Archive 2025

– Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel freed some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, after mediators helped ...

As spring approaches, the village of Yiolou in Paphos prepares to celebrate the season’s arrival with a festival dedicated to one of its most enchanting sights – the blossoming almond ...

A few weeks ago, we ran a news article on the worst-rated Cypriot food: shamishi! But who decided shamishi was bloody awful, and how? Why is it universally detested? And, ...

By Stefan Schmitt Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas. Grim as such discoveries are, they ...

Cyprus’ economy grew, albeit at a slower pace, during the fourth quarter of 2024, with GDP increasing by 2.6 per cent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. According to ...

Artificial intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft (MSFT.O) executive said, as the technology’s potential to process information vastly reduces the hurdles required to compete ...

The European Commission this week scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, AI and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from ...

The United Arab Emirates, known for its opulent cities Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in ...

Barclays (BARC.L) raised its 2025 performance targets this week after reporting a better than expected 24 per cent rise in annual pretax profit driven by investment banking income growth and strength ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace (9348.T) is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint lunar missions, its CEO said, amid growing uncertainties in ...

The municipality of Limassol has issued on Friday a final warning to the owners of abandoned vehicles and objects, urging them to remove their property by the end of the ...

Kudos to Depa MP Michalis Yiakoumi who is advocating harsher sentences for child predators. Although Cyprus’ criminal code enshrines life sentences as the maximum penalty for a number of sexual ...

The Court of Appeal has, for the first time, overturned a decision by the Administrative Court of International Protection, ruling that international protection status was “incorrectly granted” to a third-country ...

Pope Francis, who was taken to hospital on Friday for treatment of bronchitis, is suffering from a respiratory infection but is in a stable condition, the Vatican said. “The Holy ...

Cyprus has taken a significant step towards bolstering its role in the regional energy sector with the approval of a revised development and production plan for the Aphrodite gas field. ...

Cyprus police have arrested on Friday, a 28-year-old man suspected of facilitating the illegal entry, transit, and stay of third-country nationals in Cyprus. Authorities are investigating his alleged role in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called for greater international collaboration in the fight against childhood cancer on Friday, emphasising the need for equal access to treatment for all children, regardless of ...

The north has “no time to waste” over the issue of faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Friday. ...

Nicosia’s art scene will soon host a new group exhibition with sound at its front and centre. Titled Sonic Entanglements: Phenomenologies of Sound, or Psithiros, in Greek, the exhibition ...

The Limassol municipality approved its 2025 budget of €19 million on Thursday. Mayor Yiannis Armeftis said the budget would allow “for debt repayment, interest payments, and the financing of the pension fund’...

Cyprus’ Police Chief, Themistos Arnaoutis, has ordered the immediate dismissal of a probationary officer who was arrested on Thursday in connection with an ongoing drug-related investigation. The decision, made with ...

Cyprus and Egypt are set to sign two major agreements on natural gas commercialisation next Monday in Cairo, marking a significant milestone for energy cooperation between the two nations. Cypriot ...

A Limassol couple was taken to the hospital after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at home. They were reportedly found unconscious in serious condition and were immediately transferred to Paphos ...

Trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok have sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides calling on him to annul a cabinet decision to gradual drop 1,000 hourly workers by 2035 and to ...