Archive June 2026

Cyprus’ tourism sector is currently down by around 20 per cent due to ongoing instability in the Middle East, according to the head of the Cyprus hotel managers association (Pasydixe) Christos ...

Drivers in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling with gasoline rationing on Monday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted road supplies across south-eastern Ukraine, Reuters witnesses and officials said. More than four years ...

A day dedicated to the creativity and imagination of children arrives this June as Paralimni and the Children’s Rights Commissioner organise the first Children’s Biennale. On June 6, the ...

The medieval Beaufort Castle’s stone ramparts tower so far above south Lebanon that Israel could hail their capture as a strategic victory, even as it evoked the miseries of ...

Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan, 75, has revealed he has stage four cancer. His family and former club Newcastle United announced in January that the 1978 and 1979 European footballer of ...

The British government published on Monday a second batch of documents relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, a saga which has led to questions over ...

Bruce McLaren, in a 1964 eulogy for late friend and fellow driver Timmy Mayer, said “life is measured in achievement, not in years alone” and more than 60 years later his team ...

A 76-year-old woman has reported losing €42,500 after falling victim to a telephone scam, police said on Monday. According to the police, the woman said she received a phone call earlier ...

Tenth-seed Flavio Cobolli dropped his first set of the tournament but beat unseeded American Zachary Svajda en route to a 6-2 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5) on Monday to book his spot ...

The founder of an online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans to take his movement on to the streets with ...

For NASA’s Perseverance Rover, life on Mars has been a marathon, not a sprint. For more than five years, the six-wheeled robotic explorer has been steadily traversing the Martian ​...

A 24-year-old driver was involved in a road collision in the early hours of Monday in Pera Chorio, after allegedly returning a breathalyser reading nearly five times over the legal ...

Britain has blocked Cenk Uygur, a left-wing Turkish-American media personality, and his nephew, Hasan Piker, a U.S. left-wing commentator and influencer, from entering the country to speak at events, ...

Single-parent households with children stood at 10.2 per cent in Cyprus in 2025, according to data published on Monday by Eurostat to mark Global Day of Parents – observed annually on June 1. Across ...

The Premier League’s record appearance maker James Milner has ended his playing career aged 40, the midfielder said, bringing down the curtain on a 24-year career largely spent in the ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Monday, after meeting President Tamas Sulyok, that if the president does not resign the government will launch legal proceedings to remove him from ...

Australia coach Tony Popovic said his young World Cup squad is better than the Socceroos’ 2022 line-up and should have high expectations heading into the tournament in North America. Popovic’s 26...

Police have arrested two more men as part of an ongoing investigation into a cache of drugs and firearms discovered at a house in Nicosia, bringing the total number of ...

Police arrested 10 people and issued 337 traffic citations during overnight operations carried out across the island. The 10 arrests were made for a range of offences, including assault, extortion, failure to appear ...

Malaysia has begun barring those aged under 16 from registering accounts on social media platforms, its communications regulator said on Monday, as it boosts efforts to protect minors from exposure to ...

Police have arrested two 22-year-old men in connection with a serious assault that left a 46-year-old man hospitalised in Paphos municipality. According to the police, the arrests were made on ...

A vehicle was destroyed after catching fire on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Sunday evening, though no injuries were reported. The fire broke out at around 8.30pm on the highway heading ...

Sunflower oil is an essential product for Cyprus, widely used in retail, HoReCa, catering, bakeries and food manufacturing. Since local production is limited, the Cypriot market relies mainly on imports. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling further escalation of a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the U....