Archive 2025

Coastal engineer Xenia Loizidou on Friday slammed the government’s plan to import mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates to solve Cyprus’ water shortage as an “incoherent panic ...

Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow implementation of his executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, one of a series ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Friday announced that the reference interest rate for loan transactions has been set at 11.42 per cent. This reference rate serves as a legal ...

Roger Federer will serve as official starter for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race in June, organisers said on Thursday. The Swiss tennis great will lower the ...

Cyprus is to take part in World Tai Chi & Qigong Day on Saturday, with people set to gather in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria Square to take part in a ...

By Alexander Sapov This article is the first in a four-part series, aiming to provide an authoritative analysis of ISS vs. aggregator models in ride-booking, and what’s at stake ...

The Republic of Cyprus significantly narrowed its fiscal deficit in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to preliminary figures published by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Friday. The general government ...

As global aviation sails past its pre-pandemic levels, with over 5.2 billion passengers expected to fly by the end of 2025, the industry’s climate pledges are fast being grounded by reality. ...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday called for strengthened technical military operation with Cyprus. Speaking upon a visit to the country of his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides, he said his ...

Logicom Public Ltd has announced that its board of directors has approved the company’s annual financial report for the year 2024. This includes the group’s and the parent company’...

Kyiv’s delegation at a meeting with allies in London this week reaffirmed the principles on which talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine are based, including never recognising ...

A car bomb killed a senior Russian military officer in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow on Friday, Russian investigators said, in an attack that Russian war bloggers ...

The Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company announced on Friday that it has repurchased a total of 227,383 of its own ordinary shares between April 17 and April 24, 2025, as part of ...

A global greenhouse gas pricing mechanism, approved at MEPC 83 this week, marks a turning point for international shipping. For the first time, emissions will come at a cost, starting at $100 ...

Work to widen and resurface the road between Rizokarpaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery on Cyprus’ northeastern tip began on Thursday, with the road set to be widened by as ...

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Friday, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Interfax news agency. Witkoff ...

The Cyprus property market has recorded a robust performance in the first quarter of 2025, with both transaction volumes and sales values reflecting strong momentum, according to a report by the ...

The government is awaiting Apple’s approval for the inclusion of its ‘e-Kalathi’ platform’s app on the company’s iOS operating system, the consumer protection service’s competition branch ...

Larnaca has been ranked the number one European destination for baby boomers, according to a new survey released this week by global travel operator TUI. In addition, two Greek islands ...

A 77-year-old has lost around €142,000 after “investing” in a scheme advertised online that turned out to be a scam, police reported on Friday. Following his registration with the scheme in ...

Contracts were signed on for the creation of a new cemetery within the bounds of the Polis Chrysochous municipality, the town’s mayor announced on Friday. He said the contract ...

Edek will elect a new leader on June 1, following the surprise resignation of Marinos Sizopoulos, according to reports on Friday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that the elections have already ...

Spanish football titans Real Madrid and Barcelona are set for a tantalising El Clasico clash in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, marking the first such encounter in over ...

A Kobe Bryant jersey worn during his Los Angeles Lakers pre-season and regular-season debuts was sold for $7 million at Sotheby’s in New York City on Thursday, the auction house ...