Archive 2026

Iceland’s Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir told Reuters on Wednesday she is optimistic her country could join the European Union as early as 2028, adding she expects fisheries and agriculture ...

Thousands of Turks gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday in support of jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu at an opposition rally, one year after President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival was ...

Iran’s government has been degraded since the war began on February 28, but it appears to be intact and Tehran and its proxies remain capable of attacking U.S. and ...

Senegal’s government on Wednesday called for an international investigation into what it said was suspected corruption within the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the country was stripped of ...

The infection rate of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) remained stable on Wednesday, with a total of 42 cases recorded in the Republic of Cyprus, as further cullings were carried out in Dromolaxia, ...

A sharp increase in the use of amphetamines and methamphetamines was recorded in several cities across Cyprus in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the SCORE network in ...

Israel has more than doubled the number of troops along its border with Lebanon since March 1 and they are searching homes in southern Lebanese villages that the military has ordered ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan said they were pausing their military operations against each other on Wednesday for the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr, a surprise move two days after a drug rehab ...

Chelsea’s Champions League exit on Tuesday after a thumping 8-2 aggregate defeat by Paris St Germain means the big-spending Londoners and their U.S. owners are once again trying ...

European cinema hits the big screens as the Office of the European Parliament in Cyprus presents select film screenings. Pantheon Cinema in Nicosia and the Larnaca Municipal Theatre are hosting ...

Open University of Cyprus rector Stavros Stavrou on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction at the budget allocated to his university. “The budget simply keeps the Open University on life support. The reason ...

Employees working in support programmes of the education ministry will stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday, March 26, trade unions announced. In a joint statement, Pasey-Peo and Oekdy-Sek said workers unanimously ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Wednesday announced that it had received a donation amounting to £15,000 (€17,282) from the United Kingdom. The donation brings the total amount donated by the ...

Demetra Holdings PLC carried out additional buybacks of its own shares on March 16 and March 17, as part of a structured programme to manage its equity. The investment group confirmed that ...

A powerful software exploit capable of penetrating and stealing information from potentially hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones was planted on dozens of websites in Ukraine in recent weeks, researchers ...

Members of the House education committee on Wednesday called on the government to do more for students after it had last week announced increases to the student grant budget to €62 ...

Severe weather on Wednesday tore through aquaculture facilities off Liopetri, releasing vast numbers of farmed sea bass and bream into open waters. The fisheries department confirmed that strong storms damaged ...

Serious gaps in evacuation planning, widespread fire safety failures and limited immediate aerial capacity were expressed to parliament by fire chief Nikos Longinos on Wednesday. Appearing before the House environment ...

The Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence and the Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) on Wednesday renewed a memorandum of understanding, reinforcing their long-standing collaboration and strengthening ties between research ...

Iran’s huge Pars gas field was hit on Wednesday, a major escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war, prompting Tehran to announce it would respond with attacks on oil ...

Insufficient evidence has been gathered to prosecute suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in the case regarding the alleged domestic abuse of his wife, police representative Marina Christodoulidou said on Wednesday, ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday reported strong investor interest during its participation in the Morgan Stanley European Financial Conference in London, following a series of high-level meetings with international ...

Gilbert is not welcome in Bodkin, Ireland. Especially as an American podcaster poking his nose into affairs the locals have for years swept under the carpet. Flanked by English researcher ...

Cyprus must tread carefully in how it presents itself abroad as tensions in the Middle East persist, with any misstep in public messaging risking damage to tourism, investment and confidence, ...