Archive April 2026

Top trading hub Cyprus prepares for mandatory salary disclosures Cyprus remains the top global location for hiring in the online trading sector during the second quarter of 2026, according to FYI, ...

Police in Larnaca are searching for a 24-year-old man after a 19-year-old was seriously injured in a stabbing at a nightclub, in a case being investigated as attempted murder. According ...

Cyprus will see higher temperatures and dust from Tuesday onwards before conditions turn more unsettled by the end of the week. According to the met office, dust will remain suspended ...

Data sovereignty is becoming a central strategic priority for telecom operators, while increasingly shaping global regulatory discussions around artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data protection. A report from market intelligence ...

A Chinese tanker sanctioned by the United States passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday despite a U.S. blockade on the chokepoint, shipping data showed. The Rich Starry ...

AI is reshaping enterprise decision-making, redefining how organisations build, buy and deploy technology, and accelerating structural changes across industries, according to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC). The research, ...

Eurostat has reported that services production increased in both the euro area and the European Union in January 2026, reflecting a continued recovery in the sector. The first estimates showed that ...

Cyprus-based software engineering company Pale Blue has announced the launch of its mobile payment solution Paid for businesses in Cyprus. The company said that the application enables merchants to accept ...

The Cyprus Economic Society will host a discussion event in Nicosia on April 27, featuring an International Monetary Fund official addressing Europe’s fiscal challenges. The event, titled “How Can Europe ...

The European Union recorded a record trade surplus in medicinal and pharmaceutical products in 2025, according to a report from Eurostat. Specifically, the figures showed that the EU exported goods worth €366.2 ...

The European Union recorded a €359.8 billion trade deficit with China in 2025, as imports continued to outpace exports, according to Eurostat. The data showed that EU exports to China totalled €199.6 billion, ...

Hotel occupancy in Cyprus ranged between 25 and 45 per cent over the Easter period, according to director general of the Cyprus hoteliers association Christos Angelides, who said cancellations and weak booking ...

The U.S. military said it would block shipping traffic in and out of Iran’s ports starting at 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) on Monday, a move that would prevent ...

In its fourth edition, KunstRaumGoethe presents the exhibition titled Between Imagination and Hope, featuring works by Nurtane Karagil, Mariandrie and Sophie Utikal. Opening on April 17 and lasting until early June, ...

Doc Rivers officially stepped down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday after two-plus seasons. The Bucks’ finished 32-50 with Sunday’s season-ending 126-106 loss at Philadelphia. It ...

The European Union has expressed “serious concern” after Turkey, in its role as chair of the annual UN climate conference (COP31), reportedly excluded the Republic of Cyprus from participating in ...

Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar vowed on Monday to change the constitution in a drive to restore democratic standards, following a landslide victory he said showed that Hungary wanted to ...

A Paris court on Monday found cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit guilty of charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) said it has increased patrols and maintained a visible presence in the Pyla area following the observation of unauthorised entry by Turkish ...

Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed up there, pressing the war on the Iran-backed group on the ...

A 58-year-old bus driver was arrested on Sunday night and had his driving licence immediately suspended after being found to be driving under the influence of alcohol on the Nicosia–...

It might appear that, like Mark Antony, I’ve come to bury Cyprus Film Days, not to praise it. But in fact the situation around CFD – by far the best ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating an attempted murder case after a 22-year-old man allegedly used his car to deliberately strike another man outside a nightclub in the early hours of ...

The U.S. military said it will begin a blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports on Monday, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after ...