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Journalist Makarios Drousiotis has announced today that his crowdfunding appeal has raised €52,874.63. Drousiotis said that the total included donations made through the GoGetFunding platform, direct contributions and €3,100 in cash from ...

Russia has asked Washington and Ankara for explanations over reports that a significant quantity of US weapons and ammunition held in Turkey could be transferred to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry ...

A Cypriot national who died in a car accident has donated her heart to a 45-year-old woman in Israel who had been waiting almost two years for a transplant. The ...

Former environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou has described her departure from the post as “sudden”, while criticising delays in environmental policy and the handling of the Akamas. In an interview with ...

When Antonio Guterres crossed the Green Line on July 28, on his first official visit to Cyprus as secretary-general, the question that occurred to me was not what he had come ...

Baby turtles were spotted making their way into the sea at Pervolia beach in Larnaca on Sunday, with footage showing the hatchlings moving from the shore towards the water. The ...

Greek Cypriot crossings through checkpoints from the government-controlled areas to the north increased during the first half of 2026 while Turkish Cypriot crossings declined, according to police data reported on Sunday. ...

Akel MP Christos Christofides met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday and used the brief encounter to raise the Cyprus problem and the destruction of cultural heritage. ...

Police made 20 arrests and carried out hundreds of checks on drivers and premises during overnight operations nationwide last night. The arrests involved offences including illegal residence, possession of a knife, ...

A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday ...

The phrase “war on the young” is a prominent concept popularised by professor Scott Galloway of New York University, outlining how modern economic, political and social systems profoundly disadvantage younger ...

Cyprus marks 66 years of independence today, with the establishment of the Republic on August 16, 1960, ending 82 years of British colonial rule. The republic was formed under the Zurich and London agreements, ...

A new undersea cable connecting Cyprus and Syria is expected to enter service by early 2028, creating a new internet link between the two countries. According to a joint press release ...

A suspected arson attack is being investigated after a second fire broke out some 500 metres away from an earlier blaze in Lysos. The first fire broke out at around 4pm ...

Rain and isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, while temperatures remain high at around 37C in Nicosia. According to the Met Office, clouds shall develop after midday and are expected ...

A seven-year-old girl has been taken to hospital and two passengers, including a 17-year-old girl, were injured after a jet ski collided with a towed inflatable off Protaras on Saturday ...

A 35-year-old woman died last night, with her two daughters remaining in hospital after the three struggled in rough seas at CTO beach in Larnaca. The woman and her daughters, ...

Global tablet shipments fell by 10 per cent year on year to 36 million units in the second quarter of 2026, marking an expected downturn for the industry, according to the latest research ...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is a populist politician in the same way that Nigel Farage of Reform UK is populist and, although the PM would vigorously deny the comparison, ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting August 10: Cyprus’ airports are handling around 50,000 passengers and 325 flights every day at the height of the summer season, ...

The recent surge in euro area inflation is predominantly driven by energy supply shocks rather than buoyant consumer demand, according to a European Central Bank (ECB) study. Writing in an ...

The leaders are pulling away on cost, on growth, on margin. The gap is not a technology gap, it is an operating-model gap. Three failures explain the gap, and the ...

Approximately 30 per cent of adults struggle with a lack of child-friendly support at airports, according to research from British insurance comparison site Tiger, who issued advice to help parents navigate ...

‘I’m not against the project. I want it to make sense’ Amid the hype over the Great Sea Interconnector, following the entry of French asset management firm Meridiam, one ...