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Tourism revenue in Cyprus reached €69.2 million in January 2025, marking a substantial increase from the year before, according to a report released on Friday by the state statistical service. This represents ...

By Maria Demertzis Geopolitical risks and a fragmenting multilateral system haven’t forced businesses to significantly shorten their supply chains. Tariffs might.  Growing pressures in international trade haven’t undermined ...

SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave (AWE.L) to secure a crucial technology for building its own artificial-intelligence processors, according to ...

British manufacturers endured a torrid March as the US tariff threat and looming tax increases at home contributed to a plunge in new orders and ebbing optimism, a business survey ...

Great media coverage was given to the departure of an obscure member of Disy, Evgenios Hamboullas, who had served as a party deputy for Famagusta district from 2014 to 2016, taking a ...

Cyprus’ first-ever national mental health strategy, covering the next three years, was unveiled on Friday by Health Minister Michael Damianos, who also announced that Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be upgraded ...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking. Combs, 55, previously pleaded not guilty ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that European military planners could be ready within a month with details of a foreign troop contingent in Ukraine seen as critical to ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the approach to US tariffs on Friday, saying they agreed an “...

Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a novel polar trajectory, walking out of their spacecraft with ...

Contracts for a landslide stabilisation study on the Paphos-Polis road have been signed and works are expected to begin this month, the transport ministry said on Friday. The contracts were ...

The world of cryptocurrency has never been short of dramatic highs and lows. The recent announcement of sweeping tariffs from President Donald Trump has sent shockwaves across markets, pushing Bitcoin ...

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday it had launched a missile at a gathering of Ukrainian servicemen and foreign instructors in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing ...

A 34-year-old woman was arrested at Larnaca airport for smuggling drugs, the customs department said on Friday. After a risk assessment, the US nationality passenger, who arrived in Cyprus from ...

The police drug squad confiscated 11.5 kg of cannabis in Larnaca on Thursday, during a coordinated operation after a tipoff. In cooperation with the British bases, the police arrested a 29-year-old ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday extended the deadline for the sale of ByteDance’s US assets of short video app TikTok, saying “tremendous progress” had been made but more ...

Part of the document giving consent to inspect a German real estate agent’s luggage had been forged, her defence lawyer told the court on Friday, accusing police of attempting ...

More and more incidents of animal abandonment are being reported despite ongoing efforts by volunteers and authorities, the office of environment and animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on world ...

The company managing the canteens at GSP stadium in Nicosia has been fined €5,000 for violating the maximum resale price of drinking water in designated areas. The Consumer Protection Service said ...

Cyprus is on a path of progress, President Nikos Christodoulides told investors in New York on Friday, as part of Cyprus’ rebranding campaign. The president was speaking during a working ...

The voluntary conscription of women, as promoted by the government and voted for by the House plenum, cannot in any way be considered a serious measure to strengthen defence, but ...

Another 15 third country nationals residing in Cyprus illegally were repatriated on Friday during a joint operation between the authorities and Frontex. The flight was arranged by the Greek authorities, according ...

Authorities are preparing to enforce stricter measures against illegal waste dumping, warning local councils they will face legal action if the problem persists after new measures are implemented. The department ...

Cyprus’ Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry on Friday announced that it recently participated in the international maritime exhibition Sea Asia 2025 with an information booth. The initiative was carried out ...