Archive 2026

A water tank weighing a tonne and a half fell on a parked car as high winds hit Cyprus on Thursday. The tank fell off the top of a block ...

The first baby to be born in Cyprus in 2026 was born in Limassol at 2.25am on New Year’s Day. The baby is a girl and was born at a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday evening said he had contacted his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis to offer his condolences in the aftermath of a fire at a bar in ...

Cyprus was the leading EU base for firms providing cross-border investment services to retail clients during 2024, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). This followed an analysis of ...

A controversial deal signed between the north’s ruling coalition and Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom which will see Turkish Cypriot taxpayers expend €110 million for the provision of fibreoptic internet ...

President Nikos Christodoulides held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday evening – the first international call held upon Cyprus’ assumption of the Council of the European Union’...

Friday’s weather is expected to be cloudy but no rain is expected to fall, with temperatures set to rise to 13 degrees Celsius inland, 15 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and ...

The European Central Bank has warned that weakening central bank independence risks undermining price stability, as new research reviewing 50 years of global data showed that independent central banks are consistently ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has announced an intensive educational seminar titled From Salesperson to Sales Consultant: Creating Added Value for Every Customer. The seminar will take ...

Cyprus’ Index of Industrial Output Prices remained stable year on year in November 2025, according to a report from the state statistical service (Cystat). The index reached 122.1 units in November 2025, based ...

Liverpool could only manage a 0-0 New Year’s Day draw with Leeds United on Thursday that cost Arne Slot’s men precious points in the Premier League title race. ...

Fittingly arriving during one of the coldest months of the year, the impressive ice show Aladdin and Other Famous Stories from 1001 Nights is reaching Cyprus this February. Based on the ...

As crypto prices today hover near key resistance levels, many investors are reassessing where the next wave of growth may come from. Ethereum has once again moved close to a ...

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s mayor in the first minutes of the New Year on Thursday at the historic City Hall subway station, with his ...

In March 2024, retired Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez published a tweet hinting at something suspicious going on in a Buenos Aires suburb. The treasurer of the Argentine Football Association, Tevez ...

The state of cemeteries in Cyprus is “not very encouraging”, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s Turkish Cypriot co-chairman Ali Tuncay said on Thursday. He was speaking to ...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday said that efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are “Europe’s responsibility”. “It is not a responsibility which falls solely on Cyprus. It ...

More than 180 projects have been worked on by the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage since its establishment in 2008, the committee’s Turkish Cypriot co-chairman Ali Tuncay said on Thursday. “...

Chelsea have parted ways with manager Enzo Maresca, the Premier League club announced on Thursday, after the London side won just one of their last seven league games. “With key ...

The beginning of January brings the arrival a certain type of guest – goblins, also known as kalikanjaroi! Old folk tales say that they arrive this time of year, in early ...

Cyprus’ undertaking of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency comes at a “pivotal moment for Europe”, European Parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Thursday. “Expectations are high. ...

The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank in the early hours on Thursday as they opened fire on people who were throwing stones ...

Bulgaria became the 21st member of the euro zone on Thursday despite opposition from half its electorate, leaving only a handful of countries in the 27-member European Union yet to ...

Two motorcycles were found on fire in the square in the centre of Dherynia in the early hours of Thursday morning, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He wrote in ...