News Feed

Cyprus used its six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU to push forward key European files on digital policy, artificial intelligence, research and innovation, Deputy Minister Nicodemos Damianou said, ...

EU ministers have adopted the bloc’s first Council conclusions dedicated specifically to housing, in what Cyprus described as a new step towards closer European cooperation on one of the ...

Twelve people were arrested as part of targeted police operations during Monday night. The arrests were for illegal residence, burglary, theft, stabbing and causing actual bodily harm. During the overnight ...

On Tuesday the weather will be overwhelmingly clear with temperatures reaching up to 39 degrees Celsius inland, 35 degrees on the east and south coast, around 32 degrees on the west and north ...

A 55-year-old police officer died by shooting himself with his service gun after shooting his 46-year-old wife outside a primary school in the Zakaki area of Limassol on Tuesday morning. ...

Cyprus’ young robotics team Robotheadz is preparing to represent the island in Australia, after winning the national FIRST LEGO League competition with a project linking technology and cultural heritage. The ...

Cyprus lacks a coherent long term energy strategy despite growing pressures from costs, climate targets and geopolitics, according to energy expert and former chief of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (...

Frustration rose across Venezuela over a lack of government help in areas struck by deadly twin earthquakes five days ago, with miracle rescues increasingly rare and the death toll hitting ...

Morocco beat the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties on Monday to reach the World Cup last 16 after their Round of 32 tie ended 1-1 following extra time, setting up a meeting with ...

Greek lender Alpha Bank announced this week that shareholders will receive a cash dividend following the approval of the distribution by the bank’s annual general meeting held on June 26, 2026. ...

Cyprus recorded 63 occupations with labour shortages and 11 with labour surpluses in 2024, according to the EURES Labour Shortages and Surpluses Report 2025, which persistent gaps across the technology, tourism and healthcare sectors. ...

Global mergers and acquisitions are projected to reach an annual value of $4 trillion in 2026, marking the strongest performance for the sector since 2021, according to a report published by PwC. The ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has issued a call for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in a European Commission survey regarding occupational safety and health ...

The European Commission submitted proposals to the European Council on Monday for the signing and conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) between ...

British companies expectations for growth in the coming quarter fell this month to their ​lowest level this year, according to a ‌survey released this week that added to a run ...

Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Monday that the central bank’s shift in communications to focus on multiple ​scenarios rather than a single forecast makes it ...

Paraguay stunned four-time world champions Germany 4-3 on penalties on Monday to advance to the World Cup round of 16 in one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s history, ...

Takeaway coffee shops and food outlets will be required to accept customers’ reusable cups from next February under new European Union packaging rules which will bring wide-ranging operational changes for ...

Cyprus’ presidency of the EU Council comes to an end today and will be taken over by Ireland from tomorrow. In the six months from January 1, the Cyprus presidency held ...

A block of flats in Limassol was evacuated on Monday evening after two balconies collapsed, falling onto a parked car on the street below. No injuries were reported as a ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Monday excoriated the State of Israel for its decision to recognise the mass displacement and death of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday called for “substantive progress” to be made in efforts to bring about a resumption of negotiations in earnest on the Cyprus problem after she ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday told members of his ruling AK Party that Nicosia is “looking to you”, as he addressed a policy retreat in the lakeside town ...

Brazil survived a World Cup last-32 scare when they fought back to beat Japan 2-1 after Gabriel Martinelli squeezed in a shot at the far post deep in stoppage time ...