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A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington’s pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Wednesday afternoon denied that there had ever been a “suspicious object” in the skies above Lebanon, after two Greek F-16 fighter jets which were stationed ...

Phos is one of the latest additions to the Paphos dining scene. Located above the beautiful Ayios Georgios harbour, the area has seen major redevelopment over recent years, with the ...

Cyprus hoteliers have reported cancellations for April and May and a slowdown in new bookings for the coming months, following the US travel advisory for the island, while industry groups ...

Civil Defence members continue to patrol the Akrotiri area and nearby communities housing critical infrastructure, spokesman Panagiotis Liasidis told CNA on Wednesday. Meanwhile all residents of Mantria have returned to ...

By Philippa Tracy As the culture wars continue on social media, the battle over modern parenting has taken a new twist. This is reflected in the polarisation between ‘gentle parenting’ ...

The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez including readying a draft criminal indictment, one of several tools it is using to strengthen ...

Britain needs to keep a cool head over the conflict in the Middle East to address the public’s concerns about escalation, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday. Starmer ...

Dozens of the passenger flights which had been scheduled to arrive at or depart from the Republic of Cyprus’ two passenger airports were cancelled on Wednesday, the airports’ operator Hermes ...

Tourism, shipping, investment, energy, inflation and household purchasing power in Cyprus are expected to be affected by the turmoil in the Middle East, with the scale of the impact depending ...

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. Sri Lankan Foreign minister Vijitha Herath ...

Columbia Group president and chief executive Mark O’Neil said on Wednesday that the company is closely monitoring the recent escalation in the Gulf region under its established security and ...

Cyprus’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 4.2 per cent in January 2026, remaining well below both the euro area and EU averages, according to Eurostat. Specifically, the statistical office of the ...

Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of using an imaginary threat from Iran as a pretext to overthrow its constitutional order, and said Washington’s calls for Iranians to ...

A British chartered flight will leave Oman on Wednesday evening, prioritising vulnerable UK nationals who want to leave the region after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, the ...

EU tourism reached a new record in 2025, with nearly 3.1 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, while Cyprus recorded robust performance in both overnight stays and revenues. According to Eurostat, ...

Paphos municipal councillor, Alexander Jiang offered his services to the government on Wednesday in facilitating the repatriation of nine Cypriot students remain stranded in Thailand, after widespread airspace and airport ...

Closing schools in Akrotiri, Trachoni, Episkopi and Asomatos following military activity in the area was a preventive measure for the safety of children and teachers, however schooling must continue, Disy ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) council on Wednesday announced the specific market shares held by its members during the trading period of February 2026. This official disclosure incorporates several detailed data ...

An anti-war demonstration is planned in Nicosia on Thursday to protest the recent US and Israeli drone strikes on Iran and military activity around Cyprus’ British bases, the Cyprus Peace ...

Cyta secured five major distinctions from Ookla for the second half of 2025, reaffirming its consistent performance in mobile communications in Cyprus. The range of these recognitions reflects strong results across ...

The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a swathe of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, telling residents to move north of the Litani River on a third day of full-blown hostilities ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on ...

The “pride of the Greek fleet” has been sent to defend Cyprus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his country’s parliament on Wednesday, while speaking about the frigate Kimon ...