Archive 2026

More than two millennia ago, Thucydides captured the essence of power in international affairs. In the Melian Dialogue, when Athens demanded submission from the neutral island of Melos, its envoys ...

As Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Gulf States in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes, some in Dubai ran for cover and others froze at windows, ...

The repatriation of Cypriots stuck in the Middle East as soon as there is a way to bring them home is the priority of the Cyprus government, the foreign ministry ...

Iranians in Cyprus gathered outside the embassy in Nicosia on Sunday to rejoice over the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed during a series of US-Israeli attacks in ...

Every month brings a new wave of events and performances, and as the days get brighter, the number of events and festivals is going to multiply. Leading Limassol’s cultural ...

A fish and chop shop owned by two Cypriot brothers London has been named as one of the top 10 chippy takeaways in the UK. Brockley’s Rock in the Brockley ...

At least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels, dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz and dozens more were stationary on the other side of the ...

“It’s amazing how the arrest of a 66-year-old man in Norfolk has raised the spirits of the entire country,” remarked a reader on the letters page of the Guardian ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “a defining moment in Iran’s history”. “What ...

Two Iranian missiles were fired in the direction of Cyprus, British Defence Secretary John Healey said on Sunday but were intercepted. The island is home to two British military bases. ...

New cases of Foot and Mouth disease were detected in 11 livestock units in Livadia and Oroklini, senior veterinary officer Sotiria Georgiadou said on Sunday, bringing the total of infected farms ...

A Spanish startup is selling bedrooms in flats shared with strangers, a British developer offers mortgages for friends willing to buy together, while stakes in rental properties help some tenants ...

For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates – people included – is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for processing dim light and cones ...

Pope Leo said on Sunday that he is following events after US-Israeli strikes against Iran with “deep concern” and made an impassioned appeal to stop what he called a “spiral ...

A 17-year-old boy named as Iannis Nicolaou, died in a traffic accident on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday. While a 54-year-old driver was moving along Stavrou Ave in Strovolos, ...

Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man ...

At last, slightly longer days and a clock change at the end of the month. Gardens are coming alive again after the cold wet winter and we can hope for ...

Nicosia attaches particular importance to meeting the UN Secretary-General in March, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. In statements to the media, he reminded he had sent a letter to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he ha already spoken to heads of state in the region and in Europe for Cyprus to play a humanitarian role in the region. ...

A cyclist was remanded for five days by the Limassol district court after police found drugs on him when he failed to stop for a check. At around 7.30pm, members ...

I have previously written about how, for Turkish Cypriots, the tragic events of 1963 to 1964 marked a profound rupture, during which their political equality, as enshrined in the Cyprus constitution, was ...

Global air travel remained heavily disrupted on Sunday as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international hub, closed in one of the ...

Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday and Oman was hit for the first time as retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf ...

Are Cypriot firms automating authority faster than they are governing it? The AI risk discussion in Cyprus often focuses on the wrong problem. By Petros Nearchou Most of the conversation ...