Archive 2026

The police have identified the driver who hit a 65-year-old on the motorway from Rizoelia to Kalo Chorio, in Larnaca, last week and drove a distance with the victim hanging ...

Three people were arrested on Sunday in connection with conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of an assault weapon and causing injury. The police said that at around 5am on ...

Market intelligence firm Omdia has significantly increased its semiconductor revenue forecast for 2026 to 62.7 per cent, pointing to unprecedented growth in DRAM and NAND markets driven by sustained demand and ongoing ...

Cyprus’ association for nurses and midwives Pasynm called on Monday for targeted actions to improve staffing, working conditions, training and participation in decision making one day ahead of International Nurses ...

The police arrested nine individuals on Sunday night, including for assault, drugs and illegal residence. A total of 400 vehicles were pulled over and 516 drivers and passengers checked. The police filed 225 ...

President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal has fuelled concerns that the 10-week-old conflict will drag on and continue to paralyse ...

A vehicle was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday evening in Nicosia. The police said the fire started at 9.20pm in a car belonging to a 30-year-old, which was parked ...

The week starts off sunny with fine dust in the atmosphere and passing clouds in the afternoon. Winds on Monday will be a variable gentle breeze of 3 Beaufort, and later ...

Australia will charter a government-supported flight to evacuate its citizens from the Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship MV Hondius, which has been linked to a deadly outbreak of the Andes strain ...

SpaceX has adopted corporate governance policies that will erode typical shareholder protections in unprecedented ways, giving founder Elon Musk virtually unchecked executive authority when the rocket maker goes public later ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) announced its participation in the European co-funded eValueJobs project, aimed at strengthening pay transparency and promoting equal pay in line with new ...

The global smartphone market expanded by one per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2026, according to a report by market intelligence firm Omdia. The industry saw total shipments reach 298.5 ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) launched its qualitative cyber resilience stress test (CyRST) last month, assessing how 109 major euro area banks would withstand a severe cyberattack and marking a turning ...

European household gas prices returned to a traditional seasonal fluctuation pattern during the second half of 2025 as the market stabilised following the energy crisis of previous years. Average prices including ...

While much of the focus regarding polling ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary election has been centred on movements between the parties, one of the tallest blocks in any polling bar ...

Arsenal cleared arguably the most dangerous remaining obstacle in their path to the Premier League title by the skin of their teeth as Leandro Trossard’s late goal secured a ...

By Konstantia Achilleos Sun, sea and sand has dominated Cyprus’ tourism identity for decades, but although it has had a titanic impact on the economy, it remains incomplete. It overshadows ...

Religious pilgrimages undertaken by Armenian Cypriots, Greek Cypriots, and Maronite Cypriots in northern Cyprus and by Turkish Cypriots in the island’s southern two thirds will be organised by the ...

For many Turkish and Greek Cypriot families who settled in the UK after the conflicts of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, property ownership meant more than having somewhere to live. ...

A forest fire which broke out near the Limassol district village of Pyrgos was extinguished within half an hour of breaking out on Sunday, the forestry department said. The fire ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied that “chaos” is prevailing in the government’s handling of the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, during a visit to a memorial ...

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick’s father has died, the club said in a statement on Sunday, hours before their top-of-the-table clash with Real Madrid in LaLiga. The 61-year-old German coach ...

Celtic forward Daizen Maeda struck twice in five second-half minutes, including a superb bicycle kick, as his side beat Rangers 3-1 at home in Sunday’s Old Firm derby to ...

Iran has sent its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the more than two-month war to mediator, Pakistan, Iran’s Irna news agency said on Sunday. According to ...