Archive 2026

Ηeavy thunderstorms will affect Cyprus on Saturday according to a yellow weather warning issued by the Meteorology Department. Isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected between 10:00 and 17:00. Rainfall is expected to range ...

Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the US-UK military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier ...

Iran is ready to let Japanese-related vessels pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, Kyodo news reported, citing Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. Tehran ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Friday said the ministry is preparing multiple scenarios and measures to mitigate potential economic fallout from the war in Iran. The minister stressed that developments ...

Live here long enough, and this lesson is inevitable… Cyprus teaches you a lot of lessons, doesn’t it? It teaches you patience. To wrangle with the Land Registry when ...

An investor analysis, published by an account on X attributed to Macfarlane Investors LLC, has argued that Tesla is significantly overvalued relative to its underlying business performance The analysis claimed ...

Cyprus motorway density reached 29.41 kilometres per 1,000 square kilometres in 2024, according to a Eurostat report on EU transport infrastructure, placing it below major EU urban hubs but broadly in line with ...

Americans’ attempts to tap new credit rose to their highest level in nearly four years as of February, according to new data from the ​Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ...

Prices of alcohol-free beer and houmous will go into calculations of British inflation as shoppers ​prioritise healthier habits, according to the Office for National Statistics. The consumer prices index is ...

The new technical school in Polemidia, set to replace Limassol’s first technical school and nearly double its capacity to 700 students, is expected to be completed by December 2026, according to ...

Cyprus is facing further fuel price increases in the coming weeks, though supplies remain sufficient for around 90 days, petrol station association president, Savvas Prokopiou, said on Friday. “Naturally, there will ...

Union rule is alive and well in Cyprus. The overwhelming majority of our politicians, be they lawmakers or government ministers, will always go out of their way to keep the ...

The police arrested three people during targeted operations carried out across Cyprus, authorities said on Friday. The arrests included two individuals wanted for failing to appear in court and for ...

Disy’s student wing, the Protoporia, was on Friday accused by four other political parties of attempting to rig the University of Cyprus’ student union elections, which were due to ...

Greek parliament speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis on Friday urged Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to “exert as much influence as you can” during the remainder of Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder ...

The British government gave authorisation on Friday for the United States to use military bases in Britain to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites that are attacking ships in ...

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned her Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi against further attacks on British bases, the United Kingdom’s foreign office said on Friday, with the Akrotiri ...

Greece reaffirmed its commitment to Cyprus’s security on Friday, with Greek parliament speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis urging that Europe’s recent mobilisation be sustained rather than crisis driven. During talks ...

There will now be no role for the attorney-general of the day in decisions for the authorities to access people’s private communications, according to MPs who spoke after Friday’...

Friday’s hearing at the Nicosia criminal court into the ongoing trial of a German real estate agent was marked by a brief attempt by the defence counsel to withdraw ...

The U.S. military is deploying a large amphibious assault ship with thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, ...

This Saturday, we officially move into the spring season, even if the weather forecast shows rain. Every March 21, the world celebrates Spring Equinox and so, the Hambis Municipal Museum of ...

A bill on disability benefits would not provide a comprehensive solution, but conditions would not worsen, representatives of people with disabilities said on Friday as the House labour committee continued ...

Cyprus has positioned water security as a central pillar of European resilience policy, with the agriculture ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Costas Constantinou warning in Brussels that water has become “...