Archive 2026

A man working on motorway linking Paphos and Limassol on Thursday morning was seriously injured when he was hit by a passing car. The police arrived on the scene and ...

Cyprus on Thursday activated the Council of the European Union’s integrated political crisis response mechanism, in its role as the holder of the council’s rotating presidency, with regard ...

The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) on Thursday announced that it successfully launched and priced a €300 million senior preferred notes issuance under its EMTN Programme. According to a filing on the ...

Forestry college students helped contain a forest fire that broke out on Wednesday night near the Troodos mountain village of Prodromos, the forestry department said on Thursday. The fire started ...

The Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB) has stressed that remaining proactive constitutes the most reliable safeguard against digital crime and financial fraud, urging businesses to strengthen their cybersecurity measures. “Prevention ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery and knife attack in Nicosia, the police said on Thursday. The incident occurred last Saturday at around 8pm, when a 32...

Scottie Scheffler enters this week’s PGA Championship as a hot favorite to become the event’s first repeat winner since Brooks Koepka in 2019, while a confident Rory McIlroy eyes ...

A mural painted on the wall of a family home in Lakatamia is turning grief into a public display of art and colour. The artwork was created by Nicosia artists ...

Pep Guardiola said Phil Foden supplied the kind of inspiration that cannot be drawn up on a tactics board after the England midfielder drove Manchester City to a 3-0 victory ...

Celtic’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored a controversial penalty with the last kick of the game to secure a 3-2 win at Motherwell on Wednesday, sending the Scottish Premiership title race ...

Shipping must be treated as one of the foundations of Europe’s resilience agenda, Safe Bulkers CEO Polys Hajioannou said during the EU Trade Policy Retreat in Geneva, held in ...

A company which is based in and operating out of Cyprus has developed technology capable of revealing the locations and identities of people who use South African billionaire Elon Musk’...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is reshaping global demand for computing power, placing increasing pressure on energy systems, operational efficiency, and long-term hardware sustainability. According to the International ...

Russia carried out its largest aerial attack over a two-day period since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities with hundreds of drones, ...

Protests broke out across the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday evening as the city confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades amid a U.S. blockade that has starved ...

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of aiding and abetting the kidnapping of a 23-month-old child by his father, the police said on Thursday. The man ...

A fire broke out at a private members’ club in Larnaca during the early hours of Thursday morning, causing “extensive damage” to the premises, the police said. The police and ...

Thursday is set to begin with cloud cover across most of the island, with those clouds to bring with them the possibility of rain, though the skies are expected to ...

A violent storm bringing rain and hail scythed across India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100 people, rescue officials said on Thursday, as the chief minister ...

Cypriot startup ecosystem momentum builds heading into summer By Dionysis Partsinevelos The first four months of 2026 have seen seven Cyprus-based startups close funding rounds, bringing the total disclosed capital raised ...

Cyprus recorded a 1.8 per cent year-on-year increase in industrial production in March 2026, according to Eurostat, contrasting with declines across both the euro area and the European Union. The latest figures ...

China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday but warned that disagreement over Taiwan could ...

Cyprus used two maritime events in Chios and Brussels this week to push its shipping priorities, with Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanolis calling for stronger cooperation, wider inclusion and ...

British consumers, shaken by the widening economic fallout from the Iran war, cut their spending last month for the first time since November 2024 ​as they focused on essentials rather than ...