Archive 2026

Cyprus recorded a year-on-year inflation rate of 3 per cent in April 2026, according to a report from Eurostat, as price pressures accelerated across the euro area and European Union. The figure ...

Cyprus’ housing market is showing renewed signs of pressure, with house prices and rents rising faster than the EU average, even though households on the island remain less burdened by ...

Rain or shine, a packed events agenda is happening this weekend. Get ready for festivals, artistic interventions, street food and performances. Prepping the ground for a good weekend ahead is ...

Global banking conglomerate HSBC this week released an investment report estimating that Greek banks remain among the primary beneficiaries of a more stringent monetary policy framework from the European Central ...

Ground handling is becoming more complex and the margin for error is shrinking, IATA’s Director Ground Operations Monika Mejstrikova said at the 38th IATA Ground Handling Conference in Cairo. ...

The Larnaca district government organisation (EOA), as part of ongoing evacuation efforts on Wednesday, called for the allocation of funds for the management of dangerous buildings and other “critical responsibilities” ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis did the right thing on Tuesday when he introduced a sense of perspective and reason to public discourse about the lower tourist figures in ...

Aston Villa cruised to a 3-0 victory over Freiburg to lift the Europa League trophy on Wednesday, dismantling their German opponents with a clinical attacking display that never left the ...

Turkey and the ‘administration’ in the north have revived plans for major energy projects linking the two, including an electricity interconnection and a proposed natural gas pipeline. The renewed agenda ...

A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic ​of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed over 130 people, is being treated in ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump in a call on Wednesday he welcomed the extension of a ceasefire between the US and Iran, adding he believed contested ...

Disy held its final pre-election rally on Wednesday evening in Nicosia, with party leader Annita Demetriou calling on voters to back what she described as an “alliance of responsibility”. The ...

Edek leader Nikos Anastasiou urged supporters on Wednesday night to rally behind the party in the final stage of the election campaign, framing the vote as a defining moment over “...

Cyprus recorded 33,640 beehives in 2023, down from 38,130 in 2020, according to Eurostat data published on Wednesday. The figures place Cyprus behind the European trend, with the total number of beehives on farms ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades warned on Wednesday that Cyprus risks creating a “Parliament of Babel” amid what he described as growing political toxicity, populism and public attacks that undermine democratic ...

The Limassol regional tourism board (Etap Limassol) this week presented results from nine pilot actions under the HERIT ADAPT Interreg EURO-Med project, focusing on sustainable tourism and the impact of ...

Pavlos Kontides climbed into a share of first place at the European Sailing Championship in Croatia on Wednesday after a strong series of performances in the opening final races of ...

The archaeologists’ association called on Wednesday for stronger state protection of cultural heritage, warning that increasing construction activity across both the government-controlled areas and the north is placing archaeological sites ...

The Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday the immediate release of an Iranian national who had spent approximately 24 years in Cyprus, ruling that his continued detention for deportation purposes had exceeded ...

By Tom Cleaver in Mumbai A Bollywood film will be shot in Cyprus for the first time in the coming months, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday evening, as the ...

The foreign ministry condemned on Wednesday what it described as the “completely unacceptable” conduct of Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir toward activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted the ...

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 ...

Two Russian jets last month intercepted a British Royal Air Force surveillance plane over the Black Sea, in what Britain’s defence ministry said on Wednesday was a dangerous incident ...

The European Parliament plenary adopted on Wednesday a recommendation to the EU Council, the European Commission and EU foreign affairs representative, calling for the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Cyprus ...