Archive 2026

Cyprus’ economic climate weakened in February, as a downturn in the services sector weighed on overall sentiment, while economic uncertainty rose among consumers and most businesses, according to the University ...

Roughly two-thirds of capacity from renewables in the private sector is concentrated in the hands of just five companies, while despite a flurry of permits for RES, consumers continue absorbing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday warned of “turbulent times” during his address to the “Battlefield Redefined” defence conference in Rome. “The ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as the various ...

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said there was “no risk” to fans coming to the country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after violence erupted following the capture and death of Mexico’...

Aurelien Tchouameni and Vinicius Jr. scored to help Real Madrid fight back for a 2-1 win over Benfica on Wednesday and book their Champions League last-16 spot with a 3-1 ...

New crossing points opened to connect Cyprus’ two sides should “facilitate the daily lives of all the Cypriot people”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “What I want to mention ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...

Old calendarist priests entered a farm in the Larnaca district on Wednesday night to bless its goats, with the area having been hit by an outbreak of foot and mouth ...

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale struck near Paphos late on Wednesday night, the geological survey department said on Thursday. The earthquake struck at 11.54pm. Its epicentre was located ...

A 41-year-old man from Paphos has been arrested in connection with the theft of a car in the town which took place in 2024, the police said on Thursday. The vehicle ...

Iran and the U.S. hold the latest round of talks in Geneva on Thursday aimed at resolving their longstanding nuclear dispute and averting new U.S. strikes on Iran ...

Cyprus is “still at the beginning” of its fight against an ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said on Thursday, stressing that the ...

Light snowfall is expected in the Troodos mountains on Thursday, with lower ground expected to see isolated rain showers mixed in with periods of mainly clear weather. Temperatures are set ...

The board of directors of ASBISc Enterprises Plc, the Cyprus-based IT distributor primarily known as Asbis, has announced that estimated consolidated revenues for January 2026 reached approximately $379 million, marking a sharp ...

Eurobank S.A. has issued an updated financial calendar for 2026, revising its reporting schedule to provide investors with specific timelines for the release of its full-year 2025 results. The bank confirmed ...

One in three people and more than half of businesses in Cyprus were hit by cyberattacks in the past 12 months, according to two nationwide surveys by the Communications Commissioner and ...

BMW (BMWG.DE) and the European Commission are in talks about a possible minimum pricing model that could replace EU tariffs on the German carmaker’s Chinese-made Mini electric vehicles, ...

There is plenty to look forward to this weekend as spring arrives. Festivals full of Indian flavours, almond blossoms and mandarins, quiz nights, street art exhibitions, city walks, spring markets ...

The German economy expanded by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025 as domestic demand and construction investment helped Europe’s largest economy end a turbulent year on a positive ...

British travel company Jet2 (JET2.L) has announced that it expects to report annual profit in line with market estimates, adding that its on-sale capacity for Summer 2026 has risen from ...

Cyprus could face a sea level rise of up to one metre by the end of the century, placing nearly half of the island’s beaches at risk of extinction, ...

It was inevitable that soon after the news about the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, the search for people to blame would begin. If anything, it took a ...

Cuban forces killed four exiles and wounded six others who sailed into Cuban waters aboard a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the Cuban government ...

Iranian gas supplies have resumed to Iraq with a rate of 7 million cubic feet per day, the spokesperson for the Iraqi electricity ministry said on Wednesday. Iraq reported the halt ...