Archive 2026

Britain will invest an additional 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) to ‌unlock jobs for young people, the government said this week, part of a drive to reduce the nearly 1 million 16- to 24...

Greece and its government will “support Cyprus’ choices” regarding the question of whether or not it will join Nato, the country’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Tuesday. “As ...

It did not take very long for the calls for state support for tourist businesses to start. The Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe) started complaining about a fall in bookings within a ...

Europe’s elite competition delivered a night of emphatic statements as Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Arsenal surged into the Champions League quarter-finals with commanding performances that underlined their credentials ...

Sporting overturned a three goal first leg deficit on Tuesday to defeat Bodo Glimt in extra time and reach the champions league quarter finals, sealing a dramatic turnaround in Portugal. ...

Attorney-general George Savvides ruled on Tuesday that no criminal offence had been committed by Bishop Christoforou of Karpasia in relation to complaints over the management of funds belonging to the ...

Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran’s paramilitary Basij force, was killed on Tuesday in attacks carried out by the United States and Israel, Iranian state media reported. The semi-official Tasnim ...

Turkish AKP spokesman Omer Celik sharply criticised Cyprus, Greece, and the EU on Tuesday, over military and political developments in the wider Levant. Celik condemned the EU’s role, arguing ...

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin’s commitment to Cyprus on Tuesday, following talks in Berlin with Greek Foreign Minister Constantinos Gerapetritis. “If both military and political support is ...

MPs on Tuesday stressed that updated legislation for the disabled must pass before the House dissolves ahead of the May parliamentary elections, even as groups representing persons with disabilities complained ...

Serious issues in the management of the Republic’s mineral resources persist, having affected protected species, including bats and the Natura 2000 network, a report published by the audit office revealed ...

Eurostat data published on Tuesday showed a decrease in asylum applications in Cyprus, with 130 first-time claims and 95 repeat applications in December 2025. This represents a decline from November last year, when 165 ...

The director of the US counterterrorism center, Joseph Kent, resigned on Tuesday, criticising the war in Iran and asserting in a letter to President Donald Trump that “Iran did not ...

 A 44-year-old police constable was arrested under a court warrant on Tuesday and taken into custody to facilitate investigations into an assault on a mobile speed camera driver on the ...

Israel said on Tuesday it had killed Iran’s security chief, the most senior figure targeted since the war’s first day, while a senior Iranian official said the new ...

The island’s art scene welcomes two new art exhibitions this week, this time in Larnaca and Paphos. On Friday, March 20, the Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery presents the retrospective exhibition ...

Members of the police special investigation team carried out a search at the road transport department’s offices on Tuesday to collect files and evidence related to the Takata airbags ...

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to return to the port of Souda in Crete on Wednesday for refuelling and potential inspections following a fire that ...

Columbia Group’s president and chief executive Mark O’Neil has called for a shift away from the traditional ship management model towards a more integrated partnership approach, arguing that ...

The need for coordinated action with the Turkish Cypriot community to contain foot and mouth disease was raised on Tuesday during a meeting of the House agriculture committee, as officials ...

Proceedings continued on Tuesday before the Nicosia district court in the trial concerning the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Konstantinos in 2019, with three police officers giving evidence for the prosecution as ...

Cyprus is not involved in any negotiations with the Iranian government aimed at opening the Strait of Hormuz to Cypriot-flagged commercial vessels, Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis said on Tuesday, ...

Deficiencies in Cyprus’ preparedness for forest fires were identified on Tuesday during the first coordination meeting under newly appointed fire and civil defence chief Nikos Longinos, despite assurances that services ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s chances of progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals appear bleak after a 5-2 thrashing in their last-16 first leg against Atletico Madrid, but manager Igor Tudor believes ...