US action against Greenland would undermine Nato, but now is not the time to panic
David Hastings Dunn MBE, University of Birmingham; Mark Webber, University of Birmingham, and Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham Shortly after…
David Hastings Dunn MBE, University of Birmingham; Mark Webber, University of Birmingham, and Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham Shortly after…
Cyprus’s Tax Department has extended several filing and payment deadlines for VAT and related declarations, the agency said Thursday. The…
Egypt’s Ministry of Housing is preparing to launch its largest housing offering of the year, with a total of 400,000…
A new Atlantic storm system, named Goretti, is expected to undergo rapid intensification between Thursday and Friday, according to Spain’s…
Morocco’s Minister of Industry and Trade Ryad Mezzour has warned that imposing price caps could damage certain economic sectors, even…
Turkey’s automotive industry, the country’s leading export sector, set a new record in 2025 with $41.52 billion in foreign sales,…
Turkey’s car and light commercial vehicle market climbed to an all-time high in 2025, with nearly one in six cars sold being fully electric, industry data showed on Wednesday. Despite high taxes and tight financing conditions, sales rose 10.5 per cent to 1.37 million units last year, according to the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association […]
Borsa Istanbul’s benchmark BIST 100 index closed at a record high Thursday, edging up 0.04% to finish at 12,028.84 points.…
Turkey’s Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan has said that the bank will maintain its tight monetary policy stance until price…
Evidence of a vast harbour, alongside more than 700 kilograms of Late Roman amphora fragments, has been uncovered during excavations at the ancient port of Peyia, the antiquities department announced on Wednesday. The discoveries come from the completion of the New York University excavation programme at Peyia for 2025, a six-week interdisciplinary project combining survey, […]
The bosses of the three big unions on Monday sent President Nikos Christodoulides a memo listing four demands regarding the minimum wage, collective agreements, employment of third country nationals and the operation of the Ergani data system. For the union bosses, the most important issue is the national minimum wage, which they believe is too […]
Manchester City were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Wednesday, as Erling Haaland’s penalty was cancelled out by a second-half strike from the visitors’ Kaoru Mitoma. City, who have now drawn their last three league games, are second in the table with 43 […]
More than 100 Cypriot artists and cultural professionals performed in front of an international audience including international leaders such as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun at the opening ceremony of Cyprus’ EU council presidency in Nicosia on Wednesday. After the opening speeches delivered by […]
The US seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in the Americas and force Venezuela’s socialist government to become an ally. After capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a Saturday military raid on Caracas, […]
An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in what the military said was a retaliatory attack on a Hamas militant that was launched after its troops had come under fire. Medical officials did not immediately identify the people killed. They said several people were also wounded […]
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 78-year-old man and the poisoning of four others in Larnaca are ongoing with police on Wednesday saying that traces of liquid ecstasy were found at the home of the deceased. As part of the investigation, police took several samples from the 78-year-old’s home for laboratory testing, […]
The US Transportation Department is proposing to revise its guidance to deemphasize imposing civil fines on airlines that violate consumer protection rules and to drop Biden-era policies that toughened enforcement. The department’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection cited an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in February, saying its enforcement focus “will be on […]
A high-profile defense lawyer representing the son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner against charges that he murdered his parents abruptly withdrew from the case on Wednesday and was replaced, for the time being, by a public defender. The surprise change in defense attorneys unfolded at a court hearing where Nick Reiner, 32, had been […]
Celebrating its new location in downtown Nicosia (Phaneromenis Street), Sarah’s Jazz & Blues Club has a packed month this January. Starting this Thursday, the Marios Toumbas Trio will perform live at the jazz bar every Thursday evening. Pianist Marios Toumbas is set to return weekly to Sarah’s Jazz Club with long-time friends, collaborators and Berklee […]
New prisons are to be constructed on the outskirts of Nicosia, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris announced on Wednesday, confirming that plans to expand the existing central prisons have been suspended. Fitiris made the announcement following his fourth visit to the central prisons in less than a month but did not specify the exact location of […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday pressed allies for ironclad security guarantees against any renewed Russian attack while also seeking progress on EU membership talks and tougher sanctions on Moscow. Zelenskiy met President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia as Cyprus took over the European Union’s rotating presidency, which runs for six months. “We are working to […]
MLS superstar Lionel Messi wants to follow in the footsteps of Inter Miami’s David Beckham and become a club owner after he hangs up his boots. The 38-year-old Argentina legend, who is signed with Miami through 2028, said he prefers ownership over coaching as his second act. “I don’t see myself as a coach,” the […]
Greece promised farmers cheaper fuel and full compensation for future output losses on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade them to end demonstrations that have disrupted travel and hit some businesses. Farmers have stationed thousands of tractors and trucks across Greece since late last year, obstructing major highways and intermittently blocking border crossings to […]
The Olympic torch made its way through heavy snow to reach the northern Italian city of Bologna, with just a month to go until the start of the Milano Cortina Winter Games. The flame began its journey across Italy from Rome a month ago and has been to the islands of Sardinia and Sicily, as […]