Archive 2026

Cyprus recorded the highest monthly increase in industrial producer prices across the European Union during May 2026, according to the latest data released by Eurostat. Specifically, Cyprus saw a surge of 3.6 ...

The Bank of England could give Britain’s government bond market a boost this week and lower public borrowing costs by more than £1 ​billion ($1.3 billion) a year, banks say — but ...

European Erasmus+ initiative Youth United Against Domestic Violence is currently under way, bringing together young people from different countries to raise awareness and prevent domestic violence. The programme, running from ...

Police Chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Monday that 18,409 cases of violence against women had been reported from 2021 to June 2026. He was speaking at the House human rights committee, which was ...

Spain substitute Mikel Merino broke through a stubborn Portugal defence in the 91st minute to earn his side a 1-0 win on Monday to take the former champions into the ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns in his latest report on Unficyp that the situation in Cyprus’ buffer zone remains fragile, with particular concern over the Pyla plateau, military activity ...

French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Syria on Monday, in the first visit to Damascus by a European Union head of state since rebels led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled ...

U.S. agencies have seized over 600 drones near FIFA World Cup venues and fan zones since the start of the tournament on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration said on Monday. ...

Relatives, friends and politicians gathered for the funeral of businessman Nikos Shacolas in Strovolos on Monday.  Among the attendees were President Nikos Christodoulides, House president Annita Demetriou and Archbishop Georgios, ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lamented a shortage of arms to defend Ukraine against Russian ballistic missiles on Monday and said it was “absurd” that production could not meet demand to protect ...

Hamas said on Monday it had dissolved its de facto government in Gaza and was ready to hand over to a group of Palestinian technocrats — a move it described as ...

Defence attorneys on Monday grilled a nursery schoolteacher who had supervised the class of Stylianos Constantinou, the boy who took his own life at the age of 14. The case before ...

Opposition party Akel on Monday criticised the government for the appointment of independent investigators to probe the anti-corruption authority’s findings in their Mafia State report. “The government either does ...

Brazil’s World Cup wound is open again and, for Cafu, the cure will not be found only in tactics, systems or another forensic search for scapegoats. It may begin ...

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar’s final attack paid off as the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider won his first stage of this year’s Tour de France on Monday, taking the ...

Short films on the big screen are coming to the capital this July. On Monday, July 13, the Cyprus Family Planning Association and the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus host ...

Nicosia bookstore, To Erma’s summer film nights continue into July this year, inviting cinephiles to enjoy two more nights in its colourful plant-filled courtyard. Nestled in one of the ...

The electricity authority (EAC) and the defence ministry on Monday signed an agreement for 4,400 LED light bulbs to be installed in national guard camps across the island. The measure constitutes ...

A total of 4,655 complaints about human rights violations were received in 2024 by human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides, she said on Monday handing her annual report over to President Nikos Christodoulides. ...

An 18-year-old man was arrested on Monday as investigations continue into the attack of a 47-year-old Turkish Cypriot man in Ayia Napa on Sunday. He was arrested shortly after 2pm ...

Flavio Cobolli continued the best Grand Slam run of his career on Monday by defeating Australian fifth seed Alex de Minaur 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3 and returning to the Wimbledon quarter-finals ...

British new car sales in June climbed 11.4 per cent from year-ago ​levels to their strongest since 2019, with battery electric vehicles taking ‌a record share of the market as consumer demand ...

Doubt was cast on the legitimacy of police actions when documenting and cataloguing evidentiary items during the ongoing Avakoum monastery trial in the Nicosia criminal court on Monday. On trial ...

The report, witness testimonies and evidence of the investigation into the Mafia State book should not have been handed over to the cabinet and the police, lawyer representing Makarios Drousiotis, ...