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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 07:30

Cyprus Business Now: Sir Stelios, shipping, government debt, Jumbo

Nine bi-communal business partnerships received a total of €500,000 in Nicosia on Monday, at an awards ceremony that placed cooperation between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot entrepreneurs at the centre of the island’s wider conversation on trust, coexistence and reunification.  The Stelios Bi-communal Business Partnership Awards were held at the offices of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, in the presence of President Nikos Christodoulides, the UN envoy, […]

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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 07:00

Eurobank plans over €1.3bn lending boost in Crete by 2028

Eurobank has projected that its total financing in Crete between 2023 and 2028 will exceed €1.3bn, underlining what it describes as a long-term commitment to supporting the island’s development trajectory and local business ecosystem. The funding is directed towards investments across key sectors of the Cretan economy, including tourism and hospitality, energy and infrastructure, construction […]

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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 06:30

Airlines face sharp profit squeeze as Middle East war and fuel costs bite

Global airlines are heading into a tougher 2026, with industry profits expected to halve as war-related disruption in the Middle East and a sharp rise in fuel prices weigh heavily on carriers, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  IATA said airlines are now expected to make a combined net profit of $23 billion this year, […]

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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 06:00

Cyprus Cement completes small-scale share buyback

The Cyprus Cement Public Company Ltd announced this week that it has proceeded with a share buyback transaction, purchasing its own shares in line with a prior shareholder decision and applicable corporate legislation. The company said the transaction was carried out in accordance with the relevant Cyprus Stock Exchange regulations and Cyprus Securities and Exchange […]

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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 04:24

Cyprus setting up food safety authority to promote data-based solutions

The government is promoting a National Food Safety Authority, which will be tasked with coordinating and supervising official controls by services and laboratories, and drafting a unified national strategy for food safety and hygiene throughout the food chain, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Monday. Marking World Food Safety Day, celebrated on June 7, Charalambides […]

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Kıbrıs 09.06.2026 04:20

Our View: Increasing pay for contract soldiers can’t be back door to civil service

Boosted pay and service benefits will be offered by the defence ministry to make the job of national guard private more attractive, according to press reports. The national guard is finding it difficult to sign up men on contracts to cover its operational needs. According to a report in Phileleftheros, the government decided that the […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 21:47

Decomposed body found in Larnaca

A body in advanced decomposed state was found in an apartment in A body that had been in an advanced state of decomposition was discovered in a flat in Larnaca on Monday. “All appropriate actions are being taken based on relevant protocol and examinations to identify the body,” said Larnaca police spokesperson Spyros Chrysostomou. According […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 21:44

Installation of emergency openings to affect traffic in Nicosia, Larnaca and Paralimni

Works to install emergency openings on the highway between Larnaca airport and Paralimni, as well as Larnaca and Nicosia will affect traffic on the highway between June 9 and June 28. The works will be carried out daily, except on Fridays and at weekends. A section of each lane of the highway will be closed […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 21:24

Israeli minister Ben-Gvir under investigation in Italy over Gaza flotilla

Italian prosecutors put Israel’s far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of the Gaza flotilla last month, a judicial source said on Monday.

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 21:18

Animal rescue groups suspend neutering programs for stray cats

Animal rescue groups organised under the Cyprus Voice for Animals (CVA) said on Monday they would pause all trap-neuter-and-release (TNR) programmes for stray cats until further notice in protest over the lack of security measures. “We need authorisation cards from the agriculture ministry that make clear that we can continue to neuter animals,” the CVA’s […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 21:04

Israeli military kills six in Gaza and expands control zone

Israeli strikes killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials there said, as Israel’s military expanded the area under its control, according to residents. The reports came as mediators in Cairo said they were pressing on with efforts to salvage a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal that has ended major […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 20:42

Fire in paint shop in Kokkinotrimithia under control

A fire that broke out at a vehicle paint shop in Kokkinotrimithia in Nicosia was brought under full control by the fire service on Monday evening. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, vehicles inside the shop were burned, as well as equipment. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 20:32

