Archive 2026

CSM Energy announced the successful delivery and takeover of the management of a newbuild Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), marking a significant milestone in the company’s fleet expansion programme. The ...

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi Every year, the Limassol Carnival fills the streets with colour, music and thousands of people celebrating together. What we don’t see as clearly is what ...

Over the coming years, Cyprus’ defence industry will reach double digits in relation to the country’s GDP, President Nikos Chrisotodoulides said on Monday as he welcomed the members of ...

Serious allegations of corruption and money laundering involving the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and his son surfaced on Tuesday, placing renewed pressure on an administration already facing multiple ...

Russian teenager Adeliia Petrosian heads into her Olympic debut on Tuesday as an untested but technically loaded Olympic wild card, with former skaters saying her quad jumps and triple Axel ...

Cyprus has formally complained to the United Nations over what it describes as an “extensive series of airspace and maritime violations” by Turkey, submitting a detailed letter to the UN ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland would not benefit Somaliland or the region. In December, Erdogan had said Israel’...

UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has “full confidence” in his personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, and shares her assessment that more progress is needed from the island’s leaders, his spokesman ...

Two separate avalanches in the French Alps killed three people and left four wounded, local authorities and French media said on Tuesday. Around midday, a large slide, about 300 metres wide, ...

Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will close for a few hours on Tuesday due to ‘security precautions’ for shipping safety, semi-official Fars news agency reported, as the Revolutionary Guards ...

Suspended Lefkoniko mayor, Pieris Gypsiotis, broke his silence on Tuesday after being placed on mandatory leave pending criminal investigations, alleging that his ousting was driven by political machinations. In a ...

Businesses and individuals alike have shown a great deal of interest in solar parks and electrical storage systems, according to data heard in parliament on Tuesday. The data was provided ...

A 49-year-old businessman arrested over the arson of a luxury car showroom in Limassol was released on Tuesday after a court ruled that the evidence did not justify continued detention, ...

Up next in the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra’s calendar is the Premiere 4 concert series, which will bring together musicians and audiences in Nicosia and Larnaca. The featured soloist this time ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou remarked he would “probably be a billionaire” had he not entered politics, presenting himself as a reluctant public figure whose online success was derailed by holding ...

A 43-year-old foreign national died on Tuesday after falling while working on an apartment building under construction in the Lakatamia area of Nicosia. Colleagues reportedly attempted to take the man ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos responded on Tuesday to ongoing allegations concerning embezzlement and administrative malpractice, lambasting the accusations as part of an “organised smear campaign”. The mayor, who is ...

The legal service said on Tuesday it would decide within days how to proceed following the acquittal of former house president Demetris Syllouris and former MP Christakis Giovannis in the ...

The waiting time for a site or cadastral surveys from the land registry averages out at 17 months, and in some cases it can take 16 years, the auditor-general said in a ...

Across the crypto market, attention is slowly shifting away from assets that merely hold value toward those that actively generate it. While established tokens trade sideways, a growing number of ...

An initiative to assist hotels to install private desalination units, aiming to enhance water security as dam levels continue to decline, was announced by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. Agriculture ...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin), which convened under the Cyprus Presidency on Tuesday, has agreed on a €90 billion loan package for Ukraine to cover the country’s financing ...

Former House President Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis were found not guilty on Tuesday by the Nicosia criminal court regarding their alleged involvement in the ‘golden passports’ ...

A Greek Cypriot man detained in the north was released with conditions by the district court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday, the government confirmed, while he is due to appear ...