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Minor incidents could “easily escalate” in Cyprus without Unficyp’s “constant vigilance”, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Tuesday. Addressing the UN Security Council in New ...

A 21-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after police found and confiscated a large quantity of drugs in Nicosia. The suspect will be taken before a court on Wednesday for a ...

Bond investors are adding portfolio risk after a long period of caution, seeing the US economy in a “Goldilocks” moment, not too hot nor too cold, as they bet the ...

Cyprus stands ready to reactivate the maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza, permanent representative to the UN ambassador Maria Michail said on Tuesday. Speaking at the international conference on the Palestinian ...

A three-year-old child is being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia with head injuries and pulmonary contusion after falling from the third floor of a block of flats in Limassol. ...

A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has announced its participation in the ICC Global Business Summit (GBS‑2025). The summit will take place from September 18-20, 2025, at the Jio ...

The average gross monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus reached €2,509 during the first quarter of 2025, according to a report from the state statistical service released on Tuesday. This reflects a 5.4 ...

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider with a presence in Cyprus, announced on Tuesday the launch of Kyndryl Microsoft Acceleration Hub to drive AI adoption and digital ...

Barclays’ (BARC.L) first-half profit rose by a better-than-expected 23 per cent, the British bank said on Tuesday, as its markets business reaped bumper returns from the frenzied trading activity sparked ...

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest air travel hub, attracted a record 46 million passengers in the first six months of 2025, up 2.3 per cent from a year earlier, as ...

Eleni Panayiotou Last Wednesday afternoon, I finished my gym class and checked my phone only to find several messages and missed calls enquiring after the well-being of my family. It ...

The general consensus is that the US-EU trade deal agreed on Sunday by US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was a triumph for US, ...

The final mapping of the areas affected by the recent wildfires has found that 104 square kilometres of land were burned, the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence at the Cyprus University of ...

A total of 786 traffic violations were reported on Nicosia’s central throughfare Larnaca since the beginning of 2025, police said on Tuesday evening. The statement followed a deadly car crash that ...

Traffic lights at two intersections in Kato Paphos and in the area surrounding Neon Mall will be temporarily out of service on Wednesday and Thursday due to scheduled upgrade works. ...

A container with 129,600 ampules of laughing gas (nitrous oxide), weighing a total of 3,804 kilograms were seized by police in Limassol on Tuesday. “Six pallets (…) which appear to contain nitrous oxide ‘...

Citizens affected by the wildfires were called upon by the Interior Ministry to register in the online payment system of the general accounting office (FIMAS) to receive their compensation payments. “...

The fire chief had warned a year ago of the dangers of wildfires and how the system is ill-equipped to deal with them, according to a confidential transcript from a ...

One of Nicosia’s favourite beer pubs and connoisseurs is teaming up with Ayia Napa Marina for an exciting summer event. Just as August arrives, so does the CraftXBeerience which ...

The couple found dead in their vehicle in last week’s wildfire were officials identified on Tuesday as 81-year-old Dimitris and 77-year-old Maro Philippides. “The official autopsies on the two ...

The event industry of Cyprus is coming together led by The Warehouse by IT Quarter, in collaboration with charity eco-organisation City Friends Club and the family of Anna and Alexey ...

Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) eked out small gains on Tuesday, following a sharp rally the previous day after the South Korean technology company clinched a $16.5 billion deal to supply ...

A Public Warning System, alerting members of the public to emergencies like fires, should be deployed within the first half of next year, the government said on Tuesday. The interior ...