Archive 2026

A profound breakdown between authority and accountability is actively reshaping the modern maritime industry, leaving ship masters to carry the professional consequences of decisions micro-managed by shore-side teams. The widening ...

The numbers do not lie, although they do not quite add up either. Not until you look closer. For the Cyprus property market, 2025 was a record-breaking year. Total transaction value ...

HSBC has appealed to staff not to fight ​AI, saying it would destroy jobs while creating new ones, as banking rival Standard Chartered sought to ‌calm workers over comments that ...

A major economic summit focusing on the trajectory and contribution of the professional services sector will convene in Nicosia on June 4, 2026. The high-level gathering, officially titled the Fourth Professional Services ...

Only 66 of the 168 innovative medicinal treatments approved by EU authorities from 2021 to 2024 were available in Cyprus, a survey has shown. Carried out by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and ...

As soon as the results of the parliamentary elections were announced, all public attention shifted to who will be the next president of the House of Representatives. It has been ...

Authorities on Thursday identified as a Congolese national the man who fell to his death earlier this week while trying to escape a raid by immigration officers in Larnaca. Though ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel’s military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already ...

Iceland’s parliament on Thursday voted in favour of holding an August 29 referendum to begin European Union accession talks, supporting the government’s two-step plan that could lead to membership ...

In a refiled $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump says that Rupert Murdoch told him he would “handle” a story about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey ...

At least 52 guerrilla fighters were killed in clashes between two rival armed groups vying for territorial control of a strategic cocaine production and trafficking region in southeastern Colombia, a faction ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Thursday said she is “cautiously optimistic” that the European Union’s 27 member states could reach an agreement to commence accession negotiations with both ...

Reducing environmental impacts while improving supply security is creating new opportunities for Cyprus, particularly in areas such as waste management, material recovery and the sustainable use of resources, Agriculture Minister ...

Customs officers seized 40 refrigerant gas cylinders and a commercial vehicle at the Ayios Dhometios crossing on Thursday, suspecting they were smuggled from Turkey. According to the customs department, officers stopped ...

The Direct Democracy party is accepting applications for parliamentary aides and staff, its leader Fidias Panayiotou announced on Thursday. “We are officially hiring,” a chirpy Panayiotou said in a short ...

The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters, though U.S. ...

Cyprus proved popular among the foreign ministers of European Union member states who had travelled to the island to attend Thursday’s informal summit, with many complimenting the island and ...

The number of young people in Cyprus who are neither studying nor working has fallen by nearly eight percentage points over the past decade, reaching 10.6 per cent in 2026. This compares ...

Police arrested a 17-year-old on Thursday in connection with the robbery of a motorcycle in Limassol. According to the police, three hooded suspects attacked two 30-year-old men before stealing their ...

The Polis Chrysochous-Stroumbi road could be completed within this year, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said during a meeting in Polis Chrysochous on Thursday. The meeting focused on three key issues: ...

The European Union’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday set out her and the bloc’s opposition to the presence of Russian troops in both Georgia and Moldova, ...

Jannik Sinner’s bid for a maiden French Open title and career Grand Slam went up in smoke as he experienced physical issues in his second-round match against Juan Manuel ...

A psychologist was found guilty by the Limassol criminal court on Thursday of sexually abusing a patient under his care. According to Phileleftheros, the court, which heard the case in ...

Technology has quietly rewritten the rules of leisure time. Not all at once — but steadily, screen by screen. The way we rest, play, and connect looks almost nothing like it ...