Open champion, was playing ...

Cristiana Girelli scored a 90th-minute winner, her second goal of a superb double, as Italy beat Norway 2-1 on Wednesday to book their spot in the semi-finals at the Women’...

Logicom Public Ltd has confirmed that the company has posted its approved dividend to shareholders. In an official filing to the regulated market, Logicom stated, “we would like to announce ...

The US Senate early on Thursday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president ...

Greek airline Aegean is committing €4 billion to expand its fleet with 60 new aircraft by 2031, as it prepares to launch its first direct flights to India in March 2026 using long-range Airbus ...

Some states in the USA make car crash cases simple, but Iowa didn’t get that memo. Between shared fault rules, damage limits, and layers of insurance details, one mistake ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has shown interest in resolving long-standing issues between Turkey and the European Union, during a face-to-face meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in New York. The ...

A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq has left at least 60 people dead and 11 others missing, the city’s health authorities and two police sources ...

Malaysian authorities arrested more than a dozen men in the northeastern state of Kelantan last month during a late night raid of a “gay party”, a police official said on ...

Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N) second-quarter profit exceeded Wall Street expectations, as turbulent markets lifted revenue from its equities division to a record and a pickup in dealmaking boosted investment banking. ...

A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s ...

Large US multinationals should soon start showing the positive effects of the dollar’s tumble in recent months, reversing the situation in the past few years when the greenback’s ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protecting Druze citizens and their rights is “our priority”, as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze in ...

An unstable air mass and seasonal low pressure are bringing brief but sharp changes to Cyprus’ weather on Thursday, before conditions settle into a hot weekend. On Thursday afternoon, skies ...

Heightened geopolitical instability and mounting global debt levels represent key risks to Cyprus’ financial stability, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The CBC published its 2024 Financial Stability Report (...

US President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent ...

Big music festivals bringing big music names to Cypriot villages and intimate festivals bringing rural charm are on the horizon as we plunge deeper into the summer. Concerts, bazaars and ...

Britain’s financial regulator fined Barclays 42 million pounds ($56 million) on Wednesday for failing to evaluate money laundering risks while providing services to its clients Stunt & Co and WealthTek. The ...