Archive 2026

Cyprus used an international climate conference in Nicosia on Wednesday to call for stronger regional and international cooperation on climate change, with President Nikos Christodoulides saying the region must work ...

Greece will ban access to social media for children under the age of 15 from January 1, 2027, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, citing rising anxiety, sleep problems and the addictive ...

Maritime technology firm Tototheo Global on Wednesday announced its participation as a corporate anchor in a new initiative led by Plug and Play Tech Centre, marking the launch of the ...

For three decades at the Masters, the roars that echoed loudest off the towering pines at Augusta National belonged to two men. This week, for the first time since 1994, neither ...

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak travelled with the squad for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg trip to Paris St Germain, but the club’s British record signing will not start ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Wednesday issued a warning to investors regarding unauthorised investment websites operating without the required licence. The regulator stated that the websites in ...

The Alshaya Group has acquired the operating rights for Starbucks stores in Greece and Cyprus, taking over as the new exclusive owner and manager of the business from the Marinopoulos ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said about 15 countries were planning to facilitate the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply ...

A 13-year-old boy was found holding a knife at the scene of a fire which was set in the Paphos district, the police said on Wednesday. The boy was found ...

Politeia Centre for Socio-Political Thinking held an event that drew a robust turnout and high level of engagement, spotlighting artificial intelligence’s pivotal role in national security and strategic planning. ...

Invest Cyprus has welcomed the official launch of the Plug and Play Tech Centre in Cyprus, describing it as a development that opens a new chapter for the country’s ...

Seven people were arrested during coordinated police operations carried out across Cyprus on Tuesday night. The arrests relate to offences including stabbing, drink-driving, failure to appear in court and living ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he welcomes the two-week conditional ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, which will bring a temporary two-week halt to the country’s ongoing ...

This year, all roads lead to Limassol, where the seventh annual Fetisov Journalism Awards will take place, an event widely recognised among the most prestigious journalism awards worldwide, with winners ...

Artemis Intelligence (M.G. Artemis Industries) and the CYENS Centre of Excellence officially launched CySKILLS–AI (Cyprus Skills-Knowledge Intelligence Learning and Labour System powered by AI), a three-year research and ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah halted fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon in the early hours of Wednesday as part of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire announced earlier, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has vetoed plans for forest land in the Karpas peninsula to be developed by Turkey’s Istanbul Technical University, sending the plans back to the ...

Lemesos 2030 is resuming public communications this week as its comprehensive bid report was formally presented to the Municipal Council of Lemesos on Thursday, April 2, 2025. The report documents three years of ...

By Andrey Avsitidiysky Sindarov – Candidates – 5–0 April 5, 2026 saw the conclusion of the first round at the World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament, being held at the Cap St Georges Hotel on the ...

Two more Merlin Mk2 helicopters have arrived at Cyprus’ British Akrotiri air force base, the British defence ministry has said. The helicopters’ arrival brings the total number of British Merlin ...

The wealth management industry is heading toward a clear divide. On one side sit advisors well-suited to serve middle-class and affluent clients with standardized planning and portfolio management. On the ...

A notice to airmen (Notam) has been issued regarding a planned Russian naval exercise which is to take place off the coast of Cyprus, between the island’s east coast ...

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, following a separate launch detected a day earlier as Pyongyang ...

House prices in Cyprus remained stable on a quarterly basis in the fourth quarter of 2025, even as prices continued to rise across most of the European Union, according to Eurostat. ...