Archive 2026

Soon after he was elected, President Nikos Christodoulides embarked on a campaign supposedly aimed at securing a resumption of Cyprus talks because, as he never tired telling us, the status ...

Cyprus-based maritime technology company SmartSea, headquartered in Limassol, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Nakis Kassos as Head of Commercial. Based in Limassol, Kassos is a ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have formalised a new cooperation agreement, aiming to facilitate information exchange and the recognition of central ...

Desalination, first introduced in 1997, now supplies around 70 per cent of the island’s drinking water

Women’s stories. Stories that deserve to be heard from women who carry more than one homeland. That is what is coming up at HERS Festival in Larnaca on February 5, ...

Severe reductions in water supply to agriculture will have devastating consequences for farmers and consumers alike, agricultural association president Kyriakos Kailas cautioned on Saturday. Kailas described the scale of the ...

Premier League leaders Arsenal ended their mini-slump with an emphatic 4-0 victory at Leeds United on Saturday putting them seven points clear despite Bukayo Saka being ruled out through injury ...

An angel in a church in central Rome has been restored to look like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a national newspaper reported on Saturday, prompting the culture ministry to ...

As the crypto market gears up for the anticipated 2026 bull cycle, investors are weighing legacy Layer 1 networks against emerging DeFi innovations. Solana (SOL), one of the largest blockchain ecosystems, continues ...

Cypriot driver Tio Ellinas was back on track at Estoril on Thursday as the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe continued with rounds three and four, following a podium finish at ...

Hundreds of Italians protested in Milan on Saturday over the involvement of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff in supporting the US delegation at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The ...

American rapper and producer Snoop Dogg said he wanted to be hands-on in helping to drive Swansea City back to the Premier League after investing in the Championship club. Snoop ...

A three-month-old infant admitted to Makarios children’s hospital last week with shaken baby syndrome was extubated on Saturday, according to Okypy press spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. Charilaou confirmed that the ...

An explosion that hit a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday was caused by a gas leak, according to a preliminary assessment, the local ...

Municipal authorities have begun demolishing illegal structures along the Pervolia beachfront on Saturday. The demolitions follow actions taken by the Larnaca municipality during 2024 and 2025 to remove premises operating illegally within ...

Here’s a pro tip, says Christos Soteriou. If you’re in a place with no good options – at the airport, say – and desperate for a coffee, go to Starbucks (...

Sixth seeds Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison defeated Australia’s wildcard pairing of Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans 7-6(4) 6-4 to capture the Australian Open men’s doubles title on ...

Fourth seeds Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai won the Australian Open women’s doubles title on Saturday with a 7-6(4) 6-4 victory over Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic, claiming their ...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet in Sunday’s Australian Open final with history in the balance, as the Serbian great chases a record 25th Grand Slam title and the ...

Winter can be painfully repetitive: the same jackets, the same early dark evenings, the same ‘let’s just stay in’ compromise. A sunshine break doesn’t just change the temperature; ...

Parliament has released €7 million in state funding to political parties for the upcoming elections in May, clearing a legal hurdle that had blocked the grant amid questions over alleged irregular ...

Dhekelia community council held a protest on Saturday outside the Dhekelia base police station, calling for urgent action on pending urban planning zones and the expansion of the Xylofagou quarry ...

Cyprus’ state debt to public funds has reached €12.8 billion at the start of this year, up from €11.3 billion at the beginning of last year, the ministry of labour reported to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has conveyed three potential dates for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Saturday. The dates in question being Monday, February 16, ...