Archive February 2026

The secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation group headed by Britain’s King Charles, said on Wednesday she expected member nations to make progress towards beginning negotiations on reparations for ...

SOFTSWISS, a global technology provider of software solutions for the iGaming industry, took part in TechIsland’s seventh MarComms Community Meetup in Cyprus, where its chief marketing officer Valentina Bagniya ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) Nicosia Marathon contributors, the event’s volunteers and the groups behind the event’s success were at the heart of a thanksgiving event held on the ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man in Limassol on suspicion of extorting €32,000 from a couple under false pretences in connection with the alleged sale of agricultural land. According to ...

Total government employment in Cyprus recorded an increase in January 2026, reaching 55,364 persons, according to a report released by the statistical service (Cystat) on Wednesday. The data showed mixed developments across ...

Stefanie Graf and CRIVIT are a perfect match. The former world-class athlete and the sports brand CRIVIT are impressively staging the start of their partnership as part of an international ...

The number of people being recorded as having contracted influenza, Covid-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is on a “downward trend” with spring around the corner, health ministry deputy permanent ...

British prosecutors have been in contact with police over investigations into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and former U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein, Britain’s chief prosecutor said ...

The number of bounced cheques recorded in Cyprus in January 2026 stood at 17, with a total value of €47,091, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). ...

Most of the 15 Afghan migrants who were killed off the Greek island of Chios last week when their dinghy collided with a coast guard vessel died of head injuries, not ...

The Cyprus Land Development Organisation (Koag) is implementing 192 apartments under the affordable housing scheme, its president Elena Koushos Hadjidemetriou said at a press conference, outlining a wider expansion of the ...

pring is nearly here and with it, it brings a colourful cultural agenda. At the helm of the local art calendar is the second edition of VIMA Art Fair, which ...

Health minister Neophytos Charalambides on Wednesday urged the public to await the final police report into the death of a 42-year-old woman who died two weeks after undergoing a hysterectomy ...

The police are investigating suspected poaching after they caught a 35-year-old man on Wednesday morning trying to gather wild birds that had been caught in trapping nets. A device mimicking ...

By Dina Gavarieva Dementia is in the headlines more than ever, not only because populations are living longer, but because younger people and well-known figures are being diagnosed. Recently, BBC ...

The government will push ahead with its plans to set up a national ambulance agency, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides assured on Wednesday, in response to concerns that state health services ...

Water reserves in Cyprus’ reservoirs stood at just 13.8 per cent of total capacity on Wednesday, almost half the level recorded at the same time last year. Data from the water ...

A Greek Cypriot man has been arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus. The man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning, with police representative ...

A Turkish mayor who claims to have studied at a university in Cyprus said years after his claimed graduation date that he wished to see the university “in person” and ...

Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal in the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday with a stunning confession that he had cheated on his girlfriend, ...

Cyprus is highlighted in a new EU-backed study examining the gender investment gap across Europe, particularly in deep tech, a category of innovation which, according to the report, is central ...

The Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights watchdog, said on Wednesday it has agreed to lift the diplomatic immunity of its former Norwegian secretary general, allowing police ...

By Louisa Nahas Fatphobia [fat-foh-bee-uh]is described in the dictionary as an unreasonable dislike or unfair treatment of people because they are fat, a deep-seated fear and hatred of fat ...

Queues of more than an hour continued at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Wednesday, despite the recent completion of EU-funded expansion works intended to ease congestion. According to Turkish ...