Archive 2025

As the UN Security Council’s draft report on Unficyp, released on Friday, slammed both sides in Cyprus for violating the military status quo along the ceasefire lines and raised ...

Syria’s new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country’s broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run ...

Char. Pilakoutas Auto Alliance Ltd, a member of the Pilakoutas Group, has started taking orders for the revolutionary Renault 5 E-Tech Electric with the standard version offered at the exceptional price ...

Hermes Airports has become the only airport operator to hold Platinum Accreditation in both People and Wellbeing, from Investors in People (IIP). These two important accreditations highlight the importance the ...

Foreigners snapping up properties on the island at a rapid pace will be discussed by the House interior committee, MPs said on Friday after concerns have been lodged that the ...

The company which was found to have dumped a number of dead pigs near the Nicosia district village of Meniko was ordered to remove them, state veterinary services director Christodoulos ...

Wales have been boosted by the return of winger Josh Adams, fullback Liam Williams and lock Dafydd Jenkins for their Six Nations opener against France in Paris on Friday, but ...

Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White said comments made by featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler were “beyond disgusting”. Speaking on the first episode of his ‘ArkanSanity’ podcast, American ...

A unique non-verbal performance is set to premiere in Nicosia before it goes on a Cyprus tour to entertain children of all ages, backgrounds and languages. Out of the Box ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Brussels on Sunday evening to participate on Monday in the informal European Council retreat. The summit will address defence and security issues and in ...

On January 27, 2025, in a warm and modest ceremony, the University of Limassol (UoL) welcomed the New Year with the traditional cutting of the vasilopita cake. This year’s event, attended ...

Paphos has signed a contract for the installation and management of additional mobile rubbish compactors to boost sustainable waste management, the municipality announced. The contract was signed on Thursday by ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart will have separate meetings on Friday with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders amid efforts to open more crossing points on ...

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were joined by Rangers as three British clubs secured their spots in the Europa League last-16 on the final round of group games on Thursday. ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with isolated rain expected in the north and later in the southeast. Temperatures will rise to 18C in the interior and the north coast, 19C ...

Marianne Faithfull, the wild woman of London’s Swinging ’60s who survived drug addiction, homelessness, two comas, cancer and Covid-19, died at age 78, after a singing career that began as ...

US authorities said it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a US Army helicopter collided at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air ...

Cyprus’ industrial production index dropped by 4.9 per cent in November 2024, compared to the same month in 2023. Specifically, the index stood at 102.7 points, using 2021 as the base year set at 100 points, ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday hosted the plenary meeting of the International Organisation of Securities Commission’s (IOSCO) European Regional Committee (ERC) in Nicosia. The ERC ...

Mastercard (MA.N) reported a higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as a resilient economy encouraged consumers to ramp up spending during the holiday season, sending the company’s shares up 2 ...

Global arabica coffee prices hit record highs above $3.60 per lb on Wednesday as Brazil, by far the world’s largest producer, has few beans left to sell and as worries ...

A substantial drop in the cost of electricity this year is “impossible,” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday, adding that people should manage their expectations. The minister made the ...

There was an election character to President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised presentation of his government’s plans for 2025. He had invited ministers, state officials, senior civil servants and party representatives to ...

The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to ...