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Cyprus recorded the eighth highest workforce percentage of firefighters in the EU in 2025, with 1,200 firefighters corresponding to 0,24 per cent of total employment in the country, according to data published by ...

Cyprus, for more than four decades, has been home to Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis. But long before settling on the island, she had embarked on a journey that would eventually take ...

There have been no further confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD), the veterinary association told the Cyprus Mail on Monday, describing the overall situation as stable. “We have ...

Dozens of people demonstrated outside Limassol general hospital on Monday after a four-year-old boy suffered brain damage due to meningitis, which the family claimed had not been diagnosed in time. ...

A total of 723 burglaries and thefts were registered in Cyprus during the first half of 2026, of which 436, or 60.3 per cent, were solved, according to official police statistics released on Monday. ...

Jury selection is due to begin on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-street gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three ...

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit widened sharply during the first half of 2026, reaching €4.68 billion, as imports continued to grow while exports moved in the opposite direction, according to figures released on Monday ...

Electricity demand is being fully met and has begun to decline in recent days as temperatures ease, according to the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (TSO). Assistant director of the TSO’...

Neapolis University Pafos (NUP) announces the launch of its new distance-learning Master’s Programme (MA) in Economic Crime and Criminal Justice, which will admit its first students in the 2026–2027 academic ...

Whether progress can be made on confidence-building measures, particularly the opening of new crossing points, is expected to top the agenda when President Nikos Christodoulides meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

Euroxx Research has raised its earnings forecasts for the Bank of Cyprus for 2026-2028 and increased its target price for the lender’s shares to €13 from €11.50, following stronger-than-expected first-half results. ...

Fintech giant Revolut announced on Monday that its subsidiary Revolut Bank S.A. has been granted a full banking licence following a joint assessment by the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

Cyprus-based biotechnology company iDNA Genomics Public Ltd on Monday announced that it approved its audited consolidated financial statements for 2025, reporting a wider loss and a sharp deterioration in its balance ...

Faced with a second criminal investigation, journalist Makarios Drousiotis on Monday issued a plea to the public for cash contributions to help pay for a solicitor and forensics, as he ...

She had paid the bills for years. She had signed the tax returns. By most measures, Belle Burden was a participant in her household’s financial life, not a bystander. ...

Cyprus recorded a further increase in building activity in April 2026, with the state statistical service (Cystat) reporting that 639 building permits were authorised, up 10.7 per cent compared with the same month ...

UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CONCACAF, which runs football in the Caribbean, North and Central America, issued an open letter on Monday attacking FIFA President Gianni Infantino over ...

A 34-year-old man detained for four days before the Famagusta district court after police found €25,555 in cash and tobacco products in his vehicle in Ayia Napa on Sunday. Police said ...

Greek retail group Jumbo recorded one of its strongest performances in Cyprus in July, with sales rising by approximately 14 per cent year-on-year, helping return the retailer’s overall results to ...

Hall of Famer Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, died Sunday. He was 86. Nelson’s family announced the passing of the five-time champion as a player but didn’...

A gunman was arrested after firing shots at a local government office on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital on Monday, officials said, just days after a teenager’s killing ...

Former Laiki Bank depositors who lost their savings during the 2013 financial crisis have been promised further compensation in 2026, the Laiki Bank Depositors Association (Sykala) said on Monday. Sykala said President ...

Nicosia municipality offices and services will be closed on Saturday, August 15 for the Assumption Day public holiday, the municipality announced on Monday. The Ayios Antonios municipal market, Ochi farmers’ market ...