Archive 2026

Cyprus welcomed international students as part of an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) designed to bridge academic research with professional advertising execution, organized by the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) ...

The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon reached Gibraltar on Tuesday, crossing into the Mediterranean as it makes its way from the UK to Cyprus. The ship had ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 146,516 in February 2026, up 9.5 per cent from 133,760 in the same month last year, according to the state statistical service (Cystat). For the first two months of ...

Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) will continue operating the Pame Express service despite a serious shortage of professional drivers, while ongoing consultations with the transport ministry aim to find long-term solutions, ...

Police arrested 12 people on Monday night on a range of offences including theft, drug possession, possession of offensive instruments, domestic violence and illegal stay in the Republic. In a statement, ...

Israel claimed on Tuesday to have killed Iran’s security chief, while a senior Iranian official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries, demanding Israel ...

Four Slovak veterinarians have arrived in Cyprus and been given temporary licences to practice on the island as part of efforts to expedite the process of culling livestock amid an ...

A senior Russian security official warned on Tuesday that the pace and development of Ukrainian drone production meant that no Russian region was safe from attack. Sergei Shoigu, the secretary ...

Cyprus’ real estate sector is being reshaped by changing social needs, urban pressures and investor demand, speakers said at the 20th Real Estate, Property Development & Construction Conference & Exhibition. ...

Greece does not back any separate deals that would allow ships to enter and exit the Strait of Hormuz but wants a durable solution to safeguard peace in the region, ...

A 59-year-old man, who had been remanded in police custody in the framework of investigations into a fraud case, has died at Larnaca general hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest ...

Azines Library is hosting its annual party and this year, it celebrates DIY culture as a collective practice and political gesture. “Print can resist, preserve memory, and connect communities across ...

The state should consider closing crossing points to and from the north as a “drastic measure” to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Pancyprian grain producers’ organisation said on ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday presented the government’s latest housing policy measures, outlining a housing drive that will see 2,500 new homes built across Cyprus over the next two ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will tell the leaders of other European Union member states of a need for the bloc to achieve further strategic autonomy when the European Council convenes later ...

Thousands of Mexicans packed the heart of their capital on Sunday to kick, pass and celebrate their way into the record books, turning one of the world’s most iconic ...

Cyprus is a “completely safe” destination for tourists, President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday, amid rising fears for the immediate future of the island’s tourism industry after its British ...

Bus drivers will be staging a two-hour work stoppage on March 27, from 9am till 11am, to protest warning signals they said put drivers and passengers alike in danger, their unions ...

The investigation into complaints of alleged police brutality at a Gaza protest in October 2025 have been completed, with a report to be handed over to the attorney-general next week, sources ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has published updated aggregate Cyprus banking sector data for the year ending December 31, 2025, showing that the banking sector’s profitability declined in 2025. Specifically, profitability ...

Cyprus’ cabinet approved a proposal on Monday to strengthen the role of the Financial Commissioner and introduce new safeguards for primary residences, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos saying the measures ...

Authorities seized illegal tobacco products, nicotine pouches and counterfeit goods during a coordinated operation in Ayia Napa on Saturday, customs officials said. The operation was carried out by customs officers ...

By Philippa Tracy Dominic Salt is struggling to deal with the death of his wife, Claire, nine years earlier. She died when her youngest child, Orly, was born. Since then, ...

The Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evep) recently took part in the second meeting of the European programme EnoGastroDest-Interreg Europe, which was held in Pecs, Hungary. The chamber, as ...