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Cyprus construction material prices rise in December

The cost of construction and building materials in Cyprus nudged up in December of the previous year, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Specifically, the Price Index of Construction Materials for December 2025 reached 118.74 units, using 2021 as the base year of 100. This figure represented a […]

20.01.2026 07:50

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Taxi drivers on strike

Taxi drivers began a 24-hour strike at 6am on Tuesday, calling for the strict implementation of taxi regulations and banning the use of apps for airport pickups. Their union Poat said on Monday that if their demands were not taken into consideration, an indefinite strike would be called for January 27. The taxi drivers gathered […]

20.01.2026 07:43

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Cold spell continues, 21cm snow on Troodos

Cold weather continues on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 12C inland, 14C along the coast and 0C in the highest mountains, where snow in the morning was 21cm on Troodos’ peak. Skies will be mainly clear. Winds will be a northeast to southeast gentle to moderate breeze of 3 to 4 Beaufort, over slight seas. Tuesday […]

20.01.2026 07:32

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Cyprus Business Now: tourism, shipping, hotel, scholarship scheme, banks

Cyprus record a sharp rise in tourist arrivals in December 2025, driven primarily by visitors from Israel and the United Kingdom, according to data released on Monday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Tourist arrivals reached 156,959 in December 2025, up from 133,063 a year earlier, marking an 18.0 per cent increase and confirming a strong end to […]

20.01.2026 07:30

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Kıbrıs Famagusta Gazette

France Sees First Negative Natural Population Balance Since WWII

France recorded a negative natural population balance in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War II,…

20.01.2026 07:20

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Cypriot proptech startup scales digital student housing model

Cyprus-based PropTech startup MyStudentFlat has announced that it is scaling its student housing operations locally while preparing to enter the Greek market later this year. The company positions itself as the first Cypriot PropTech startup focused exclusively on student housing, offering fully furnished and equipped apartments near major universities through its digital platform, mystudentflat.com. MyStudentFlat […]

20.01.2026 07:00

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Toxotis Investments schedules review of group financial statements

Toxotis Investments Public Ltd announced this week that its board of directors will meet on February 13, 2026 to review and approve the annual financial report for the fiscal year 2023. The meeting will also address other related matters as part of the agenda. The annual financial report will include the final audited financial statements […]

20.01.2026 06:30

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Romania Set for Prolonged Cold Spell Into Early February, Forecasters Say

Romania will face unusually cold winter weather through early February, with temperatures staying below seasonal norms across most of the…

20.01.2026 06:18

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Cyprus posts lowest inflation rate in EU in December

Cyprus continued to record one of the lowest inflation rates in the European Union in December 2025, as price pressures eased across the euro area and the bloc as a whole, according to Eurostat. The annual inflation rate in Cyprus stood at 0.1 per cent, placing the country at the bottom of the EU inflation […]

20.01.2026 06:00

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Fishermen, quarry in Xylofagou protest over Bases firing range

Businesses and fishermen in Xylofagou staged protests on Monday against the British Bases’ firing range in Dhekelia, citing blocked quarry expansion plans and declining monthly incomes, respectively. Companies in the Xylofagou quarry area blocked the firing range to protest the authorities’ failure to review their application for the quarry’s expansion. Speaking on their behalf, Constantinos […]

20.01.2026 04:24

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Our View: EU cannot continue to pander to Trump

President Donald Trump has never made a secret of his contempt for the EU and his Western allies. And now, with his plan to take over Greenland, he threatens to destroy Nato – the military alliance which has served the West for close to 80 years – by attacking one of its members. Greenland is […]

20.01.2026 04:20

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MP Sykas left off Disy ballot amid domestic violence probe

Disy on Monday officially announced that MP Nikos Sykas, who had recently been accused of domestic violence by his wife, would be expelled from the party’s ballot for the upcoming parliamentary elections. “The Politburo in today’s session decided to adopt the recommendation of the Executive Office for the non-inclusion of MP Nikos Sykas in the […]

20.01.2026 00:18

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Five arrested over Larnaca weekend brawl

