Archive 2026

By Nikolas Xenofontos In Cyprus, we have learned to view the Cyprus problem through the lens of history, justice and international law. We speak of invasion, occupation and violations of ...

Meat belongs to Cyprus like the sea lapping our shores. It is so ingrained in Cypriot culture that we even dedicate whole days to it, Tsiknopempti for example. But amid ...

In a world full of deepfakes and fake news, EU-funded researchers are building tools to help journalists tell what’s real and what’s not. By Hannah Docter-Loeb Last winter, ...

The government remains committed to supporting district government organisations (EOAs) with the necessary tools, resources and the appropriate institutional framework so they can operate successfully, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend Monday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurma, with the necessary political will and a creative approach, with the aim of resuming direct negotiations ...

Cyprus is moving to bolster its air defence capabilities amid rising regional tensions, with Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) positioning its systems as a cost-effective response to the growing ...

Advances in technology have enabled the rapid spread of information and knowledge, but, at the same time, they have amplified the phenomenon of misinformation and the circulation of false news. ...

A mobile desalination plant in Limassol port has been put into full operation, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, underlining that the planning for the permanent solution of Cyprus’ water ...

The Republic of Cyprus is currently at a significant constitutional juncture. The legislative debate on amending Article 17 of the Constitution, which guarantees the secrecy of correspondence, for a new surveillance ...

Six people were arrested overnight as police stepped up checks for the use of firecrackers, and the lighting of Easter bonfires, police said on Sunday. In addition to the six ...

Police are investigating the cause of death of an 86-year-old man who died while driving on the Analiontas-Tseri road on Sunday. Under circumstances that are being investigated, he lost control ...

Clouds in the morning will give way to rain and even isolated thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon and into the evening. There is even the chance of hail falling in some ...

Maintenance work has begun on the Ayios Georgios church of Mezere in occupied Karavas, while the church of Ayia Irini will also be maintained under the same contract, officials said ...

A fire in the early hours of Sunday in a car belonging to a 30-year-old man in Aradippou was successfully put out by the fire service, it said on Sunday ...

Louisiana police have charged a man with impaired driving after his car slammed into a crowd during a community parade on Saturday, injuring several people, some critically. Louisiana State Police ...

Several “flying objects” were destroyed during the U.S. mission to find a stranded airman in Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday according to Tasnim news agency. “During a ...

Organised police patrols throughout the island overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning saw the arrest of nine people. They were arrested for offences including illegal possession of explosives and ...

What special relationship! David Dimbleby the veteran British broadcaster exclaimed rhetorically on being asked about the illusion of the special relationship between Britain and the USA. There never was a ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting March 30: The Famagusta district is coming under economic pressure from the fallout of the Middle East war, with ...

WHAT could a poor weekly columnist write as click-bait when in the last few days, the news was dominated by sensational allegations about corrupt judges, child rape, illegitimate children, big ...

By Yiannis Misirlis In every housing cycle, markets search for a villain. Today, in Cyprus, the spotlight has turned toward foreign, particularly non-European, buyers. The policy response now under discussion, ...

With parliamentary elections less than two months away, the scare stories about the composition of the new House are becoming more frequent, especially as opinion polls suggest there could be ...

By Christodoulos Patsalides, governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) The banking sector today operates in an environment characterised by heightened uncertainty and a multidimensional, dynamically evolving web of ...

Renewable power such as wind and solar provided a record 52.5 per cent of Britain’s electricity generation ​in 2025, government data has shown, ‌but fossil fuel use also rose. Britain has ...