Archive 2025

By Will Hawkes As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of tiny black dots, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides this week presented the government’s rebranding drive during a roundtable with tech executives in San Francisco. The event focused on Cyprus’ role as an EU member ...

The European Commission has proposed shortening the standard securities settlement cycle from two business days to one (T+1), something which is being seen as a significant development for European capital ...

DBRS Ratings (Morningstar DBRS) has upgraded the credit ratings of two major Greek banks, Eurobank S.A. and the National Bank of Greece, raising them from BBB (low) to BBB. ...

The Cyprus issue is “in full swing” at the moment and it appears to be the top non-war priority of the United Nations, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said. ...

According to high-end, future-forward real-estate pioneers, Tor Properties, progress is on schedule at The Triangle. Strategically situated for business excellence, The Triangle is a groundbreaking new business centre, poised to ...

Art fairs, music parties, spring festivals and markets are on this weekend so if you are looking for suggestions of what to do, read on! If in Limassol and interested ...

Turkish and Israeli officials began talks on Wednesday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active, Turkish ministry sources and an Israeli ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, after police found burglary tools in his possession. The police conducted a coordinated operation in Nicosia on Wednesday and stopped the suspect for ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Thursday for assaulting and injuring a police officer with a spade in Limassol. At 1am, the police responded to a ...

Cyprus’ strategic aim to turn the country into ‘a hub for innovation and financial services is being enhanced with tangible results’, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday of the ...

An explosion at 3.30am on Thursday caused damage to a house in the Nicosia district. The police said that around 4.15am a 54-year-old resident of a Nicosia village reported that ...

Thursday starts off cloudy with isolated showers, mainly in the west, however the weather will gradually change to mainly fine as the day progresses. Winds will be a southwest to ...

The fifth edition of Tech Talks, a community-driven event inspired by Google’s original Tech Talks initiative, is set to take place on Monday, May 5, at 7pm. Aimed at the ...

A 41-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Wednesday for drink driving and other related offences. The police said that at 10.50pm on Wednesday, the man was driving his car on ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has imposed a €200,000 settlement on Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) Colmex Pro Ltd for possible violations of investment services legislation. The settlement, already paid ...

Saudi Arabia, with its wealth linked inextricably to oil revenue, faces mounting pressure to raise debt or cut spending after a plunge in crude prices, complicating plans to fund an ...

The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty dutiesless than a day after imposing them on dozens of ...

Risks of a hit to the global economy and further sharp falls in financial markets have grown due to US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs and the UK is ...

Saudi Aramco has signed a deal with China’s Sinopec to expand a petrochemicals complex operated by their Yasref joint venture on the kingdom’s western coast, the Saudi state ...

A total of 70 minors in Cyprus have been referred to treatment centres for substance abuse since the beginning of 2023, it was revealed on Wednesday. According to data from the Cyprus ...

There are none so adept at gaming the system in Cyprus than public servants through the constant use of lawfare which they have honed to a fine art by making ...

Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain took commanding steps toward the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday night — though their paths could hardly have been more different. At the Parc des Princes, newly ...

In 2024, the rate of irregular migrant arrivals decreased by 65 per cent compared to 2022, with a consequent decrease in asylum requests, the Deputy Ministry of Immigration and International Protection and the ...