Archive 2025

Britain’s jobs market cooled again last month, according to data that showed the impact of a tax hike on employers and Donald Trump’s trade tariffs but is likely ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Friday changed its legislation regarding the purchase of real estate by non-Turkish Cypriots, allowing them to buy more properties. Foreign nationals are now allowed ...

Allegations about shady dealings and corruption at the interior ministry’s service administering properties owned by Turkish Cypriot are nothing new. We have been hearing them for years. Administration of ...

Moody’s on Friday downgraded its credit rating of the United States by a notch to “Aa1” from “Aaa”, citing rising debt and interest “that are significantly higher than similarly ...

US senators renewed calls on Friday for Congress to pass sanctions on Russia after Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks showed little progress, but no votes were scheduled on bills introduced six weeks ...

Israel struck Yemen’s Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Salif on Friday, continuing its campaign to degrade Houthi military capabilities and warning that the group’s top leader could ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was unacceptable, and said he hoped to discuss the matter soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a federal judge’s order to halt large-scale staffing cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part ...

The Forestry Department is further upgrading recreation areas in forests to secure access and mobility for disabled people, it was announced on Friday. The department said the works are being ...

A lawyer representing Sean “Diddy” Combs in the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial sought on Friday to undercut the claim of the prosecution’s star witness that Combs raped ...

The sea turtle nesting season has begun in Cyprus and the first nests for this year have been identified on the beaches of Polis Chrysochous, it was announced on Friday. ...

Slovakia’s Foreign State Secretary Ratislav Chovanec expressed hope on Friday that the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus would find “sufficient political courage, goodwill and statesmanship” to move ...

Investigations into the fate of missing persons are not only a legal obligation but a moral imperative and a prerequisite for peace, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Maria ...

The priority is covering basic water needs and then supporting professional farmers, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Responding to press reports, the ministry urged professional farmers to seek temporary ...

The importance of regularly checking one’s blood pressure was stressed on Friday by the Cyprus Cardiological Society and the Cyprus Society of Pathology, on the occasion of World Hypertension ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with over 1,500 dangerous products found in and confiscated from buildings and his home in Larnaca. The police said members of the ...

The Consumer Protection Service forwarded 4,966 Rapex notifications concerning vehicle recalls to the Road Transport Department (TOM) between 2011 and 2025, but has yet to receive a single response, the service’s director ...

3650 Steps. That is the title of the new exhibition opening shortly at Gloria Gallery in Nicosia, presenting works by the artist Katerina Xenophontos. At the opening event on May 20, Dr ...

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Cross-border digital health services were officially launched on Friday, with Health Minister Michael Damianos highlighting the reform as a major step toward the future of healthcare in Cyprus. The launch ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus on Friday announced the addition of three seasoned professionals to its senior management team. The bank said that the new additions will “reinforce its leadership structure to ...

The trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, ...

Formula One leader Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris in a McLaren one-two in first practice for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix that ended early on Friday after Gabriel Bortoleto crashed his ...