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Cyprus recorded broad-based economic growth in 2025, with strong gains in tourism, construction, trade and manufacturing, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). According to the figures, manufacturing ...

Great things are said to come to those who wait. Georgia Kombou knows this well, a pioneering musician in Cyprus who fought to have a place in the male-dominated bouzouki ...

The FBI’s New York office worked closely with Cyprus’ cybercrime unit to arrest a 53-year-old man later sentenced to 12 years in prison in the United States for online child ...

A 63-year-old man arrested on Tuesday morning in Limassol is expected to be transferred to Greece as a European arrest warrant was pending against him. According to police, he was ...

The final investment decision on management of the Kronos gas field will be taken at the end of March, with the aim of sending the first natural gas to Egypt ...

The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) on Tuesday complained that reporters wishing to be accredited for Cyprus’ EU presidency must present a press card issued by the state and are ...

New Mexico lawmakers have passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey ...

The number of Cypriot residents returning from a trip abroad reached 170,045 in January, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year, statistical service Cystat said on ...

Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party named Robert Jenrick as its finance policy chief on Tuesday, as leader Nigel Farage made the first announcement of who would be in his ...

Governments and regulators around the world are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok on X, launching probes, imposing bans and demanding safeguards ...

Cyprus aims to balance decarbonisation with competitiveness during its EU Council Presidency, Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis said at the 9th Capital Link Cyprus Shipping Forum in Limassol, citing registry ...

In a strongly attended event focused on Cyprus’ sweeping tax overhaul, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (Selk) gathered professionals and policymakers for its fifth tax conference, sending ...

Water cuts can be avoided depending largely on how district government organisations (EOAs) manages the supply they receive, the director general of the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. Andreas Gregoriou ...

September 2020: A new investigative commission was set up to look into the citizenship-by-investment scheme. October 2020: Al Jazeera broadcast an undercover video, incriminating three high profile individuals – former House President Demetris ...

Disy MP Nikos Sykas appeared before the Limassol district court on Tuesday for the first hearing of his lawsuit challenging the party’s decision to suspend him from its ballot ...

Larnaca is still in high spirits after winning the competition for European Capital of Culture 2030 and its team is inviting all to celebrate together in an epic outdoor party. “On ...

Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Tuesday detailed how persistently high electricity prices are undermining the European Union’s central strategy for achieving net-zero emissions through widespread electrification. The analysis ...

The authorities said on Tuesday that nine people were arrested overnight as part of coordinated preventive police operations carried out across the island. According to police, the nine arrests were ...

Ellinas Finance Public Company Ltd on Tuesday announced its admission as an affiliate member of FCI, strengthening its position in cross-border trade finance. The company, listed on the Cyprus Stock ...

I’ve now read all of the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction aside from the two written by actual comedians (sorry, Sandi Toksvig and ...

A 40-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday for seven days in connection with a suspected arson attack on a building in Nicosia. Police said the suspect, a Nicosia resident, was ...

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia gathered in Geneva on Tuesday for two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks that will focus on the main sticking point of land, with ...

Cyprus’ Real Estate Development Association pledged support for efforts to promote affordable housing at EU level during a meeting this week with Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. According to the association’...