Archive 2026

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) celebrated its 65th anniversary this week by highlighting its enduring contribution to the accounting profession and the economic development of the ...

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) on Wednesday welcomed the conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran, with secretary-general Thomas Kazakos expressing hope that it would mark the start of ...

Cyprus recorded a general government surplus of €594.3 million between January and February of this year, representing 1.5 per cent of the country’s GDP, according to the state statistical service (Cystat). ...

As Cyprus’ livestock sector is still reeling from the foot and mouth outbreak that saw over 30,000 animals culled, state services are at odds over a solution which is rapidly turning ...

This year, Orthodox Easter falls on Sunday, April 12. While it is a very religious time of year, attention is also given to traditional foods, flaounas, red eggs, kokoretsi, lamb on ...

The award-winning film Hold Onto Me (Κράτα Με), directed by Cypriot filmmaker Myrsini Aristidou, will have its official Cyprus premiere this April at the 24th Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival. The ...

A fire broke out in abandoned house in Agioi Trimithias was likely deliberate authorities said on Wednesday. The blaze was reported at 4:58am in a pile of waste materials, including ...

A fire in the kitchen of a house in Paralimni was caused by an overheating charger, the fire department said on Wednesday. The blaze broke out at 6:36 am on Tuesday, ...

Nine people were put at risk after a fire broke out in a house in Larnaca early on Wednesday morning, the fire service said. The occupants managed to evacuate safely ...

The decree issued by the north’s ruling coalition which froze payments of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers until next year at the earliest was withdrawn on Wednesday, ...

Minister flags rising energy costs and tourism risks from Iran war Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday outlined the government’s economic strategy amid global instability, reflecting on three years ...

Former MEP Demetris Papadakis rejected on Wednesday what he termed as “fabricated allegations” made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, describing them as false, politically motivated and based on fabricated evidence. He ...

Turkish parliamentary defence committee chairman Hulusi Akar on Wednesday threatened Greek Cypriots that the coming Easter may be their last in a post on social media. “In the homeland of ...

The Labour Ministry has announced that self-employed workers in Cyprus have been granted access to subsidised training programmes offered by the Human Resource Development Authority (Anad). This access is provided ...

By Charlotte Gupta But if you’ve been finding it harder to sleep recently, late-night Easter eggs could be part of the problem. That’s because some chocolate ingredients, including ...

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis used the climate conference in Nicosia on Wednesday to warn that the climate crisis is also “an ocean crisis”. Kadis warned that “...

Cyprus used an international climate conference in Nicosia on Wednesday to call for stronger regional and international cooperation on climate change, with President Nikos Christodoulides saying the region must work ...

Greece will ban access to social media for children under the age of 15 from January 1, 2027, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, citing rising anxiety, sleep problems and the addictive ...

Maritime technology firm Tototheo Global on Wednesday announced its participation as a corporate anchor in a new initiative led by Plug and Play Tech Centre, marking the launch of the ...

For three decades at the Masters, the roars that echoed loudest off the towering pines at Augusta National belonged to two men. This week, for the first time since 1994, neither ...

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak travelled with the squad for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg trip to Paris St Germain, but the club’s British record signing will not start ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Wednesday issued a warning to investors regarding unauthorised investment websites operating without the required licence. The regulator stated that the websites in ...

The Alshaya Group has acquired the operating rights for Starbucks stores in Greece and Cyprus, taking over as the new exclusive owner and manager of the business from the Marinopoulos ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said about 15 countries were planning to facilitate the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply ...