Archive 2026

Emergency services were called to a house fire in Chlorakas shortly before 3am on Friday, with firefighters bringing the blaze under control and the two occupants escaping unharmed. The fire ...

Since 1990, the population in the Swiss village of Knonau has more than doubled, driven by an economic boom in one of the country’s most business-friendly and prosperous cantons, Zug. ...

Finance ministers from across the European Union are gathering in Nicosia on Friday and Saturday for an informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin), held as part ...

Eleven people were arrested overnight as part of targeted police operations carried out across Cyprus aimed at preventing serious crime and maintaining public order. According to the police announcement there ...

A weak low pressure system and an unstable air mass are affecting Cyprus, bringing unsettled conditions that are expected to persist into the start of next week. Friday will begin ...

Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta will proceed with a non-binding referendum in October on whether its residents want to remain part of Canada, Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, a ...

Aleksandra Sulimko, COO of TheSoul Group, said organisations do not get stuck because they lack tools, strategies or technology, but because of how people react when uncertainty becomes uncomfortable. Speaking ...

The Russia-controlled part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency power blackouts on Friday, Russia-installed governor Yevgeny Balitsky was quoted as saying by the Kommersant newspaper. However, critical infrastructure ...

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has announced a proposal writing workshop aimed at supporting applicants to its technology commercialisation funding call, scheduled to take place later this month. The ...

Eurobank on Thursday opened a representative office in Mumbai, becoming the first bank from southeastern Europe to operate such a service in India. A ceremony was held to mark the ...

The Paphos regional tourism board (Etap) participated in a European project meeting in France focused on smart tourism, digital innovation and sustainable destination management, according to an official announcement. Specifically, ...

The European Union saw a modest monthly recovery in construction output during March 2026, according to a report from Eurostat. At the same time, locally-sourced data indicates that Cyprus’ building sector ...

A high-level panel moderated by Elias Neocleous, managing partner at Elias Neocleous & Co LLC, placed funding strategy at the centre of discussions during this year’s Doers Summit, amidst ...

Cyprus’ population rose to 982,966 people last year, according to figures published by Eurostat on Thursday, marking an increase of almost 34 per cent over the past two decades. The latest demographic ...

Leader of Disy and president of the House, Annita Demetriou, pulled the curtain on her party’s election campaign on Wednesday night, by repeating her uninspiring message that a vote ...

The U.S. and Iran stuck to opposing stances on Thursday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...

An Israeli drone strike killed a 13-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as residents reported a renewed pattern of Israeli warnings urging people to ...

The building housing Diko’s headquarters was renamed ‘Spyros Kyprianou’ on Thursday as an “act of historic memory, respect and recognition of the founder and historical leader of the party”. ...

Police fired warning shots and tear gas as part of a dispute in northeastern Congo over the burial of a suspected Ebola victim, a footballer who played for local teams, ...

Water flow into the dams this month has made it the best May on record, the Water Development Department said on Thursday. Up until May 19, some 9.6 million cubic metres flowed ...

The Goethe-Institut Cyprus’ exhibition Between Imagination and Hope continues its parallel programme with guided tours, film screenings and discussions this May. The fourth edition of KunstRaumGoethe titled Between Imagination and ...

Rescue workers were on Thursday afternoon sifting through the debris of an abandoned residence in Larnaca after the building’s roof collapsed. No casualties were reported. The residence in question ...

Ermes Department Stores Plc on Thursday announced the appointment of Grant Thornton Cyprus to prepare an independent opinion on a public takeover offer submitted by Cyprus Trading Corporation Plc (CTC), ...

Marine conservation group Oceana has called on Cyprus to ban bottom trawling within its territorial waters and establish an exclusive coastal fishing zone for small-scale fishers, saying the move would ...