Archive 2026

The Pancyprian association of cancer patients and friends (Pasykaf) has welcomed the cabinet approval of the national cancer institute law of 2026, describing it as a major step forward in the ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he would do everything in his power to resolve the Cyprus problem, until his term ends at the end of this year. “We are ...

Some 37 applications have been received for the position of head of the central prison, following the suspension of former prison director Anna Aristotelous, local news media reported on Friday. According ...

A Turkish-owned ship that had been waiting near Iran was allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after authorities received permission from Tehran, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu was ...

The countdown has begun for the start of the new racing season in the Nascar Euro Series Championship, where Vladimiros Tziortzis will compete. The Cypriot has entered a new testing ...

European animal health commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, told farmers and agricultural organisations on Friday that the European Union regulation on foot-and-mouth disease on mass culling will be implemented without relaxation. Speaking ...

The United Kingdom “exposed” Cypriots to drone attacks by virtue of maintaining its bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia and leaving them undefended, shadow leader of the House of Commons Jesse ...

Plans to give very small businesses access to payment accounts with basic features are expected to go before parliament’s plenary, even as ministries, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) ...

The interior ministry announced on Friday that special electoral rolls for Maronite, Armenian and Latin communities have been published in preparation for the parliamentary elections on May 24. The rolls, which ...

Limassol district local government organisation (EOA) president Yiannis Tsouloftas this week met with shipping deputy minister Marina Hadjimanolis to discuss cooperation opportunities under the European EIT Water initiative. The meeting ...

Formula One championship leader George Russell put Mercedes on pole position for the first sprint race of the season in China on Friday in a provisional front row lockout with ...

World number one Carlos Alcaraz charged past Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 on Thursday to set up an Indian Wells semi-final with Daniil Medvedev after the Russian ended Jack Draper’s ...

Nottingham Forest fell to a 1-0 home defeat to FC Midtjylland in horrible weather conditions in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, while Olympique Lyonnais ...

Mental health experts are warning that, if the industry does not remove barriers for women at sea, it risks losing the next generation of talent and leaders altogether, according to ...

The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on a bridge in southern Lebanon on Friday, in what appeared to be the first time in the current campaign ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a “substantive discussion” with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the developments in the region, he wrote in a ...

The island’s live music scene is alive and kicking as venues and musicians gear up for evenings to remember. This month, local musicians and artists from abroad are presenting ...

How many people fly in and out of Cyprus each year? Take a guess. A million? 10 million? The actual figure is staggering: close on 13 million passengers pass through Larnaca and ...

The evacuation order for the village of Akrotiri, which is located within the eponymous British base area and adjacent to the air force base, was suspended on Friday, with the ...

The 28-year-old Azerbaijani man and his 27-year-old Estonian partner who were arrested over terrorism allegations in Cyprus have been deported to Estonia, local media reported on Friday. The pair had ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the U.S. wants to “divide Europe” and doesn’t “like the European Union” in an interview published by the Financial Times ...

The European Commissioner for animal health and welfare, Oliver Varhelyi, is visiting the island on Friday to assess the current foot and mouth outbreak and how Cyprus is handling it. ...

The working week is coming to an end with slightly cloudy weather and temperatures remaining mild, reaching up to 21 degrees Celsius inland and on the coast and 11 degrees in the ...

Two workers were seriously injured after they fell off a two-metre-high scaffolding in Paralimni, police said on Friday. “Two people aged 64 and 56, while they were on scaffolding approximately two metres ...