CYPRUS BREAKING NEWS

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement for the US to develop a significant military presence on Greenland, while prohibiting US adversaries from building their own bases on the island, Donald Trump said on Friday. In a Truth Social post, the US president wrote that…

The Office of the Commissioner for State Aid Control and the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) discussed strengthening their institutional cooperation during a meeting held earlier this week. The meeting between State Aid Control Commissioner Stella Michaelidou and RIF board chairman…

Minerva Insurance Company Public Ltd’s board of directors will meet on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, to review and approve the company’s preliminary results for the first half of 2026 . The meeting will take place at 10.30am at the company’s offices at 165 Athalassas Avenue, Anna Maria Court,…

The European Parliament this week confirmed Thomas Gstadtner as the new executive director of the European Banking Authority ( EBA ) following a plenary vote. Gstadtner will serve a five-year term , which can be extended once, after being selected by the EBA Board of Supervisors from a shortlist…

Independent phone and ​laptop makers are redesigning products, testing incoming chips for fakes and passing on costs ‌as a memory shortage they expect to last through 2027 squeezes the lower end of the device market. Availability, not price, is the binding constraint, executives at three companies…

The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 3.75 per cent on Thursday , but signalled a more cautious approach to monetary policy as higher energy prices push inflation higher. The central bank’s next rate-setting meeting is scheduled for November 5, with Barclays expecting a 25-basis-point…

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has opened a €1.13 million tender for cleaning services at its buildings, with companies invited to submit offers by October 23. The contract covers the cleaning of the bank’s indoor and outdoor areas , as well as the supply of cleaning and hygiene products. The…

Microsoft (MSFT.O) AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said he shared Anthropic’s ‌focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way it trains its Claude chatbot on ideas related to consciousness and welfare interests. Suleyman called for removing all ​speculation about consciousness from AI training…

Neither diesel nor natural gas can provide a long-term answer to Cyprus’ energy needs, Cyprus Institute president Stavros Malas said on Friday, stressing the need to develop sustainable energy storage alongside renewable generation. Malas was speaking during a visit by Deputy Minister of Research,…

The two leaders held their final meeting on Thursday, before they head to New York, with nothing to show two months after the visit of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus. None of the conditions set by Guterres for an expanded 5+1 conference, that President Nikos Christodoulides has…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his “deepest regret” on Friday over the United States’ decision to deny Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa for the second consecutive year, blocking his attendance at next week’s UN General Assembly. Guterres’s spokesman, Stephane…

US President Donald Trump banned news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House on Friday, complaining about their coverage in a social media post. “Effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW… and Politico… from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’…

The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday it had been informed the cooling tower of a reactor unit “was hit by a drone” the previous day at western Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant. The UN nuclear watchdog said the reactor unit was operating at the time it was hit, but continued…

The state cannot determine how much groundwater is actually pumped, according to research published on Friday by the investigative reporting network ( Ciren ). The research, drawing on data from the water development department (WDD) and findings from the audit office, found that 76 per-cent of…

Former presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Friday that polls reaching him put him in first place for the 2028 presidential election, though he intends to wait until the end of the year before deciding whether to run again. Speaking to Omega TV, Mavroyiannis said the only official…

Cyprus’s Israeli made Barak MX air defence system will be presented publicly for the first time during the military parade marking Independence Day on October 1, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas confirmed on Friday. “It will be an upgraded parade to honour our Independence Day”, Palmas said,…

Akel called on Friday for the justice ministry to carry out proper studies and consult with local authorities before proceeding with its decision to locate the new central prisons in Ayios Sozomenos . In a written statement, the party said it had supported the need for new, modern central prisons…

Direct Democracy MP Yiannis Laouris submitted a bill to parliament on Friday seeking to ban outdoor billboards and other advertisements used to campaign for foreign elections, following controversy over roadside billboards promoting Israeli prime ministerial candidate Gadi Eisenkot. The bill shall…

Cyprus took part in the multinational Medusa military exercise, which concluded on Friday off the coast of Crete after nine days involving forces from Greece, Egypt, France and Italy. According to a National Guard statement, Cyprus contributed the patrol vessel the Commodore Andreas Ioannides from…

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under attack from Russian missiles on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on the messaging app Telegram, said air defence units were in action against Russian missiles. Reuters witnesses heard explosions in the…