Archive 2025

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a reduction in its three key interest rates by 0.25 per cent. This brings the deposit facility rate to 2.75 per cent, the main ...

Nine people were arrested by the Turkish Cypriot police near the village of Phyllia on Wednesday evening after being found attempting to illegally cross the Green Line into the Republic. ...

The supreme court of Cyprus has ordered the immediate release of an asylum seeker detained at Larnaca airport since November 2024. The ruling was made on January 23, 2025, after the applicant’s ...

Steven Gerrard has left his post as Al-Ettifaq manager by mutual consent, the Saudi Pro League club said on Thursday, after a run of two wins and eight losses in 14 ...

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides’ vision for the country’s future, unveiled on Wednesday at the presidential palace, has sparked both praise and concern. The ambitious plan, which focuses heavily on ...

Franz Kafka’s Doll, a captivating new production by the team behind the award-winning STILL! A Statue That Travelled the World, brings a timeless story of empathy, imagination and loss ...

In the 2017 bull run, XRP skyrocketed by 22,500%, turning early investors into millionaires. As the market gears up for another explosive cycle, Morgan Stanley experts are now pointing to a little-known $0.16 ...

Members of Turkey’s parliament were on Wednesday night incensed by the commencement of drilling for natural gas off the coast of Cyprus and a perceived lack of government action ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Thursday confirmed that his town no longer has any ties to disgraced former United States Senator Bob Menendez, after the latter was sentenced to 11 years ...

Theft and violence against retail workers in Britain soared to record levels last year and are “out of control”, driven partly by criminal gangs, according to a report published on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday offered his condolences to those impacted by the aeroplane crash which occurred in the United States capital Washington DC in the early hours of the ...

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday and Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one ...

CFA Society Cyprus and the Cyprus Compliance Association (CCA) have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). According to the announcement, this aims to “elevate transparency and professional ...

The payments industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, with technological innovations like tap-to-pay, blockchain integration, and generative AI shaping its future, according to payments giant Mastercard. The company on Thursday ...

Logistics and tech company BOX NOW, which has set new standards in last-mile delivery across Greece, is also rapidly expanding into Cyprus. With substantial backing from Emma Capital Group, BOX ...

Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday ...

Over 1,000 counterfeit items were seized from a shop in central Nicosia, the customs department said on Thursday. The items consisted of athletic clothing and electronic devices, as well as stickers ...

Affordable cities are gaining momentum in real estate as shifting work trends and rising demand reshape the market landscape, according to Ask Wire CEO and co-founder Pavlos Loizou. In a ...

Four men are expected to appear in court on the British bases in February after being caught in possession of drugs as a result of the bases’ police’s “Operation ...

Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashedwith a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collisionover Washington on ...

An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Koran, and five ...

The Cyprus pulmonology society on Thursday urged Health Minister Michael Damianos to approve a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use Cyprus.  The society also seeks its inclusion into the ...

Banana growers are preparing a memorandum of demands amid ongoing fears over their crops following the draining of the Mavrokolympos reservoir last week and the driest January since 1997. With the ...

Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal. A female ...