Archive February 2026

In the run-up to Cyprus joining the EU, then president Tassos Papadopoulos gave assurances to the European Commission that all of the island would become part of the Union. Papadopoulos ...

Eurostat this week reported that the euro area balance in trade in goods posted a €12.6 billion surplus in December 2025, compared with a surplus of €13.9 billion in December 2024. The first estimates ...

British economic growth data released this week showed a marked seasonal pattern for the fourth year in a row, adding to economists’ concerns about numbers from the Office for National ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently launched its Pillar 3 data hub, creating a single, harmonised digital platform that makes prudential information from all EEA institutions publicly accessible for the first ...

The government’s GMI (Guaranteed Minimum Income) scheme provides financial support to around 17,000 families, and some 22,000 people in total. One common criticism, though, is that the scheme acts as a ...

What are the main environmental challenges Larnaca faces? This and other related critical questions will be raised at an upcoming talk that invites people to gather at the Larnaca House ...

Drugs and firearms were seized and nine people arrested on Saturday in a coordinated operation of the police drug squad Ykan in Larnaca. A total of 27 Ykan officers took part ...

Cyprus will attend the meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as an observer, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Manchester City beat League Two Salford City 2-0 in the FA Cup to move into the fifth round on Saturday as January signing Marc Guehi came on as a substitute ...

As investors seek out the best cheap cryptocurrency to buy, a new contender is rising from the noise that could provide a strong source of passive income. Unlike Cardano (ADA), ...

Local farmers protested on Saturday against the EU’s Mercosur deal at a demonstration outside the European Union House in Nicosia. During the protest, the farmers presented a resolution addressed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday stressed the opening of further crossing points was crucial to facilitate the daily life of residents in both communities, contesting the political nature ...

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are convinced that late Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a lethal toxin in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, they ...

The star of every fair in Cyprus, and a childhood favourite for many, Loukoumades are a dessert consisting of leavened, deep-fried dough balls, typically soaked in syrup or honey and ...

Members of the national guard completed training for the technical and tactical use of weapon systems on ‘maritime targets’ at Kiti shooting range on Saturday, in an atmosphere that chief ...

She’s ‘the queen of Colombian trap music’. She also appears in thriller show Fake Profile, “the most-viewed Latin series on Netflix the year it came out”. (Her song ‘Problem ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the United States as the “child of Europe” in a message of unity on Saturday, offering some reassurance as well as levelling more criticism ...

Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi on Saturday said U.S. military intervention in Iran could save lives and urged President Donald Trump’s administration not to spend too long negotiating ...

The Republic’s authorities have not been briefed on the latest developments regarding the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the north, veterinary services director Christodoulos Pipis said on Saturday. “We ...

The Pomos dam, with a capacity of 890,000m³, overflowed on Saturday morning following recent heavy rainfall in the region. This development is in stark contrast to the island’s broader ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked “too often” ...

Tottenham Hotspur appointed former Juventus coach Igor Tudor as interim manager until the end of the season, the Premier League side said on Saturday after they sacked Thomas Frank with ...

Every February, shop windows bloom with red hearts, chocolates and bouquets. Couples post affectionate selfies and book candlelit dinners, while others quietly opt out. But the version of Valentine’s ...

The state health services Okypy on Saturday appealed to patients to avoid visiting A&E departments if they think they have flu, emphasising the unit is exclusively for cases ...