Police on Monday evening arrested five of the eight men wanted in connection with a brawl that broke out in Larnaca on Saturday afternoon. The five are expected to appear before Larnaca district court for the issuance of a remand on Tuesday. The suspects are accused of offences including conspiracy to commit a felony or […]

20.01.2026 00:01

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Nicosia EOA installs two new water tanks

Two glass-lined-steel-type water tanks with a capacity of 17,200 cubic metres were inaugurated  by President Nikos Christodoulides at the Nicosia district local government organisation (EOA) on Monday. “With the completion of the project, Nicosia’s water sufficiency increases substantially, covering needs for more than 36 hours even in the event of a water supply interruption,” Christodoulides […]

19.01.2026 23:39

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Zelenskiy announces new air defence system

Ukraine’s armed forces are introducing a new facet of air defence to transform their system, made up of small groups deploying interceptor drones, as the country braces for new mass Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Ukraine is still reeling from a wave of Russian strikes earlier this month that knocked out power […]

19.01.2026 22:28

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Over €1million in jewellery stolen in Ayia Napa burglary

Jewellery including valuable diamond pieces worth more than €1 million were stolen within less than three minutes in a burglar at an Ayia Napa jewellery shop on early Monday morning. The police were called to the scene at 4am on Monday, following a call of the shop owner and are currently looking for three suspects […]

19.01.2026 22:26

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Croatia’s Vujcic nominated as ECB’s next vice president

Croatia’s Boris Vujcic was formally nominated on Monday as the European Central Bank’s next vice president, putting him on track to become the first person from the former communist east to win a seat on the board of the bloc’s most important financial institution. Having secured the support of the euro zone’s 21 finance ministers, […]

19.01.2026 22:06

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Taxi drivers announce 24-hour strike for Tuesday

Taxi drivers will go on a one-day work stoppage starting at 6am on Tuesday to protest what they describe as “uncontrolled action by passenger transport applications”, thetaxi union (Poat) said on Monday. “[Poat] informs all its members and non-members that after the four-hour work stoppage that took place on Tuesday 13/1/2026 and due to the […]

19.01.2026 21:51

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Bulgarian President Radev resigns amid speculation he will form his own party

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Monday he will resign, fuelling speculation that he will form his own political party to run in upcoming parliamentary elections after the previous government quit last month. Radev, who was due to hold the largely ceremonial post until January 2027, said he will submit his resignation to the Constitutional […]

19.01.2026 21:25

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Kurdish forces say Turkish drones hit Syria’s Hasaka city, Turkey denies allegations

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that Turkish drones struck Syria’s far northeastern city of Hasaka, but Turkish security sources said the report was not true. The region continues to grapple with unrest amid tensions between the Syrian government and the autonomy-minded SDF. Turkey, the strongest foreign backer of Damascus, has since 2016 […]

19.01.2026 21:02

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Prison reforms to be announced in March

Plans to address the persisting problems in the central prison will likely include a mobile phone signal interruption system and the creation of a new facility, with a corresponding set of measures to be made public by the end of March, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Monday. Speaking before the House human rights committee, […]

19.01.2026 20:57

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Turkey’s Kurdish party says Syria deal leaves Ankara ‘no excuses’ on peace process

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party said on Monday that the Turkish government had no more “excuses” to delay a peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) now that a landmark integration deal was achieved in neighbouring Syria. On Sunday in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to come under the control of authorities […]

19.01.2026 20:45

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Police quizzed over investigation in German usurper

The defence attorney for a German woman on trial for illegally trading in Greek Cypriot properties in the north attempted on Monday to poke holes in the prosecution’s case, arguing that a great deal of the information presented in court is circumstantial. Nicosia criminal court continued its hearings in the case of German real estate […]

19.01.2026 19:51

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Live jazz in Paphos

An evening of contemporary jazz is coming up this Thursday in Paphos as Technopolis 20 invites the Markos Mavromichalis Quartet for a live performance. Starting at 8pm, four musicians will take the floor for an intimate jazz concert. Markos Mavromichalis, Christos Yerolatsitis, Kyriacos Kesta and Stelios Xydias will present original compositions and modern jazz melodies, […]

19.01.2026 19:39

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