Archive January 2026

The House plenum on Thursday passed legislation providing insurance cover to members of the armed forces in the event of death or permanent total disability. The insurance coverage comes to €115,000 ...

Powerful gusts in the Paphos area on Thursday afternoon forced a Ryanair flight to redirect and land at Larnaca airport. Reports said Ryanair flight FR3133, departing Stansted and headed to ...

The mountains are calling! Not simply because Troodos is now snow-covered and the season welcomes cosy cabin stays but because special pop-up BBQ events are coming up, bringing sizzling, smoky ...

Unions Pasyno and Pasyki warned on Thursday that the old buildings of Athalassa hospital are ‘structurally unsound, placing patients and staff at immediate and real risk’. In a joint statement, ...

Parliamentary scrutiny of the social support fund intensified on Thursday as lawmakers pressed for a full list of donors following a video alleging corruption and influence at the presidential palace. ...

Crypto markets do not wait for full usage before adjusting value. Prices often move when investors can see utility forming, not when users are already active. This pattern has repeated ...

France has “many expectations” for Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency, the country’s minister delegate for internal affairs Marie-Pierre ...

The French court of cassation has rejected the Republic of Cyprus’ appeal against a lower court’s rejection of an extradition request regarding a man whom the Cypriot government accuses ...

Trade union Isotita’s prison branch on Thursday accused union Pasydy and former political stakeholders of “hiding behind words”, emphasizing the political nature of the decision to proceed with the ...

Members of the Kurdish diaspora and Cypriots staged protests in Nicosia on Thursday, condemning ongoing attacks on the Kurdish region of Rojava in northeastern Syria and urging Cyprus to take ...

Cyprus should move beyond a piecemeal approach to wildfires and adopt a comprehensive prevention and adaptation strategy, according to a report by the European Council of Science Academies (EASAC). The ...

The National Bank of Greece has announced the election of Michalis Haralabidis as a non-executive member of its board of directors. Haralabidis was elected during a board session held on ...

President of the Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) Andreas Tsouloftas has assumed the presidency of the Limassol regional tourism board (Etap), it emerged on Thursday. Tsouloftas succeeds Tonis ...

Cablenet recently unveiled its new 5G Unlimited Plans, marking the first major launch in a series of new-generation products designed to transform the way customers experience mobile connectivity in Cyprus. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said he is in discussions over the matter of Turkish Cypriots being denied entry to Turkey. “I discussed this issue with Turkey’s Vice President ...

Lidl Cyprus has published this year’s socioeconomic impact assessment, confirming its commitment to responsible entrepreneurship and creating substantial value for the Cypriot economy and society for yet another year. ...

By Tom Cleaver Prosecution lawyers in the case against an alleged cover-up of the circumstances regarding the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou failed to hand witness material to the defence ...

Lidl Cyprus published its new socioeconomic impact assessment on Thursday, outlining its contribution to the Cypriot economy and society through employment, investment and sustainability initiatives. The company said the assessment ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step ...

By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Catherine Cartier, Edward Carron and Rami Ayyub As Israel moved the blocks marking its armistice line with Hamas deeper into one Gaza neighbourhood in December, it ...

As the calendar year unfolds, more and more events and cultural happenings are taking shape all around the island, filling our days with traditional festivals, the annual madness of the ...

Three Czech passengers departing from Larnaca airport were arrested on Thursday after customs officers found 42,000 untaxed cigarettes in their luggage. During an inspection, customs officers found a total of 210 boxes ...

A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on Thursday, emergency services said, in the country’s fourth rail crash in less than a week. Several people suffered ...

Cypriot members of the European Parliament were evenly split as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived a vote of no confidence for the fourth time in the last ...