Archive 2025

Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island. Hundreds of ...

Cypriot banks are expected to prioritise new lending in 2025 and beyond, as they seek to offset the impact of lower interest rates and capitalise on a historically low loan-to-deposit ratio. ...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca labelled his team’s 2-1 win over West Ham United a huge result as they came from a goal down on Monday to boost their hopes ...

The following is a list of major signings during the 2024-25 mid-season transfer window, which closed on Feb. 3 (transfer fees reported by club or media, includes add-ons): ENGLAND Nico Gonzalez: ...

The pursuit of a solution to the Cyprus problem is not high in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order of priorities, former UK special representative for Cyprus Lord David ...

Jazz, blues and pop rock tunes will sound throughout Nicosia this week as local musicians present new performances to please music lovers. Here is where to catch live music in ...

The total number of arrests made over incidences of fan violence at a handball match in Limassol last week has now risen to four, the police said on Tuesday. They ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanolis strengthened Cyprus’ maritime ties with Oman by signing two crucial Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) this week in Muscat. These agreements focus on maritime cooperation and ...

Procedures are underway to open a new palliative care centre in the Paphos district village of Tala, the village’s mukhtar Yiannakis Kokkinos said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

US manufacturing grew for the first time in more than two years in January amid strong orders, but a measure of prices paid by factories for raw materials rose solidly, ...

OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday and removed the US government’s Energy Information Administration from the sources used to ...

Clouds will gather in the skies above Cyprus on Tuesday ahead of a cold snap which is set to hit the island on Wednesday and beyond. The skies will be ...

Bank cards remain the most widely used payment method in Cyprus by total transaction volume, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ (CBC) latest payment statistics report. The report, which ...

The retail trade turnover index in Cyprus increased by 5.8 per cent in December 2024 compared to the same month in the previous year, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical ...

China on Tuesday imposed tariffs on some U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods, raising the stakes in a showdown between the ...

Interest rates on deposits and loans in Cyprus and Greece vary significantly, with Cypriot banks generally offering lower deposit rates than their Greek counterparts, In addition, according to a report ...

The government on Monday announced the launch of a fast-track process for the issuance of building licences for certain types of residential units, saying the step would also go some ...

Hedge funds last week jettisoned global stocks and added bets they would decline, said Goldman Sachs (GS.N), just before US President Trump announced tariffs that sent global markets tumbling. ...

US companies will look to the Middle East and India for more aluminium and to Chile and Peru for copper as they seek to circumvent sweeping tariffs imposed by US ...

Old gripes about the concession agreement at Limassol port came to the fore in parliament on Monday during a review of the budget of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) for 2025. ...

With UN Assistant Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo due to visit Cyprus within a week, it is not clear yet whether the two Cypriot leaders will have a second meeting beforehand on ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to restarting meaningful negotiations on the Cyprus problem. He delivered this message in a meeting with United Nations ...

The introduction of foreign language programmes in Cyprus’ public higher education institutions was the focus of a heated discussion on Monday. The meeting, held at the headquarters of the democratic ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the US Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok. “We’...