Archive February 2026

By Dr George Christodoulou Public discussion on water scarcity in Cyprus frequently focuses on network losses, household consumption, or the misuse of water for cleaning pavements. While these issues matter ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full moon, scientists have created the most detailed ...

Police on Sunday warned about heavy traffic on the way to the mountains, adding that access to the peak on Olympos will be restricted. Because of the large number of ...

Protestors in Larnaca have called for “an end to the stagnation and mockery” around developing the town’s port and marina. They called for the immediate examination of the proposals ...

So, the man in the street is to cut water consumption by 10 per cent to contribute towards us having enough water to survive and, according to the Cyprus Mail, only ...

Yesterday, I went to view a property for sale. There was also an Israeli lawyer at the viewing, apparently a resident of Limassol for the past eight years. This morning (18 ...

We read and hear a good deal about the shenanigans of sudden property developers springing up especially during the ‘boom years’ from the early 2000s until 2013, but very little about ...

Cyprus recorded the highest level of non-performing loans in the European Union in 2024, highlighting a key vulnerability in public sector balance sheets, according to Eurostat. The data published by Eurostat ...

Iran considers as “terrorist groups” the armies of EU countries that listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the bloc’s list of terrorist organisations, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ...

On this island, our professional and personal lives aren’t distinct Did you know that Cyprus works amongst the longest hours of any country in Europe? According to the latest ...

The weather is expected to be improved on Sunday compared to the previous day, but this is just giving residents a temporary respite. On Monday a new weather front will ...

The purpose of political equality in any Cyprus talks is to strike a fair balance between two rival but unequal communities condemned by history and geography to share a small ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting January 26: The Cyprus Film Commission organised a three-day roadshow in London last week, targeting professionals from the United ...

EVERYONE is wondering how the allegations about Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos beating his wife back in 2017 became big news in 2026? The allegations were first made on social media by the ...

Soon after he was elected, President Nikos Christodoulides embarked on a campaign supposedly aimed at securing a resumption of Cyprus talks because, as he never tired telling us, the status ...

Cyprus-based maritime technology company SmartSea, headquartered in Limassol, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Nakis Kassos as Head of Commercial. Based in Limassol, Kassos is a ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have formalised a new cooperation agreement, aiming to facilitate information exchange and the recognition of central ...

Desalination, first introduced in 1997, now supplies around 70 per cent of the island’s drinking water