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A monthly allowance for vulnerable patients with breast cancer for the duration of treatment and for up to 12 months afterwards, in addition to free transfer of patients from rural areas ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, recently launched a new Union Strategic Supervisory Priority (USSP) to help embrace innovation while protecting ...

As overnight police operations to control serious and organised crime in urban areas continue, police arrested 12 people around the island over Saturday night. Crimes committed include illegal stay in the ...

Two drivers were stopped in the early hours of Sunday morning drunk driving in Larnaca and Nicosia. The arrested men had blood alcohol levels of 131µg and 79µg, while the ...

By Andrius Sytas and Terje Solsvik Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party won Saturday’s parliamentary election by an unexpectedly wide margin, partial results showed, with ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi registered a protest with the United States on Sunday after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in ...

By Bo Erickson and Nandita Bose US President Donald Trump used an Ohio rally on Saturday to mix profane attacks on Democrats with promises of financial help if Republicans win ...

By Andreas Rinke and Felix Hoske Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, accompanied by CEOs from German defence companies, in a show of support for President ...

A 67-year-old woman lost her life in a fatal traffic accident on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday. The accident happened at 6.45 on Saturday evening in Anthoupoli, Nicosia and the ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning in place until 6pm on Sunday as unsettled weather is set to affect the entire island. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are ...

The controversy about the description of Mehmet Harmanci as Turkish Cypriot mayor of Nicosia by the Cyprus Forum, who was driven to withdraw from its conference last week, was reminiscent ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting September 28: Cyprus is heading into the autumn with one of the strongest growth rates in the EU, but ...

By Fanos Costa Two women from the administrative team in our Hong Kong office were arguing about stocks.  They were not traders or bankers, but ordinary employees comparing what they ...

Matters of defence and military equipment “should not become the subject of pre-election exploitation”, defence minister Vasilis Palmas warned last week. Criticism is welcome, he added in comments to the ...

The Bank of England has warned of an increase in the risk that interconnected weaknesses in the financial system will crystallise, highlighting the re-escalation of the conflict in Iran and ...

Industrial 5G is entering a more mature phase as enterprises move beyond testing the technology and increasingly assess whether it can deliver measurable operational and financial gains, according to market ...

Global AI glasses shipments reached 4.2 million units in the first half of 2026, marking a 127 per cent year-on-year increase according to research firm Omdia. The market remains an emerging category with ...

Britain’s financial regulator has dropped plans to require listed companies to inform investors about ​their climate risks after firms raised concerns about implementation ‌costs and competitiveness. The Financial Conduct ...

Following the back-to-back announcements of the candidacies of Averof Neophytou and then Annita Demetriou for the 2028 presidential elections, the government’s line, expressed first by deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou ...

Tom Kim claimed the gold medal in the individual stroke-play event at the Asian Games in Japan on Saturday, a victory that also gives the South Korean a full exemption ...

Further support measures to facilitate access to financing and sustainable investments for the agriculture sector were announced on Saturday by Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis. Speaking at the Contribution of Rural ...

An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City early on Saturday, health and civil defence service officials said. Among the ...

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities on Saturday as they stepped up demands for action to tackle a mounting housing crisis ...

A residential building in Amargetis in the Paphos district was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday. Despite the immediate intervention of the fire service, the fire caused extensive damage resulting ...