Cyprus will not join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program this year, despite completing all technical requirements and maintaining one of the world’s lowest visa rejection rates....
Medochemie, Cyprus’s leading pharmaceutical company, is strengthening its commitment to sustainable growth by taking another significant step towards a greener future. ...
In a major development in the trial of 74-year-old Simon Aykut, the man accused of seizing Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas, the defendant admitted to 40 charges related to the alleged misappropriation. Prosecutors have now dropped the remaining charges....
Canadian investment giant Fairfax Financial Holdings is deepening its footprint in Cyprus, agreeing to buy 45% of ERB Insurance, the general insurance company owned by Eurobank Limited, for €59 million, a deal seen as a strong vote of confidence in the Cypriot economy....
In a political race already full of surprises, Turkish Cypriot academic Mehmet Hasgüler, running as an ''independent candidate'' for the ''presidency'' in the north, has stirred headlines with a mix of bold promises, eccentric charm, and calls for peace....
After two years of relentless war, a rare moment of relief arrived Monday as Hamas released seven Israeli hostages into Red Cross custody, the first freed under a fragile ceasefire deal that could signal the beginning of the end to the conflict in Gaza....
It’s Monday, which means the universe has hit “snooze” again. Low pressure is loitering in the area, possibly looking for motivation or just avoiding responsibilities....
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to co-chair an international peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday....
France is a country that does not reform, at least not without blood and plenty of protest. Its history proves this. In fact, it is from France that we ourselves imported large doses of the culture of questioning and dissent....
Two separate traffic collisions in the Nicosia district on Saturday left two elderly people dead, in what police described as a troubling day on the island’s roads....
An opposition politician in occupied Cyprus has warned that children in schools across the areas are fainting from hunger, underscoring growing concerns over the deepening economic crisis and rising cost of living in the region....
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress whose luminous presence shaped films from The Godfather to Annie Hall to Father of the Bride, died in California on Saturday at the age of 79. Her family has asked for privacy....
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has emerged politically strengthened after surviving two motions of censure in the European Parliament, but faces ongoing scrutiny over EU policies and allegations of espionage involving Hungary....
Mr. Maniatis criticized the report, jointly issued by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Defence Agency, for referring to the occupied territories of Cyprus as the “turkish republic of northern cyprus” and for including a map that appears to recognize the consequences of the disputed Turkey-Libya Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement....
The mother of a man whose name appeared in handwritten notes connected to the Thanasis Nicolaou investigation condemned what she called a campaign of public shaming against her family....
According to new data from the World Health Organization’s European office, one in three doctors and nurses across the continent suffers from symptoms of depression or anxiety, a rate five times that of the general public....
Cyprus is once again turning to short-term borrowing, announcing a €25 million Treasury Bills auction that will take place on October 20, between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., according to the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) of the Ministry of Finance....
Two cars have once again found themselves stuck in the Larnaca Salt Lake, prompting frustration and fines from local authorities who say enough is enough....
Cyprus’ trade deficit has ballooned by nearly €1 billion this year, reaching €5.15 billion between January and August 2025, as imports outpaced exports by a wide margin....
Cyprus is taking a firm step to protect children from the dangers of the online world, joining a European Commission pilot project aimed at developing a secure way to verify users’ ages....
A quiet Paphos street turned into a crime scene Friday morning after an explosion ripped through a company’s offices on Dimokratias Avenue, and police say it wasn’t just any explosion. It was caused by a hand grenade....
If you’ve been feeling anxious about the future, you’re not alone. According to a new survey by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF, an astonishing 86% of young people in Cyprus say they feel high levels of anxiety and uncertainty about what lies ahead....
European University Cyprus (EUC) is proud to host Peter Hinssen, one of the world’s most influential thinkers on innovation, leadership, and technology, for an exclusive keynote event in Nicosia....
Residents of the Livadia self-housing development are refusing to pay a bill for a new sewage system, arguing the charges are unfair and pointing to differences in how similar projects have been handled elsewhere....
The art collective team ORAMA is starting this year's series of events “Moments at the Museum '25”, organized by Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, with the engraving workshop for families “Imprints in Time" on Sunday, October 19, at 11:00 a.m....