Archive 2026

EU birth rates fall to lowest level since 2001 Births across the European Union declined in 2024, according to Eurostat, with Cyprus recording a total fertility rate slightly above the EU average, ...

Global smartphone shipments are forecast to decline by around 7 per cent year-on-year in 2026, according to a report by market intelligence firm Omdia. The forecast is based on first-quarter memory price ...

A 31-year-old was arrested on Sunday in connection with the theft of a motorcycle in Paphos. On Sunday at noon, a 27-year-old reported that his motorcycle had been stole. The ...

Oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday to their highest levels since mid-2022 as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped the market due to ...

A total of 38 flights to and from Larnaca airport were cancelled on Monday due to the crisis in the Middle East. According to airport data, 19 arrivals and 19 departures of various ...

The week starts off with mainly clear skies and passing clouds in the afternoon. Fine dust in the atmosphere can be expected as of Wednesday. Winds will be a northeast ...

An energy app developed by EU-funded researchers is helping neighbours cut carbon, earn modest returns and boost the use of clean power in their own communities. By Anthony King A ...

Europe’s AI researchers are joining forces through an EU-funded digital platform that allows them to share tools, data and computing power to drive collaboration and innovation. By Michael Allen ...

The gender employment gap among adults living in households with children was less pronounced for highly educated women compared with those with lower levels of education across the EU in 2024. ...

After our recent piece ‘Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs’ on the island’s relationship with our felines and canines (Cyprus Mail, February 9), canine behaviour consultant Nick Ravignat got ...

India became the first team to retain the men’s Twenty20 World Cup title after handing out a 96-run demolition of New Zealand in the final at the Narendra Modi ...

Third-tier strugglers Port Vale pulled off the shock of the FA Cup fifth round to beat Premier League Sunderland 1-0 and reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1954 on ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday demanded the abolition of the British bases in Cyprus, saying, “we have been emphasising this for decades”. “Once again, the peoples of the world ...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Sunday said it would be “unforgivable” for Greece to turn its back on Cyprus “at such a difficult time”, after deploying four fighter jets ...

With a circulating supply in the hundreds of trillions, Shiba Inu would require market capitalization exceeding $40 trillion for each token to reach one dollar, a figure dwarfing the entire global ...

George Russell urged critics to give Formula One’s sweeping new regulations time to prove themselves after the Mercedes driver won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Leading drivers, ...

In a damning finding, the report published at the end of February by the auditor general presenting the results of his audit of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) concluded ...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Sunday urged Cypriots “not to confuse” the Lebanese state with insurgent group Hezbollah, after a drone fired from Lebanon hit Cyprus six days prior. ...

Iran’s hardliners staged a show of force on Monday, taking to the streets to proclaim their loyalty to new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose rise appeared to dash hopes ...

ANYONE who has spent any elongated period of time in Cyprus will be aware of the spectre of living in or adjacent to an unrecognised country, and the diplomatic, economic, ...

Cyprus “was, is, and will always be a safe destination” for tourism, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Sunday. He was speaking on the sidelines of the day’s ...

The events in Iran last week mark another milestone in the US presidency of Donald Trump. Once again, the pursuit of causes that appear on the surface to resonate with ...

When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the vast expanses of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As the presence of Neanderthal DNA ...

Two fires which broke out in forested areas in the Limassol district were “definitely set maliciously”, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. The first fire, he said, broke ...