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Elam has moved to strip funding from bicommunal education and migration programmes through a series of amendments to the 2026 state budget on Wednesday. As parliament prepared for a final vote ...

A new era of rewards begins as the Blue programme is renamed €pistrofí and goes international. Eurobank cardholders participating in the Blue programme now have the opportunity to earn cashback ...

Interior minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday said Cyprus was ready to support and actively contribute to the European affordable housing plan. Speaking after the presentation of the plan by the ...

Cyprus’ economy showed broad-based growth across industry, construction, trade and tourism in the first ten months of 2025, according to the statistical service (Cystat), reflecting continued economic momentum amid external uncertainty. ...

UK, Poland and Israel drive surge in November tourist arrivals Tourist arrivals to Cyprus surged in November, according to the state statistical service (Cystat), highlighting the sector’s continued strength ...

Doctors in England began a five-day strike on Wednesday over pay and working conditions during a surge in flu cases and with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter ...

The state budget for 2026 was approved by parliament on Wednesday, with 37 MPs voting in its favour and 19 voting against. Votes in favour came from MPs from the three parties which ...

A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach has been charged with 59 offences, including murder and terrorism, police said on Wednesday. ...

Cyprus’ financial watchdog CySEC on Monday announced that it imposed a €100,000 administrative fine on Cyprus Investment Firm Wonderinterest Trading Ltd after identifying repeated breaches of licensing and conduct rules, in ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides visited the Makarios children’s hospital on Wednesday to deliver gifts and seasonal wishes to children receiving treatment there during the holidays. He said the aim ...

Shining the spotlight on wines, the Grapes / Sips & Scenes event this Sunday in Nicosia brings together a distinctive wine experience that highlights wine flavours, music and knowledge. Taking place ...

Senior air force commanders from Greece, Israel and Cyprus held a confidential meeting in Nicosia on Wednesday, reportedly regarding further security cooperation. According to Israel’s KAN News, Israeli air ...

A French court has rejected an extradition request filed by the Republic of Cyprus regarding a man whom it accuses of developing property on land in the north owned by ...

Mikki Koskinen from Finland has been elected the next president of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA). His term will start on January 1, 2026, and will last for two years. Nikolas ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday accused President Nikos Christodoulides of “disregarding his interlocutor” in his assertions that he is ready to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus bets on green finance and innovation after merger Alpha Bank Cyprus on Wednesday said that 2025 marked a milestone year that reshaped its position in the local market. ...

Ecologists Movement MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Wednesday used the budgetary debate to highlight persistent failures in waste management and energy policy, warning that Cyprus remains far from meeting its EU ...

Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran Petros Nacouzis and issued him a written objection after the Cypriot government issued a joint declaration with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday declaring ...

The Larnaca criminal court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 13 years in prison for importing more than 24 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus last September through Larnaca airport. The defendant pleaded ...

Christos Nicolaou, the president of the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Association (Skek) and a candidate for the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council (Sek), has publicly challenged the long-standing leadership ...

Hometown hero Alex Carey rode his luck to a first Ashes century to rescue Australia as England’s bowlers toiled in an Adelaide Oval cauldron on a scorching opening day ...

OG Anunoby made five 3-pointers and scored 28 points and the New York Knicks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 124-113 and win the NBA Cup ...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said he is happy at the club after they booked a spot in the League Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 win at Cardiff City on Tuesday, ...

Cyprus has moved to streamline the way businesses interact with the state through the operation of a new Business Support Centre (BSC), a one-stop shop designed to serve both local ...