Archive 2025

The European Commission has launched a new EU Sanctions Helpdesk aimed at assisting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in navigating the complex landscape of sanctions compliance. According to the commission, ...

Inflation in Cyprus eased to 2.1 per cent in March, down from 2.3 per cent in February, according to the latest flash estimate from Eurostat. However, this marks a slight increase from ...

The person in charge of an under-construction theme park in the Nicosia district has reported that unknown people cut and stole the 500-metre-long metal fencing of the project, of so ...

Ready for something you’ve never heard before? Breach Festival returns to shake up Cyprus’ music scene, giving audiences tunes and performances unlike any others. The 4th edition of Breach ...

A 20-year-old rider of an electric scooter reported to the police on Tuesday that he was assaulted and robbed on Monday evening in Limassol. The police said on Wednesday that ...

​On March 29, 2025, the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Agios Georgios, Paphos, hosted a significant event titled “Mediterranean Seal: An iconic species of the Mediterranean – Past, Present and Future”. ...

Staff at the St Lazaros foundation for people with disabilities is on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, demanding the signing of a collective agreement, with the inclusion of the cost-of-living ...

By Morgan West Over the next two years, more Americans will turn 65 than at any other time in history! It’s called the Silver Wave, or the Peak 65® Zone. And ...

Eight people have been arrested in connection with two separate incidents over the past few days in Paphos, while three others are still wanted, the police announced on Wednesday. For ...

By Martin Clark Buzz words in these days of climate change, melting polar ice caps and products with ‘built-in redundancy’ are ‘the circular economy’, which promotes products made from waste, ...

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale ...

As part of an investigation into a case of conspiracy to commit a crime, the Police arrested a 40-year-old on Tuesday night to facilitate investigations. The offences were committed on ...

A 31-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for illegally carrying a hunting rifle and possessing drugs. Police officers signalled to the suspect to stop his car for inspection along Larnaca avenue ...

Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as “Top Gun,” “The Doors,” and “Batman Forever” while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times ...

US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increases and likely drawing retaliation ...

Three people wearing hoods and bearing knives were reported to have robbed a kiosk in the Touz Hane Turkish Cypriot neighbourhood in Larnaca at around midnight. The police said the ...

Tesla’s sales in key European markets fell again in March, data showed this week, adding to signs that drivers are shunning Elon Musk’s electric car brand as competition ...

Wednesday started off cloudy with fine dust in the atmosphere, which will continue till the evening. Isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms can be expected mainly in the west and later ...

Cyprus enters 2025 with optimism for its tourism sector, which is expected to match or surpass that of 2024, itself a record-breaking year, deputy minister Kostas Koumis said on Tuesday. Last year, ...

British grocery price inflation edged higher in March, industry data showed on Tuesday, putting more pressure on consumers’ budgets at a time when they are facing several other cost increases. ...

Gold prices extended their record run on Tuesday, hitting a record high buoyed by safe-haven demand as investors braced for US President Donald Trump’s planned announcement on reciprocal tariffs. ...

A report on the controversial roadworks in the Akamas national forest park has been handed to the members of an ad hoc committee appointed to evaluate the work, which they ...

The head of Sek union federation Andreas Matsas joined forces with his Pasydy counterpart Stratis Mattheou to have a dig at the IMF, which had warned against any “fiscal loosening.” ...

Arsenal beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday thanks to another goal from stand-in striker Mikel Merino and as Bukayo Saka struck a few minutes into his return ...