Archive January 2026

Foreign powers including Israel and the United States have intervened in the nationwide protests in Iran, the Iranian embassy in Cyprus said on Wednesday, echoing reports from government agencies Tehran. ...

By Bethany Clark, Aberystwyth University In January some people start the year by trying to eat fewer animal products. Veganuary, as the campaign is called, began in 2014 and now attracts 25.8 ...

Carlos Alcaraz withstood a barrage of big hitting from a familiar foe in Yannick Hanfmann in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday, with fellow top seed Aryna Sabalenka also ...

Jasmine and roses. That is what the next concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will be filled with, bringing their soft aromas to Pallas Theatre on January 30. The orchestra, along ...

A police officer in the British Bases has been awarded the King’s Overseas Territory Police Medal as part of the New Year’s Honours announced earlier this month, the ...

Affordable housing in Cyprus is not threatened by development itself, but by the absence of effective preventive control over property acquisitions by third-country nationals. In the vast majority of cases, ...

By Efi Xanthou It has become tiresome to listen to the cheap excuses of Cypriot authorities for their ineffective handling of illegal activities and criminal elements in our country. Look ...

For hikers arriving from places that rely on constant visual reward or curated experiences, this can feel unsettling at first. But the absence of entertainment is not a flaw in ...

More than 1,000 newborn sheep and goats were killed in a fire that broke out on a sheep and goat farm in Meniko on Tuesday evening, police said on Wednesday. The ...

Pass classifications and difficulty levels Pyrenean passes range from straightforward trail crossings to technical routes requiring scrambling skills and comfort with exposure. The elevation of passes varies from relatively low ...

On Wednesday, the weather will be overwhelmingly cloudy. Temperatures are expected to rise to up to 12 degrees Celsius inland, around 15 degrees on the coast and around 4 degrees in the higher ...

European opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland and his proposed “Board of Peace” initiative has disrupted plans for an economic support package for postwar ...

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal both strengthened their Champions League positions on Tuesday night with authoritative victories, as the penultimate round of league-phase fixtures continued to clarify the race for automatic ...

A commuter train derailed after a containment wall fell on the track due to heavy rain near the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers, ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has announced that the Minds in Cyprus programme will return this year with an expanded international footprint, building on strong early momentum ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday presented the programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the European Union Council during the first meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels under Cyprus’ ...

Production in construction across both the euro area and the EU fell by 1.1 per cent in November 2025 compared with the previous month, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday that any unilateral measures taken by the Republic for the benefit of Turkish Cypriots are at its own volition, responding to reports ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has that it will host the Money Conference 2026 in Nicosia next month. The even will bring together investors and financial leaders to ...

By Martin David Clark Here in Cyprus, the wild mushroom foraging season is a bit ‘hit and miss’ this year, due, in my opinion to the impact of climate change. ...

After the violence in Larnaca on Saturday, everyone remembered the existence of organised crime and the threat it poses to society, but nothing is ever done to tackle it. It ...

Envoys for United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that their meeting in Davos on a possible future peace deal to end the Ukraine ...

Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt pulled off a stunning upset in the Champions League on Tuesday, beating Manchester City 3-1 at home to secure their first-ever win in the competition and ...

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou is under investigation on suspicion of embezzling EU funds, reports said on Tuesday, although the MEP himself said he is unaware of any such probe. Contacted ...