Archive 2026

Police arrested a 27-year-old wanted in connection with burglaries and thefts in Larnaca on Saturday afternoon following a pursuit that involved the discharge of a firearm. According to the police ...

Three people were taken to Nicosia General Hospital in the early hours of Sunday following a road collision on the motorway. According to a police statement, a patrol vehicle carrying ...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting the area, while thin dust will remain in the atmosphere until the afternoon, the Meteorological Service said on Sunday. During the day, increased mid- ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly backed a proposed merger between local television station operator Nexstar Media NXST.O and its smaller rival Tegna TGNA.N. “We need ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a landslide election win on Sunday, paving the way for her tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending ...

Peter Mandelson is likely to be charged with offences of misconduct in public office (MiPO) for leaking highly sensitive market information he received as a UK cabinet minister in the ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 2: There is an urgent need for immediate strengthening of human resources and international promotion of Cyprus as ...

They sit beside us at café tables, follow us down village streets, sleep near our restaurants, homes and hotels Cyprus has a complicated relationship with animals. Stray cats curl up ...

THE HEAVILY advertised opinion poll commissioned by CyBC and presented on the same evening that Prezniktwo gave his ‘state of the union’ address was one of the weirdest ever, featuring ...

Hims & Hers sent a shockwave through the pharmaceutical industry on Thursday with its announcement of a weight-loss pill with a $49-a-month introductory price. Its shares ended down anyway. That ...

The first of President Nikos Christodoulides’ five priorities in 2026, according to Thursday’s televised address was “outward-looking foreign policy, strong defence and security”. Presumably, these are under the same heading ...

Roblox forecast fiscal 2026 bookings above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, signaling another year of strong growth in player spending and engagement as the videogame platform aggressively looks to capture 10% of ...

British house prices rose by the most in more than a year in January, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday, adding to signs of a recovery in the housing market ...

Amazon on Thursday projected a surge of more than 50 per cent in capital expenditures this year, joining its peers in a spending spree to build out artificial-intelligence infrastructure, and sending ...

In the Cypriot space, have social media influencers come into their own, setting the agenda for political discourse? Yes and no, say experts we spoke to. But there’s no ...

Green ogres, princesses and faraway kingdoms are coming to life at The Heritage Private School as its drama and music departments present Shrek the Musical. The production on February 27 and 28, ...

Arsenal sealed a comfortable 3-0 win over Sunderland on the back of a Viktor Gyokeres double to extend their advantage at the top of the Premier League table to nine ...

As the crypto market positions itself for the next major expansion, investors are looking beyond single narratives and toward assets with diverse growth drivers. Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Solana (SOL) ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Milan on Saturday in a protest over housing costs and environmental concerns on the first full day of the Milano Cortina Winter ...

The United States wants Moscow and Kyiv to find a solution on how to end the war in Ukraine before summer, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In remarks to reporters released ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Saturday planted trees near Nicosia’s Kaloyeros river, saying that “actions such as this send a substantial message for the protection of the environment”. “Urban ...

The White House is planning the first leaders meeting for President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” in relation to Gaza on February 19, Axios reported on Friday, citing a ...

The relationship between wage levels in the broader public sector and economic growth is of particular interest. Academic literature confirms the view that comparatively low wages increase the risk of ...

Iran will strike U.S. bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by U.S. forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, ...