Kitchen fire causes extensive damage to Nicosia home
A fire caused extensive damage to the kitchen and interior of a two-storey house in the Nicosia district on Saturday night, the fire service said.Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis ...
Tokenisation could reshape global finance, IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the rapid development of tokenised finance could either strengthen the global financial system or create new sources of instability, depending on the ...
Politics ain’t what it used to be
There were no tanks in Whitehall, the King is still on his throne and the BBC is not broadcasting putschist propaganda, but there was a successful coup in Downing Street ...
Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up
Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting July 20:
A family of four could spend around €120 on a single day at an organised beach in Cyprus, ...
Tales from the Coffeshop: Proof our Nik has no interest in a Cyprus settlement
WARNING: If you are bored of the Cyprob, stop reading now.
PREZNIKTWO was in defiant mood at the presidential place on Monday evening in his speech to mark the 52nd ...
You roasted the scammer. They confirmed your number works.
Replying to a fraudulent text may feel satisfying, but it can validate an active number and open the door to a more convincing con. In Cyprus, the bait increasingly resembles ...
Our View: Why is UN time and energy being spent on Cyprus?
Everyone has been asking the same question ever since the visit of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was announced 10 days ago. What is the purpose of his visit? Little has ...
European construction sector shows signs of recovery
Construction output across the euro area and the European Union saw a modest rise during May 2026, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat.
Seasonally adjusted production grew by 0.4 per ...
Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian, Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran ...
Germany says Berlin Pride ramming was terrorist attack and hunts Islamist suspect
Germany pledged to bring to justice those responsible for Saturday night’s deadly crowd-ramming near a Pride event in Berlin, calling it a terrorist attack and identifying the suspect as ...
Your digital past is now part of the job interview
Artificial intelligence is allowing employers to examine years of online activity within hours, turning forgotten posts, anonymous accounts and even deleted profiles into potential career liabilities.
The warning that jobseekers ...
How PayPal went from Wall Street favorite to unwilling merger target
Five years ago PayPal was a Wall Street favorite and a leader in digital payments. Since then the stock has plunged, Apple Pay dominates payment services in the US and ...
Only one Cyprus MEP votes against controls on chat platforms
In the end, Fidias Panayiotou was the only Cypriot MEP who voted to reject the temporary reinstatement of ‘Chat Control’ legislation, which nevertheless passed with what can only be described ...
Norris denies Hamilton record Hungary pole with last lap effort
McLaren’s Formula One world champion Lando Norris denied Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton a first pole position since 2023 with a last-lap blast in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.
It ...
Super Bowl-winner Jordan Devey dies at 38
Jordan Devey, a retired NFL offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, died at age 38.
According to a GoFundMe page started to benefit his wife, ...
Russia says Ukraine killed 11 in tourist camp; Ukraine strikes Russian refinery
Russian authorities said 11 people including four children had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, accusing ...
Government denies shifting cost of local govt reform onto the public
The interior ministry on Saturday rejected claims by the Union of Municipalities that the government is shifting the cost of local government reform onto residents, insisting it has more than ...
A weekend of craft beer, games and music at Ayia Napa Marina
As August arrives, it brings with it a new wave of events to experience around the island. Throughout the hottest and most popular vacation month of the year, Cyprus will ...
Wildfire near Kato Pyrgos brought under control
A wildfire that broke out near Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias in the Nicosia district on Saturday afternoon was brought under full control within 20 minutes after burning a small area of wild ...
Imola emerges as possible F1 season-ender, Malaysia return imminent
Ferrari’s home circuit of Imola has emerged as a likely host for Formula One’s season-ending race if grands prix in Qatar and Abu Dhabi cannot go ahead due ...
Astronomers scrutinize exoplanet that survived the death of its star
In about 5 billion years, our sun will begin its death throes by expanding in size and engulfing the innermost planets — possibly including Earth — before expelling its outer layers and forming ...
Israel kills senior Hamas-led police official in Gaza, medics and police officials say
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the group-run interior ministry and medics said.
Medics and ...
Having a bad hair day?
By Elly Anastasiades
Think about the last time you looked in the mirror and sighed at the sight of your hair. Maybe it was frizzing, flattening, greying, thinning or simply ...
Cyprus student shares OCD battle in powerful new book
Yiorgos Georghiou puts it bluntly, in the prologue to his book I Was My Own Enemy: “I am not a psychologist. I am not a clinician or a researcher. I ...