Archive 2026

The year ahead will be a decisive one for global shipping, with 2026 framed as the “year of implementation”, according to International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez. In his New ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman late on Wednesday night published a photograph of his Cyprus problem negotiating team following what he described as a “preparatory meeting” with them. Alongside Erhurman ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday highlighted the “important role” the Arab League has to play in the strengthening of relations between the European Union and states in the Middle East, ...

Australia’s squad mentality enabled them to trounce England 4-1 in the Ashes despite being without a handful of top players, Player of the Series Mitchell Starc said after the ...

Former England forward and manager Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with cancer, his old club Newcastle United said on Wednesday. “Kevin Keegan was recently admitted to hospital for further evaluation ...

Antoine Semenyo celebrated his 26th birthday in unforgettable fashion as he scored Bournemouth’s winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in what was almost certainly his last ...

French farmers launched a pre-dawn blockade of roads into Paris and several of the city’s landmarks in protest against a sweeping trade deal the European Union hopes soon to ...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the head of a group of southern separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates, fled Yemen by boat before boarding an aircraft ...

Former president George Vassiliou has been hospitalised since January 6 in critical condition with a chest infection and is receiving all necessary medical treatment, Okypy said on Thursday. Health Minister Neophytos ...

The top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday he would meet leaders of Denmark next week but signalled no retreat from President Donald Trump’s aim to take over Greenland ...

A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the ...

Police operations in urban areas continued on Wednesday night, during which seven people were arrested for drink driving, illegal possession of assault weapons, drugs and property, theft, speeding, and failure ...

Tesla’s (TSLA.O) UK car registrations dropped by more than 29 per cent year-on-year in December, industry data has shown, underscoring the intense competition from Chinese rivals faced by the ...

Opap shareholders approved the company’s split and cross-border transformation plan on January 2026, clearing the way for the merger of Allwyn and Opap during the group’s 13th extraordinary general ...

A woman was hospitalised on Wednesday night after having inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in a house in Palia Pentalia in the Paphos district. The fire was ...

Net new loans in Cyprus declined in November 2025, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). Specifically, net new loans fell to €256.3 million during ...

Paphos is set to strengthen its links with Germany in the summer of 2026, as Ryanair expands its presence on the route and Lufthansa adds scheduled flights from Munich. This move ...

Thursday is overcast with fine dust in the atmosphere and temperatures reaching 19C inland, 21C along the coast and 14C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a northeast to ...

Cyprus recorded an improvement in its current account balance in the third quarter of 2025, with the deficit narrowing to €95.00 million, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus. The deficit was ...

Greek systemic banks are expected within the next two weeks to announce the dates for releasing their 2025 financial results, alongside positive revisions to their business plans, as they prepare to ...

This weekend, get ready for Broadway musicals, tributes to Michael Jackson, choir performances, bazaars and exhibitions. Events are happening all around the island, and we have collected some of the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) is partnering with the Office of the Tax Commissioner to host a comprehensive informational webinar on January 19, 2026. The webinar is designed to ...

A subsidised training programme on warehouse organisation and management will take place on February 5, 2026 and February 11, 2026 in Nicosia, offering businesses and executives practical tools to improve productivity and operational efficiency ...

Turkey’s car and light commercial vehicle market climbed to an all-time high in 2025, with nearly one in six cars sold being fully electric, industry data showed on Wednesday. Despite ...