Archive January 2026

Net new loans in Cyprus declined in November 2025, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). Specifically, net new loans fell to €256.3 million during ...

Paphos is set to strengthen its links with Germany in the summer of 2026, as Ryanair expands its presence on the route and Lufthansa adds scheduled flights from Munich. This move ...

Thursday is overcast with fine dust in the atmosphere and temperatures reaching 19C inland, 21C along the coast and 14C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a northeast to ...

Cyprus recorded an improvement in its current account balance in the third quarter of 2025, with the deficit narrowing to €95.00 million, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus. The deficit was ...

Greek systemic banks are expected within the next two weeks to announce the dates for releasing their 2025 financial results, alongside positive revisions to their business plans, as they prepare to ...

This weekend, get ready for Broadway musicals, tributes to Michael Jackson, choir performances, bazaars and exhibitions. Events are happening all around the island, and we have collected some of the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) is partnering with the Office of the Tax Commissioner to host a comprehensive informational webinar on January 19, 2026. The webinar is designed to ...

A subsidised training programme on warehouse organisation and management will take place on February 5, 2026 and February 11, 2026 in Nicosia, offering businesses and executives practical tools to improve productivity and operational efficiency ...

Turkey’s car and light commercial vehicle market climbed to an all-time high in 2025, with nearly one in six cars sold being fully electric, industry data showed on Wednesday. Despite ...

Evidence of a vast harbour, alongside more than 700 kilograms of Late Roman amphora fragments, has been uncovered during excavations at the ancient port of Peyia, the antiquities department announced on ...

The bosses of the three big unions on Monday sent President Nikos Christodoulides a memo listing four demands regarding the minimum wage, collective agreements, employment of third country nationals and ...

Manchester City were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Wednesday, as Erling Haaland’s penalty was cancelled out ...

More than 100 Cypriot artists and cultural professionals performed in front of an international audience including international leaders such as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ...

The US seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate ...

An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in what the military said was a retaliatory attack on a Hamas militant that ...

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 78-year-old man and the poisoning of four others in Larnaca are ongoing with police on Wednesday saying that traces of liquid ...

Cyprus’ EU presidency aims at an EU that will combine its strategic autonomy with its international extroversion, defending its interests and its people, while at the same time operating as ...

The US Transportation Department is proposing to revise its guidance to deemphasize imposing civil fines on airlines that violate consumer protection rules and to drop Biden-era policies that toughened enforcement. ...

A high-profile defense lawyer representing the son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner against charges that he murdered his parents abruptly withdrew from the case on Wednesday and was replaced, ...

Snow and ice stalled travellers in northwest Europe on Wednesday, forcing around a thousand to spend the night in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport but delighting others who set out to ...

Celebrating its new location in downtown Nicosia (Phaneromenis Street), Sarah’s Jazz & Blues Club has a packed month this January. Starting this Thursday, the Marios Toumbas Trio will perform ...

New prisons are to be constructed on the outskirts of Nicosia, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris announced on Wednesday, confirming that plans to expand the existing central prisons have been suspended. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday pressed allies for ironclad security guarantees against any renewed Russian attack while also seeking progress on EU membership talks and tougher sanctions on Moscow. ...

MLS superstar Lionel Messi wants to follow in the footsteps of Inter Miami’s David Beckham and become a club owner after he hangs up his boots. The 38-year-old Argentina ...