Cyprus needs energy transformation in 2025
Energy was constantly in the news in 2024, but serious progress was limited.
By far the biggest success was the ‘Photovoltaics (PV) for All’ scheme. With the failure of utility-scale renewables (...
Police arrest 42 residing illegally in Cyprus
A total of 42 people were identified and arrested by the police on Sunday, as part of an action to identify third country nationals residing illegally in Cyprus, while a total ...
Parliament to discuss bill on limiting large cash transactions
Parliament on Monday will hold an extraordinary session to discuss the president’s referral of a law passed on December 5 to limit large cash transactions.
The plenary session is set ...
christmas
Where to go on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
The big day is almost here. It is nearly time for big juicy feasts, ample wine, champagne and time with loved ones. Besides the Christmas day lunches and gift giving, ...
Cold War Czechoslovakia tried to infiltrate the British bases in Cyprus
The Secret Service of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) used its Greek Cypriot collaborators at the height of the Cold War, in the 1970s and 80s, to try and infiltrate ...
Man arrested for drink driving in Limassol
Police arrested a 57-year-old man for drink driving and damaging a police vehicle in Limassol, authorities announced on Sunday.
According to police, the man was arrested at 11pm on Saturday ...
We need an inquiry into the Takata airbag fiasco
By Loukis Skaliotis
The democratic system of government has come to be accepted as the preferred system, primarily because it provides legitimacy to those who govern. It is supposed to ...
Cyprus foreign ministry welcomes EU conclusions on enlargement and Turkey
Cyprus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the EU Council Conclusions on enlargement on Sunday, noting that they incorporate crucial issues for the Republic of Cyprus and that they send a ...
Genomes reveal timing of Homo sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals
Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on ...
Japan’s antitrust watchdog to find Google violated law in search case, Nikkei reports
Japan’s competition watchdog is expected to find Google GOOGL.O guilty of violating the country’s antitrust law, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday, citing sources.
The Japan Fair Trade ...
President says no other alternative but to end Turkish occupation of Cyprus
There is no other alternative but to end the Turkish occupation of Cyprus and reunite our homeland, pledged President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday.
In a speech at an event in ...
The Christmas we get we deserve
“I believe in Father Christmas” by Greg Lake is a song that’s played on the radio and in shops each Christmas all over the UK and in many other ...
Three teens injured in fight outside Limassol cafe
Three teens were injured in a fight outside a cafe in Limassol, police said on Sunday.
According to police, the teens were outside of a cafe in Limassol at around 7...
President says Syria’s sovereignty must be safeguarded
President Nikos Christodoulides said that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria must be safeguarded, and hoped that countries like Turkey would not attempt to exploit the gap created by ...
Government budgets continue to serve the few and neglect the people
Government budgets are the main instrument of economic policy that determine how resources are to be allocated and collected from various interest groups. On Wednesday, MPs voted to approve the ...
Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges after night of grief, scuffles
A man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in an attack that killed at least five people and injured scores of others faces charges of murder ...
Man in critical condition after Nicosia fire
A 52-year-old man is in critical condition at Nicosia General on Sunday after suffering severe burns from a fire in an abandoned house, the fire services said.
The incident occurred ...
Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza, orders hospital to evacuate
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Prez buffs his battered crown with Christmas present from the banks
THE TWO big banks gave Prezniktwo the Christmas presents he was asking for to improve his public image, after the battering it received from the comrades and other social justice ...
A big man and an intellectual heavyweight
Zenon Stavrinides, the well-known Greek Cypriot intellectual and Cyprob aficionado, passed away last October aged 78 and my column this week is in celebration of his life.
He was the eldest ...
Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up
Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting December 16:
Limassol’s share of the 2025-2027 state budget has drawn the ire of the Limassol Chamber of ...
Smarter, greener, better – redefining the future of machine power
In an age of smart machines, EU-funded researchers are ensuring that they are being designed with sustainability and societal well-being in mind.
By Jack McGovan
Machines have always fascinated Dr ...
boxing
Ukraine’s Usyk outpoints Fury to retain world heavyweight crowns
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles by unanimous decision against Britain’s Tyson Fury to remain undefeated after an enthralling clash in ...
Our View: Students join the legions of take, take, take demands
On the final day of the debate of the state budget, a group of students gathered outside the House of Representative to protest against the cuts to their financial aid. ...