Archive February 2026

The Limassol Carnival concludes on Sunday with an enlarged parade and a closing celebration featuring a drone show. Thousands of attendees are expected to attend the main parade, which begins ...

Formula One wrapped up pre-season testing in Bahrain on Friday with Charles Leclerc fastest for Ferrari and Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad pounding out a single-day record of 165 laps. Leclerc’...

Scientists have unearthed in Canada’s province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides firmly rejected the suggestion by UN Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin that substantive negotiations could be postponed until after June. In an interview given on Saturday with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with a delegation of United States senators on Saturday, where officials highlighted the strength of bilateral relations and praised the president’s role in deepening cooperation. “...

Plans to install a mobile desalination plant in Ayia Napa face uncertainty, following strong opposition from local government bodies and business interests forced the government to pause the project intended ...

By Naomi Braithwaite UK heritage shoemaker Russell & Bromley has been bought by high-street clothing giant Next. Despite the brand’s rescue from administration, dozens of jobs will be lost ...

A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity created by a lava flow, ...

Authorities have placed large swathes of the Larnaca district under strict quarantine after veterinary services confirmed that the epicentre of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak lies in Oroklini, with linked infections ...

Limassol police have arrested two individuals in connection with separate cases of alleged theft by an employee, involving a combined amount exceeding €338,000. According to police reports issued on Saturday, the ...

Limassol police are investigating an alleged attack on a 31-year-old driver who reported being targeted by a group in Erimi on Friday night. According to a police statement issued on ...

Laid-off and sidelined by last year’s production slowdown, Hollywood visual‑effects veteran Michael Eng discovered a gap in his resume while perusing job listings in Los Angeles — experience in ...

Seven individuals were arrested nationwide during overnight police operations aimed at preventing serious crime. According to police statements issued on Saturday, organised patrols were carried out across Nicosia, Limassol and ...

Weather conditions will be generally fair at first, before turning more unsettled later in the day, according to met office reports issued on Saturday. Skies will be mostly clear in ...

Women’s Day is just around the corner, and the first events dedicated to the international day celebrating womanhood have started to appear. All aim to honour women and girls, ...

Cyprus business & economy wrap-up from the day before Cyta chief operating officer Nicos Stylianou on Friday outlined the organisation’s True Value assessment and its broader contribution to the ...

Cyprus-linked shipping company Safe Bulkers reported resilient profitability and stronger liquidity in 2025, navigating a volatile dry bulk market shaped by geopolitical disruption and shifting trade flows. NYSE-listed company, controlled by ...

President Donald Trump responded with fury to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that he lacked the power to unilaterally set tariffs on imports, denouncing individual justices as he vowed to ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has announced that it will host a seminar titled Digital tools and office organisation on March 18, 2026, at the chamber’s headquarters in ...

Microsoft has said that it is on pace to invest $50 billion by the end of the decade to help expand AI to countries across the ‘Global South’. The announcement was ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final guidelines on proportionate retail diversification methods under the Capital Requirements Regulation. The guidelines establish a harmonised framework for assessing retail portfolio ...

With Easter approaching, stricter controls will be imposed on the lighting of lambradjies (Easter bonfires), while the tradition itself will be respected, chairman of the Union of Municipalities Andreas Vyras ...

The budget of the HIO (Health Insurance Organisation), which administers Gesy, will exceed €2 billion this year. It was unanimously approved by the House on Thursday, although it sparked some minor ...

Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday he expected to have a draft counterproposal ready within days following nuclear talks with the United States this week, while U.S. President ...