Archive 2026

Workers are hammering, cranes are swinging and seats are being bolted into place — but the clock is ticking. Mexico City’s famous Azteca stadium, reborn as Estadio Banorte, is in ...

Electricity supply to certain areas in Paphos will be interrupted next Tuesday due to maintenance work on the grid, the electricity authority (EAC) said on Friday. According to the EAC, ...

More than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’...

New developments emerged on Friday in the case surrounding the suicide of 15-year-old Stylianos Constantinou, with the Nicosia district court expected to decide by next week whether a confidential report ...

Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter. ...

The war in the Gulf is still expected to last weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw said there was no doubt his side were African champions despite being stripped of the title this month and that tournaments should be won on ...

Demand for flights to Cyprus has risen sharply in the run-up to the Jewish Passover celebrations, which begin at the start of April. According to the Cyprus News Agency, Cyprus ...

Citizens have been urged to take government travel warnings seriously and avoid travelling to high-risk countries, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warning on Friday that repatriation efforts will no longer ...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Friday instructed the energy ministry to draft a resolution banning gasoline exports from April 1, the Russian government said. The state-run TASS news agency ...

A website on foot-and-mouth disease was launched on Friday to inform farmers, producers and the general public on the disease, measures in force, biosecurity guidelines and contact numbers for reporting ...

Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...

The Cypriot painter and writer Andreas Karayian has died at the age of 83 following recent health problems, prompting tributes across the artistic community. His death was confirmed Friday, with the ...

Crafting, wild foraging, QiGong and TaiChi classes are coming up at the Episkopi Environmental Information Centre in Paphos. On Sunday, a Paper Crafting workshop is on with Maria Karamanli showing ...

Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...

Italy’s Constitutional Court has barred Sicily from advertising jobs reserved for health workers willing to perform abortions, but said on Friday the southern region could find alternative ways to ...

Delivery drivers working for the Finnish company Wolt returned to work on Friday after a week-long strike over working conditions, despite no agreement being reached with the company, with some ...

Mexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, by cross-referencing official databases such as tax records and marriage registries. ...

A 49-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Famagusta criminal court on Friday for possessing large quantities of drugs with intent to supply. According to police, ...

Petrol price spikes triggered by the war in Iran are boosting used electric vehicle sales across Europe, online car platforms told Reuters, in an early sign that ​pain at the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday announced that another ship carrying humanitarian aid has sailed from Cyprus to Gaza as part of the Amalthea aid corridor. The ship contained around 900 ...

Lionel Messi will become part of a rare sporting phenomenon when he plays in Inter Miami’s new stadium, with the Major League Soccer club announcing that they will have ...

Investment in sport is an investment in society and in the younger generation, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, highlighting the government’s focus on strengthening schools through targeted ...