Archive 2025

A huge fire broke out in a house in Engomi overnight with authorities on Wednesday investigating its causes. Six fully staffed fire engines were dispatched to put out the blaze ...

Arsenal all but guaranteed their place in the quarter-final stages of the Champions League with a 7-1 demolition of PSV Eindhoven while a second half goal by Brahim Diaz gave ...

Wednesday will be mainly clear with occasional high clouds. Temperatures will reach 21C inland and on the coasts and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds will be moderate to strong ...

Retail trade turnover in Cyprus recorded an annual increase in both value and volume in January, according to the state statistical service. The retail trade turnover value index, excluding motor ...

Cyprus has recorded a surplus of €1.5 billion for 2024, equivalent to 4.5 per cent of GDP, according to preliminary results released on Tuesday by the state statistical service. This marks a sharp ...

Markets no longer think Donald Trump is full of bluster and are moving quickly to anticipate a slowdown in US and global growth as he raises a wall of tariffs ...

Greece’s economic climate deteriorated in February, with the relevant index falling to 106.9 points from 108.6 the previous month, returning to levels last seen at the end of the previous year, ...

A new legislative proposal aims to end what campaigners call an unfair financial burden on elderly drivers, who face significantly higher insurance premiums due to their age. The proposal, submitted ...

After the televised bullying and humiliation of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy at the Oval Office by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, the suspension of all US military ...

US President Donald Trump said he received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which the Ukrainian leader expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table over the Russia-Ukraine ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance denied on Tuesday disrespecting Britain and France by describing a planned peacekeeping force in Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some “random country that has not ...

Aston Villa earned a 3-1 win away to Club Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in Belgium on Tuesday, thanks to an own goal and ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the ...

A 30-year-old has been arrested after running two people over after an argument in Larnaca, the police said on Tuesday. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos explained that the incident had ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...

Thousands of megawatt-hours of power generated by renewables get discarded each day because Cyprus lacks the storage systems, MPs heard on Tuesday. The House energy committee discussed energy storage in ...

Employees of the Paphos district government are to engage in a two-hour strike on March 13 to protest against the EOA’s apparent refusal to enter into a collective labour agreement. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday announced that he will stand for re-election in the role in October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. “I am running for president. I ...

Described as demonstrating “an extraordinary expressive intelligence,” pianist Sergey Belyavsky is renowned for his vast and diverse repertoire, and he has been called “one of the best pianists in the ...

Significant energy savings of 35 per cent have been achieved by installing photovoltaic systems in 405 schools in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Famagusta and Paphos, the education ministry said on Tuesday. The photovoltaic ...

Cardano (ADA) is 30% higher, which is giving investors confidence as the market picks up pace. As ADA’s streak continues to make headlines, another project is positioning itself for even ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) retired to its sickbed as soon as Donald Trump won the presidential election last November. It finally died last Friday in the White House, ...

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project at Vasiliko will need another €200 million for pending works, the government said on Tuesday. A finance ministry official summoned to parliament said it ...