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A 25-year-old Austrian national was arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday after 23kg of cannabis was found in his luggage. During a customs and police drug squad Ykan search, an ...

The House legal committee and Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou agreed on Wednesday to prepare a final bill that would address problems faced by around 8,000 trapped property buyers. Ioannou said provisions ...

Students sitting Pancyprian exams will be doing so in air-conditioned classrooms, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking before a cabinet meeting, Christodoulides also referred to changes in the education ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday more pensioners will receive winter fuel payments starting this winter, following the government’s U-turn on the cuts in the payments to the ...

US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy said the risk of escalation from the war in Ukraine was “going way up” after Ukrainian forces used drones to strike nuclear-capable bombers ...

Revenues from betting activity in Cyprus maintained their upward momentum in 2024, surpassing €1.2 billion and confirming the sector’s continued expansion, according to financial results published by the National Betting Authority (...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said she is “looking after every last taxpayer euro” following an audit office report revealed she had claimed almost €19,000 in expenses for a three-night ...

The number of registered unemployed persons in Cyprus stood at 7,378 at the end of May 2025, according to data released on Wednesday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). However, based on ...

Michalis Pantelides is world-renowned despite his young age. The Cypriot fashion designer has dressed local celebrities, received awards, participated in showcases and trained at the atelier of Iris Van Herpen ...

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and their talisman Virat Kohli ended a 17-season drought by winning their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the final ...

A pair of Belgian TikTokers say they spent 27 hours in an Allianz Arena toilet last weekend before watching Paris St Germain beat Inter Milan in the Champions League final for ...

England coach Thomas Tuchel will attend FIFA’s Club World Cup starting this month to observe how players cope with the expected hot and humid weather conditions. Next year’s ...

The criminal case against a policeman who was found to be leaking information to murdered gang member Demetris Andronikou was dropped on Wednesday, with the policeman returning to work. According ...

Hotel occupancy in Cyprus was slightly down in May, compared to the same month last year, according to the president of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides. However, overall ...

The shareholders of Cypriot beverage company KEO plc approved a series of key resolutions during the company’s annual general meeting held this week, according to a submission on the ...

By Dina Gavarieva If you’ve ever joked about “not going for days”, it might be time to take a closer look at your digestive habits. A recent study from ...

The three dogs that attacked a 25-year-old woman and two children, aged six and three, in the Moni industrial area on Sunday are to be euthanised, sources said on Wednesday — ...

Greek retail group Jumbo reported a strong rise in store sales across Cyprus and Greece in May 2025, reflecting a gradual rebound after a slower start to the year due to ...

Low-income pensioners can as of Wednesday apply for holiday grants covering full accommodation in mountain resorts and hotels in Pyrgos Tyllirias, the labour ministry announced. The scheme, approved by the ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of influential late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, on Wednesday said that every time incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar speaks, he feels ashamed. “Every time ...

Cyprus and Greece have agreed to step up cooperation in research and innovation, following high-level talks in Athens between senior officials from both countries. The meeting brought together Theodoros Loukaidis, ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested for illegally transporting eight lambs through the buffer zone around midnight on Wednesday. According to police, surveillance spotted a truck moving suspiciously along the buffer ...

The Cyprus Innovation Awards 2025, organised by the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev), have been approved for inclusion in the official programme of the European SME Week. The European SME Week ...

Cyprus is expected to experience a decline in both rental and property purchase prices in the coming years, President Nikos Christodoulides announced this week. Speaking at a dinner hosted by ...