Turkey merges state Islamic banks in financial sector overhaul

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week announced the merger of three state-owned Islamic banks, unveiling a restructuring plan aimed at expanding the role of participation banking within the country’s financial system. The consolidation will bring together Ziraat Katilim, Vakif Katilim and Halk Katilim, a move Erdogan said would give “a different dynamic to the […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 20:22

Albania’s Rama vows to push on with Kushner-linked luxury resort despite protests

Albania will plough on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite persistent protests over its environmental impact, Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters on Monday. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital Tirana and on the southern coast where […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 20:22

Teenager never given protection he needed, court hears

Social welfare services should have taken custody, at least temporarily, of a teenager who ended up taking his own life in 2019, a witness told Nicosia district court on Monday. Independent criminal investigator Andreou Andreou was testifying in the case concerning the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou. The case relates to alleged ongoing domestic violence […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 19:57

Germany and France drop joint fighter jet project

The leaders of France and Germany have agreed to scrap a landmark project to develop and build a new-generation fighter jet, two German officials said on Monday, ending one of Europe’s most ambitious defence programmes. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the troubled project on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 19:42

Fidias explains why party backed Annita, and gets rebuked

Fidias Panayiotou, leader of Direct Democracy, explained in his own straightforward way over the weekend why his party backed Disy’s Annita Demetriou for House president, arguing that Demetriou would have won anyway. At times using crude language, the 26-year-old TikToker gave an inside look at the horse-trading preceding the vote for the House president. “Annita would […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 19:36

Oenogastronomic nights coming up at rural winery

Wine, music, food and fresh mountain air. That is what is coming up as the terrace of Tsiakkas Winery in the countryside of Pitsilia, invites the public to two special summer evenings. The Oenogastronomic Nights 2026 will offer unmatched experiences this June under the summer starry night sky, with Cypriot wine as its protagonist. On […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 19:15

Defying Trump with brief Iran fight, Israel seeks sway over peace talks

In launching renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at the peace negotiating table, where it has so far been kept at arm’s length by the U.S. president. Despite Trump publicly calling for Israel to hold fire, it […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 19:00

Roof works at Saint Varnavas monastery near completion

Roof insulation works at the Saint Varnavas monastery in the Famagusta district village of Engomi are nearing completion, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Monday. “A recent monitoring visit brought together UNDP, the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage and its Advisory Board, project managers, local bodies and the community to review progress on […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 18:38

Christodoulides congratulates Demetriou on re-election as House speaker

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday received House speaker Annita Demetriou at the presidential palace to congratulate her on her recent re-election. “The challenges and problems are shared. Therefore, cooperation will always continue for the benefit of the citizens,” he said. Christodoulides expressed his hope that the fruitful cooperation between the executive and legislative branches would […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 18:07

IATA warns of tough year ahead as airline profits expected to halve

IATA director general Willie Walsh has warned that global airlines are facing another difficult year, as higher fuel prices, geopolitical instability and aircraft supply chain failures are expected to cut industry profits sharply in 2026. Speaking at IATA’s 82nd Annual General Meeting, Walsh said the global air transport industry was once again meeting “in challenging […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 17:30

Regional developments, Cyprus problem on agenda as Christodoulides meets Dendias

Regional developments were on the agenda as President Nikos Christodoulides met Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias at the presidential palace on Monday to brief him on Cyprus problem updates. “Today we had a very important meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy [Angela Holguin]. We will discuss all of this, and I have also seen […]

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Kıbrıs 08.06.2026 17:23

Man wins appeal against sentence for stealing €20

A 28-year-old man sentenced to three years in prison for stealing €20, which he later returned, is being set free 11 months into his term. The appeals court on Monday overruled the court of first instance, taking into consideration the circumstances of the offences and the man’s personal situation. He had been stopped by the […]

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