Archive 2026

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has announced that a new feature enabling the display of a barcode for dispensing prescriptions will come into effect as of Friday, March 27, via the ...

Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children have found Meta and Alphabet’s ...

The case against four left-wing activists who were accused of conspiring to vandalise posters declaring love for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been dropped, more than five years after ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he had authorised the military to board and detain Russian ships in British waters to disrupt a network of vessels that his government ...

The results of the May 24 parliamentary elections may necessitate further elections if candidates like Fidias Panayiotou and mayors or community leaders managed to secure a seat in the new House. ...

Paphos is pursuing a modern tourism model that is “multidisciplinary, digital, sustainable, internationally interconnected and deeply rooted in local communities”, with the aim of extending activity to 11 or 12 months a ...

Cyprus has celebrated a major “green” milestone for its hotels, just as the government has announced a new package of support measures to shield the industry from regional instability, according ...

Alphamega Hypermarkets are once again setting the Easter table this year, supporting Cypriot families and rewarding consumers with new surprises and offers on a wide range of branded and premium ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Thursday announced the publication of a detailed economic roadmap for 2022, showing that the total value of goods and services supplied and used in the ...

Cyprus ranked 11th in the European Union in 2025 for GDP per capita in purchasing power parity, sharing the position with France at 98 per cent of the EU average, according to ...

Cyprus remained among the European Union countries with the highest number of first-time asylum applications relative to its population in 2025, even as the bloc recorded a sharp fall in overall ...

A total of four members of the north’s ruling coalition have stated their opposition to their own bill which aims to curb disinformation, and is due to be voted ...

The fire brigade dealt with five severe weather-related incidents across Cyprus in the 24 hours until 6.00am on Thursday, including pumping water from basements and rescuing a vehicle in Limassol. Authorities ...

The government on Thursday announced a package of eight measures which it hopes will help combat rising costs after four weeks of war in the Middle East. Firstly, the reduced ...

President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip postponed due to the Iran war. ...

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta META.O and Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 ...

European financial technology provider payabl. announced on Thursday the launch of Tap to pay, a new solution enabling businesses to accept contactless payments directly via smartphones without dedicated hardware. According ...

Liabilities involving local authorities and gaps in legislation have been identified by the Audit Office in relation to a building in Nicosia that has remained under construction for 14 years. The ...

Fans looking for one last opportunity to get tickets to this summer’s FIFA World Cup in North America will get their chance on April 1. And that’s no joke. ...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said former manager Ruben Amorim had strong ideas, but they ultimately “didn’t work” at Old Trafford, further praising interim manager Michael Carrick for overseeing ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, the two top women’s players in the world, will battle it out in a Miami Open semi-final on Thursday after coming through their quarter-final ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested over the alleged import of seven kilos of cannabis police said on Thursday. The arrest followed an investigation by the drug squad into a package ...

Businesses are struggling to bridge a massive “execution gap” as they race to integrate artificial intelligence into the workplace, according to a new report from Deloitte. The above insight was ...

Coral Cyprus (Shell Licensee) is launching a new campaign that combines the performance of Shell V-Power latest-generation fuels with the benefits of Shell GO+, offering the public the opportunity to ...