Archive January 2026

Global air passenger demand rose by 5.7 per cent in November 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Total demand, ...

ITehran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran, which pose ...

More snow is expected to fall in the Troodos mountains on Monday, with rain, hailstones, and isolated storms expected in lower ground. The storms are expected to be most intense ...

YouTube TV is on course to overtake traditional pay-TV giants Charter and Comcast, becoming the largest pay-TV operator in the United States by 2027, according to new forecasts from Omdia.  This ...

The global server market reached a record $112.4 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2025, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. The quarter showed another ...

Raphinha scored twice as Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup after an intense 3-2 victory over Real Madrid in Sunday’s final in Jeddah. The match at King Abdullah Sports ...

Gabriel Martinelli scored his first hat-trick for Arsenal as the Premier League leaders beat second-tier strugglers Portsmouth 4-1 to reach the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday. The Brazilian was ...

Heading into 2026, the mood across crypto prices today keeps swinging between patience and urgency. When the market turns constructive, the same question comes back fast: what crypto to buy now ...

2025 was a tumultuous year for energy in Cyprus. Its two biggest projects, the import of LNG at Vasilikos and the GSI electrical interconnector, were in the limelight mostly for the ...

Deputy minister for European affairs Marilena Raouna will present the priorities of Cyprus’ presidency of the Council of the European Union on Monday, during her participation in the meeting of ...

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou has sent an open letter to President Nikos Christodoulides, calling on him to confront corruption in the wake of a controversial video containing allegations of ...

In the aftermath of the New Year’s Day ski-resort bar fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which claimed the lives of 40 people and injured 116, Cyprus’ fire service has issued a renewed ...

With the holidays now behind us and carnival days looming ahead, Cypriots love a night out, even if it means consuming enormous amounts of alcohol and regretting it the next ...

Nordic diplomats rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims of Russian and Chinese vessels operating near Greenland, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. There have been no signs of ...

For the next six months, Cyprus leads the Council of the European Union, and it is the perfect opportunity to showcase the country’s local talents, traditions and contemporary art ...

First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides on Sunday has announced her decision to step down from her role as chair of the management committee of the Independent Social Support Agency (AFKS), ...

Public interest in wine in Cyprus has risen significantly over the past 15 years, both in locally produced wines and indigenous grape varieties, as well as in the ever-expanding international vineyard, ...

Nicotine pouches, or snus as it is known to our Nordic neighbours, remain without a clear regulatory footing in Cyprus.  Classified by the drugs council in October 2024 as pharmaceutical products, ...

I hope that 2026 is going to be a good gardening year for you – no more frosts (unless you live in the mountains of course) and no drought as we had ...

A yellow weather warning for rain and locally strong thunderstorms will come into effect from Sunday evening, the Meteorological Department announced. The warning will be in force from 9pm on ...

Two people were arrested on Saturday in Larnaca and Limassol in connection with the illegal possession of narcotic substances, police said. According to a statement from the police communications branch, ...

The Republic of Cyprus is part of the solution and never part of the problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that those who are troubled by the country’...

Education is the foundation of the future of Cypriot Hellenism and a vital investment in national survival, liberation and the reunification of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. The ...

The new year is barely with us and already we have started with a bang, literally. The events from Venezuela have made front page news everywhere. Even here in Cyprus ...