Archive 2026

Police carried out seven arrests across Cyprus on Saturday night as part of coordinated patrols in urban areas aimed at preventing serious crime and boosting public safety. In a statement, ...

By Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar Almost a year ago in Geneva, in March 2025, both sides told the UN Secretary-General that they would commit to trust-building measures, which have yet to ...

Israel fired airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 Palestinians, Palestinian officials said, in what the military called a response to ceasefire violations by Palestinian militant group ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) will host a series of B2B engagements in Nicosia on March 2, as part of the India-Cyprus Business & Investment Summit 2026, in ...

India and Pakistan will clash in the Twenty20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday, still feeling the aftershocks of a tumultuous fortnight in which Pakistan’s boycott threat – later reversed – ...

The last time a Labour prime minister came under pressure to resign like Keir Starmer did last week, was when Harold Wilson faced a backbench revolt over trade union reform ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 9 : Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis carried out a working visit to Athens and Alexandria between February 4 and 9, ...

On this island, waiting is a condition of life. It’s an island shaped by languid heat, relaxed conversation, and a slower way of life. And you learn to accept ...

THE CYPRUS Mail made the big time this week, having featured in one of the Facebook rants of the hottest ticket on social media, Annie Alexui, because it had referred ...

In the run-up to Cyprus joining the EU, then president Tassos Papadopoulos gave assurances to the European Commission that all of the island would become part of the Union. Papadopoulos ...

Eurostat this week reported that the euro area balance in trade in goods posted a €12.6 billion surplus in December 2025, compared with a surplus of €13.9 billion in December 2024. The first estimates ...

British economic growth data released this week showed a marked seasonal pattern for the fourth year in a row, adding to economists’ concerns about numbers from the Office for National ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently launched its Pillar 3 data hub, creating a single, harmonised digital platform that makes prudential information from all EEA institutions publicly accessible for the first ...

The government’s GMI (Guaranteed Minimum Income) scheme provides financial support to around 17,000 families, and some 22,000 people in total. One common criticism, though, is that the scheme acts as a ...

What are the main environmental challenges Larnaca faces? This and other related critical questions will be raised at an upcoming talk that invites people to gather at the Larnaca House ...

Drugs and firearms were seized and nine people arrested on Saturday in a coordinated operation of the police drug squad Ykan in Larnaca. A total of 27 Ykan officers took part ...

Cyprus will attend the meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as an observer, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Manchester City beat League Two Salford City 2-0 in the FA Cup to move into the fifth round on Saturday as January signing Marc Guehi came on as a substitute ...

As investors seek out the best cheap cryptocurrency to buy, a new contender is rising from the noise that could provide a strong source of passive income. Unlike Cardano (ADA), ...

Local farmers protested on Saturday against the EU’s Mercosur deal at a demonstration outside the European Union House in Nicosia. During the protest, the farmers presented a resolution addressed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday stressed the opening of further crossing points was crucial to facilitate the daily life of residents in both communities, contesting the political nature ...

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are convinced that late Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a lethal toxin in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, they ...

The star of every fair in Cyprus, and a childhood favourite for many, Loukoumades are a dessert consisting of leavened, deep-fried dough balls, typically soaked in syrup or honey and ...

Members of the national guard completed training for the technical and tactical use of weapon systems on ‘maritime targets’ at Kiti shooting range on Saturday, in an atmosphere that chief ...