Archive 2026

Seven people were arrested overnight for drug possession, offensive weapons and illegal residency, police reported on Tuesday. Officers stopped 345 vehicles and checked 146 occupants during targeted patrols. A further 31 premises were ...

German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Monday was diverted to Larnaca airport, being forced to abort plans to visit Lebanon after Israel threatened to its attacks on the country’...

PwC Cyprus has honoured employees who achieved top results in ACA, ACCA and university examinations, recognising their academic performance during a ceremony held at the company’s Experience Centre. The ...

A Panama-flagged MSC container ship has been damaged by a large explosion off Iraq, raising fresh concerns over the safety of commercial vessels operating in the northern Arabian Gulf as ...

As Gold Sponsor of the Cyprus Olympic Committee, Petrolina hosted the King’s Baton Relay for the “Glasgow 2026” Commonwealth Games at its headquarters on the first day of the relay’...

American great Serena Williams has announced her long-anticipated return to competitive tennis following a prolonged absence at this month’s Queen’s Club Championships, as the 44-year-old reignited memories of ...

The French Open quarter-finals start on Tuesday, with Roland Garros awaiting two first-time singles champions in the same year for the first time since 2016. Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina will face ...

Only a third of the euro zone’s largest companies have indicated they are raising prices in response to the Iran war, a Reuters analysis of listed corporate earnings commentary ...

If you have seen viral clips online of audience members singing their names into an autotuned microphone, they are probably at a Morgan Jay event. The Los Angeles-based musician and ...

In a busy retail store, trade show hall, airport corridor, hospital lobby, or franchise location, the floor is usually treated as dead space. Customers walk across it, wait on it, ...

Greek shipping’s global reach was brought into sharp focus at Posidonia 2026, after Nasdaq marked the opening of the international maritime exhibition in Athens with a Times Square greeting. The ...

Cyprus and the European Commission have signed the country’s loan agreement allowing the country to receive funds under the European Union’s €150 billion Security Action for Europe (Safe) programme. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday hailed a deal struck between the institutions of the European Union over a new law which will allow the bloc’s member states to establish “...

There is an exceptional kind of courage that only immigrants understand: the courage of arriving somewhere new with almost nothing, and betting everything on the belief that hard work and ...

When England take to the field in Dallas on June 17 to face Croatia in their World Cup opener, all eyes will be on captain Harry Kane, with fans hoping he ...

Tuesday’s weather will be mostly clear across most of the island for most of the day, but increased cloud cover is expected in parts during the afternoon. Those clouds ...

Energy policy in Cyprus must move beyond pre-election slogans towards a coherent long-term national strategy, according to Andreas Poullikkas, professor of energy systems at Frederick University and former chairman of ...

Lebanon announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday in what would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has killed thousands of people and inflamed ...

The European Union maintained a positive trade balance during the first quarter of 2026, as goods exported to non-EU nations outpaced inbound shipments by €12.7 billion, according to data released by Eurostat. ...

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday in attacks that authorities said killed 18 people and wounded more than 100. The attacks on cities including ...

A gunman killed six members of his family, then took his own life, during a spate of shootings on Monday in the eastern Iowa city of Muscatine, a waterfront town ...

Private equity buyouts propagate deeply through corporate supply chains, creating sharp performance gains for suppliers in normal times but heavy financial distress during economic downturns, according to a working paper ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector is currently down by around 20 per cent due to ongoing instability in the Middle East, according to the head of the Cyprus hotel managers association (Pasydixe) Christos ...

Drivers in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling with gasoline rationing on Monday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted road supplies across south-eastern Ukraine, Reuters witnesses and officials said. More than four years ...