CYPRUS BREAKING NEWS

“What can a village tell us about the past of Cyprus, and what might the new stories created there change?” asks the festival team behind Xarkis Festival as this theme lies at the heart of the 12th edition, coming up this weekend. From September 11 to 13, Xarkis returns to Kalavasos, transforming…

Two 20-year-old men have been arrested in Ayia Napa for the possession and the circulation of counterfeit banknotes, the police said on Friday. According to the police, officers in the area were informed that two customers were attempting to pay for products at a business with “banknotes which were…

Sunat Atun has been selected by the Turkish Cypriot legislature to lead its investigation into whether there is political culpability to be apportioned following the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last week. The five-person committee will comprise three members of the Turkish Cypriot…

Faults at pelican crossings in Nicosia, which saw pedestrian buttons attached to traffic lights render no change to the lighting sequence, are to be “resolved immediately”, the city’s mayor Charalambos Prountzos has said. He told the Cyprus Mail that the Nicosia municipality’s technical team had…

Friday’s weather will be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, with temperatures set to rise to 38 degrees Celsius inland, 34 degrees Celsius on the south and east coasts, 32 degrees Celsius on the west and north coasts, and 28 degrees Celsius in the mountains. Overnight, the…

There is a version of the last four years that Cypriot officials tell with justified satisfaction. The American arms embargo, in place since 1987, was lifted in 2022. The CYCLOPS training centre, funded by the US State Department, put Cyprus on the map as a regional security provider rather than a…

Why services demand a different strategic approach Promoting a service is fundamentally different from selling a physical product. A product can be photographed, held, returned, and evaluated before purchase with relative ease. A service is intangible — the buyer cannot inspect it, test it, or…

Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after the U.S. midterm elections. Yemeni government military sources…

Eurobank has emerged as the preferred pick among Greece’s four systemic banks after Euroxx upgraded its estimates and price targets for the sector, citing strong second-quarter results , improved earnings forecasts and a more favourable interest-rate environment. In its latest report, whose…

Elena Rybakina overpowered Coco Gauff 3-6 6-4 6-4 in a fierce U.S. Open semi-final on Thursday to secure a title showdown with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and stay on course for a third Grand Slam crown. Sabalenka eliminated top-ranked American Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 to move one victory away…

Scott Larsen was 4 years old when his dad, the New York City firefighter he was named after, was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. His father, then 35, had recently been temporarily assigned to Lower Manhattan from his normal firehouse in Woodside, in the…

George Karatzias was appointed chairman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday, returning to the regulator just over two years after leaving to become an executive director at the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The Cabinet approved Karatzias’ appointment for a five-year…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is heading towards a decisive December showdown over its Net-Zero Framework, with Greek and Cyprus shipping voices warning that the final rules must work in the real world of global fuel supply, ship investment and international competition. After four…

Athens International Airport is reshaping its major expansion programme after passenger traffic rose 4.5 per cent in the first half of 2026, with the airport now planning a more phased approach that could eventually increase capacity beyond 40 million passengers a year. The airport handled 15.75…

Haematologist Sotiris Koumas on Thursday warned against the use of plasmapheresis outside established therapeutic settings, saying the procedure can cause complications ranging from mild to serious and should only be performed at specialised centres. Speaking to CNA amid public debate following the…

Justice and Public Order Minister Costas Fitiris should be congratulated for taking it upon himself to rationalise the issue of security details. The absurd practice of providing former presidents and former House speakers with a posse of policemen to drive them around and do their errands has been…

Como enjoyed a dream Champions League debut as the humble Italian club trounced RB Leipzig 4-1 at home but fellow new boys Sabah were crushed 4-0 at Manchester United on Thursday. Six-time winners Bayern Munich opened their group phase campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt while…

Morocco’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that no evidence established involvement of Rabat in the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July, adding it rejected being drawn into Spain’s domestic political battles. More than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, fueling…

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month’s election, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Thursday, with the right-wing lawmaker now holding a narrow numerical edge over the leftist incumbent. The…

Russian forces launched a broad onslaught on the industrial city of Pavlohrad in southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing seven, as well as striking a petrol station in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic…