Archive 2026

By Karen Taylor Living in the most open period in history, the young generation in China have grown up confident, hopeful and responsible. They are not alone, opportunities abound for ...

Eurobank on Monday announced that it repurchased 1,761,170 of its own shares on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) during the period from February 2, 2026 to February 6, 2026, as part of its approved share ...

I coach in Bangkok, and the visa question comes up so often that it’s basically part of the warmup now. Somebody finishes their first week, starts feeling good, then ...

President Nikos Christodoulides spoke by telephone with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday as Athens and Nicosia step up coordination on the Cyprus issue ahead of Mitsotakis’ meeting with ...

Thousands gathered across Australia on Monday to protest over the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is on a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish ...

The Kremlin said on Monday that the fuel situation in Cuba, which has unveiled a plan to protect essential services and ration fuel, was critical and that U.S. attempts ...

Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, were dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsised off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday. The ...

Retail group Jumbo S.A. has announced that shareholders approved an extraordinary cash distribution of €0.50 per share during a general meeting held earlier this month. The payment corresponds to a ...

CFA Society Cyprus is focusing on professional development, ethics and outreach in 2026, according to Constantinos Kourouyiannis, president of CFA Society Cyprus, who outlined the organisation’s priorities for the year. ...

A Bangladeshi food delivery rider working in Nicosia is due to appear before a military court in the north after inadvertently crossing the divide while trying to deliver an order, ...

Questions over selective scrutiny within the justice system intensified on Monday, as lawyer Simos Angelides publicly lambasted the police’s handling of social media personality Annie Alexui’s allegations, contrasting ...

Cyprus closed 2025 with a wider trade deficit, as a sharp rise in exports in December failed to offset a notable drop in imports over the same month, according to foreign ...

More than €20,000 in cash were seized during the raid of a restaurant in the old town of Paphos, which saw four people arrested on Sunday night. The police said that 65 ...

Last week Amazon released its corporate bribe – excuse me, I meant documentary – featuring the United States’ First Lady Melania Trump. It could have been a heartwarming story about an immigrant ...

A joint technology and startup networking event was held in London last week, as non-profit organisation Cyprus Seeds and venture capital firm 33East brought together founders, researchers and investors to ...

A temporary reduction in the supply of water may be felt in Nicosia, Larnaca and Famagusta after a technical fault at the Larnaca desalination plant, the water development department cautioned ...

On February 4, 2026, at Cyta’s Nicosia headquarters, the lucky winners of the Cyta & soeasy Rewards draw were handed the keys to two prize BYD electric cars. Winners Kostas Larkou ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris rejected claims that he threatened the Isotita union spokesman, Nikos Loizides, in a phone call last week with his union’s president, Prodromos Christofis. Speaking during ...

Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Monday as fears of a Middle East conflict eased after the US and Iran pledged to continue indirect talks about Tehran’s ...

Survivors of a shipwreck that killed 15 Afghan migrants off Greece last week said that the dinghy they were in did not change course or ram a coastguard vessel, contradicting the ...

The construction of a €6.7 million multi-storey car park in Paralimni dominates a list of projects set to get underway in 2026, its mayor said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 42-year-old Georgia Christofi at Larnaca general hospital are close to being completed, state health organisation Okypy on Monday, a day after the ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis carried out a working visit to Athens and Alexandria between February 4 and 9, as part of broader efforts to bolster the island’s maritime diplomacy in ...

The landscape of bilateral trade has shifted as Cyprus and India move toward a more structured era of economic cooperation, following a high-profile summit in Mumbai that engaged over 450 industry ...