Archive 2026

A van in Yermasoyia, Limassol, went up in flames just before midnight, causing damage to the engine. The Mercedes van was in the carpark of a block of flats when ...

The Cyprus Land Development Organisation (Koag) expects to deliver 244 residences by the end of the year, general director Eleni Symeonidou told the House finance committee on Monday, during discussions on ...

Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates led regional states on Monday in condemning Israel’s move to ease settlement expansion and widen its powers in the West Bank, ...

Retail sales in Cyprus recorded the strongest annual growth in the European Union in December 2025, even as overall retail trade volumes declined month-on-month across the euro area and the EU, ...

The police continued their overnight operations in key urban areas on Monday, resulting in seven arrests for various offences, including causing serious bodily harm, illegal entry into the Republic and ...

Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia erupted in ...

Fisheries transparency has emerged as an early test of Cyprus’ leadership of the Council of the European Union, as Oceana urged the government to tighten rules on fishing vessel ownership ...

The board of directors of ASBISc Enterprises Plc, a leading Cyprus-based IT distributor commonly known as Asbis, has announced announced that the Zbigniew Juroszek Family Foundation has reduced its voting ...

A 33-year-old died in Paphos on Monday afternoon after fainting in a gym. He was taken by ambulance to Paphos general hospital, where doctors struggled to keep him alive. A ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis carried out a working visit to Athens and Alexandria between February 4 and 9, as part of broader efforts to bolster the island’s maritime diplomacy in ...

Unsettled weather continues till Friday, with fine dust possibly in the atmosphere as of Thursday. Tuesday starts off overcast with isolated showers in the west. As the day progresses, rainy ...

Property market dynamics in Cyprus and internationally are increasingly shaped by infrastructure resilience, climate risk and affordability pressures, as new data released in January 2026 highlighted rising sales, widening cost gaps ...

Germany’s carnival season, whose celebrations will peak this week, is set to generate nearly 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion) in revenue this year, according to a study by the German Economic ...

Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo SA (TLGO.MC), the company and Spain’s transport minister have announced. In a statement, Talgo said the deal ...

Environment and animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou has pointed out persistent issues, including the overpopulation of cats and unowned dogs from uncontrolled breeding, low registration rates, delays in legislation enforcement, ...

The House last week passed a law providing for stiffer fines for fly-tipping but at the same time MPs cautioned that lax enforcement makes the legislation moot. Under the changes, ...

United States President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing during the first week of April for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Politico reported on Monday, citing three people ...

The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 15 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon’s National News Agency said on ...

The United Nations is hoping for new crossing points to open between Cyprus’ two sides “as soon as possible”, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. He told ...

Britain’s royal palace is prepared to help police if approached in connection with former Prince Andrew’s links to late US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesperson ...

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions at a deposition before the United States House’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday, according to lawmakers, drawing ...

The United States will turn over two of Nato’s major command posts – in Naples, Italy and Norfolk, Virginia – to European officers, a military source told Reuters on Monday. The ...

Despite the rains, water levels in the island’s dams remain exceedingly low, officials again warned on Monday. Total water inside the reservoirs comes to 39.9 million cubic metres – or 13.7 per ...

Defence ministry permanent secretary Andreas Kountouris on Monday attended a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the closure of the last of the detention camps set up by the ...