Cyprus Mail

Ukraine: Once more around the loop

If the Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to the Russians, they don’t need Donald Trump’s help. The ‘ungrateful’ wretches can do that for themselves. The Russian ‘peace’ offer that Trump is trying to force on Ukraine this time is almost identical to the one that Russian leader Vladimir Putin pitched to him […]

Man arrested in connection with Larnaca attempted murder

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Monday evening in connection with the attempted murder of a 49-year-old in Larnaca. The police said that at around 3.15pm on Monday, at a building site in Larnaca, the 49-year-old was stabbed by the 32-year-old, after the latter was allegedly reprimanded for not showing up for work. The man […]

Cyprus Business Now: banks, maritime, travelling, inflation, forex, EU Presidency

The Emirates Shipping Association brought the UAE’s maritime community together on Thursday evening for Latitude 25° at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Terrace, an event aimed at reflecting on a busy year and outlining priorities for 2026. Among the distinguished guests were H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq AlMarri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Thomas Kazakos, secretary general of […]

Three days of rain before skies clear

Tuesday starts off cloudy with local showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly in the mountains and to the north, moving inland. Hail is possible in thunderstorm areas. Temperatures will reach 22C inland and along the coast, and 11C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a southwest to northwest gentle to moderate breeze of 3 to […]

European car sales rise 4.9% in October, ACEA says

New car sales in Europe rose 4.9 per cent in October as electric cars outpaced petrol and diesel registrations, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association data showed on Tuesday. The European car industry has taken a series of hits this year including U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, a slowdown in the Chinese market, and a slower-than-expected transition to electric vehicles. Recently, […]

Snap offers Australians bank-linked age proof tool ahead of teen social media ban

Snap said on Monday it will offer Australians the chance to verify their age with software owned by the country’s banks as the internet platform complies with a teenage social media ban which takes effect next month. Australia approved last year a world-first social media ban for children aged under 16, in one of the toughest regulations […]

Zara workers plan Black Friday protests at stores across Europe

Workers at Zara plan to protest outside stores in seven European countries on Black Friday, a key sales day, to demand a profit-sharing scheme be reinstated, the European Works Council for parent company Inditex said on Friday. Spain’s CCOO union is coordinating the planned November 28 protests with unions in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, […]

Shein’s first bricks-and-mortar shop highlights department stores’ existential pain

Shein’s move into the flagship BHV in Paris has added political heat to the troubles of department stores, which are facing an existential threat from shoppers’ shift to online retailers offering ultra-fast fashion. The Chinese budget retailer opened its first bricks-and-mortar shop in the BHV department store on the Rue de Rivoli in central Paris […]

Consumers association urges caution ahead of Black Friday

The Cyprus consumers association on Monday urged the public to stay informed and safe when making purchases on the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday, The association advised people to carry out basic market research before buying, identifying the products they want and noting current prices to assess the real value of any discount. It […]

Our View: Pension inequalities must be eliminated for real reform

The reform of the pension system is, reportedly, the next big project that will be undertaken by the government, now that it has fully restored CoLA, for the benefit of the highest-paid public employees and has prepared a partial reform of the taxation system, focused only on direct taxation. Nothing has been agreed yet and […]

Everton beat Man Utd despite Gueye seeing red for slap on teammate Keane

Everton enjoyed their first Premier League win at Manchester United for 12 years despite playing virtually the entire game with 10 men after midfielder Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping his own teammate Michael Keane on Monday. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s superb first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win for the visitors, who shrugged off the 13th-minute […]

The head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said late on Monday that his paramilitaries would immediately enter into a three-month humanitarian truce, after U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he would intervene to seek an end to a war that has plunged the country into famine. The United States, the United Arab Emirates, […]

Third Turkish Cypriot journalist reports receiving death threats this year

The editor in-chief of the north’s Ozgur Gazete newspaper, Pinar Barut, on Monday said that she has received death threats targeting both herself and her family, allegedly as part of an extortion attempt. Barut was reportedly threatened that her home and workplace would be burned down and that her family members would be harmed. The […]

Police officer injured by service weapon

A police officer was injured on Monday evening in Famagusta after a service weapon was accidentally discharged during a routine handover. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 7.45pm as two officers were assuming duty. During the standard security procedures carried out for the delivery and receipt of firearms, a service weapon went […]

Cyprus backs expansion of EU trade agreements

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou took part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Trade configuration held in Brussels on Monday. In an intervention during the deliberations, Papanastasiou expressed Cyprus’ support for expanding the EU’s network of trade agreements and presented the priorities of the Cypriot Presidency in trade. The meeting of the Council focused on […]

BBC is not ‘institutionally biased’, says author of explosive memo

The author of a report that plunged the BBC into crisis said on Monday that the British public broadcaster was not “institutionally biased” but did have editorial failings, and that he had hoped his criticisms would help fix them. Michael Prescott, a former external editorial adviser, compiled a dossier on issues within BBC News, including […]

58 people arrested in massive ‘police operation’ in the north

“Police” in the north carried out a large-scale traffic operation in the night from Saturday to Sunday resulting in 58 arrests, the removal of 160 cars from circulation, and 523 speeding fines. According to Turkish Cypriot media reports, a total of 6,710 vehicles were checked during the operation, which was conducted across various areas in […]

Animal health key to public health and food safety, says health minister

Animal health is the pillar of society’s resilience and is linked to public health and food safety, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. He was speaking at the 18th conference of the regional committee for the Middle East of the world organisation for animal health (WOAH), taking place in Larnaca on Monday and Tuesday. […]

Cyprus companies and individuals removed from US sanctions list

The US government on Monday removed five Cyprus-related individuals and three legal entities from its list of nationals designated as having engaged in “harmful foreign activities of the Russian Federation”. The list is compiled by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac). The Specially Designated Nationals list was created pursuant to Executive Order […]

US judge tosses case against ex-FBI chief Comey, rebuking Trump prosecutor

A federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the US Attorney hand-picked by President Donald Trump to bring the cases was unlawfully appointed, in a ruling that dealt a major blow to the Justice Department’s efforts to pursue perceived political […]

Ongoing exhibition looks at Nature’s Stage

Until December 16, Art Seen in Nicosia displays the works Amy Stephens in an exhibition called Nature’s Stage. Opened just last week, this is the artist’s third solo exhibition at the Nicosia gallery, presenting everyday materials, carefully constructed into objects that form new relationships with the physical landscape, particularly that of Cyprus. In her exhibition […]

Turkish parliamentary delegation meets jailed PKK leader Ocalan

A delegation from a Turkish parliamentary commission overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group paid their first visit to its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan on Monday, the parliamentary speaker’s office said. In their meeting in a prison on the island of Imrali off Istanbul, the delegation asked Ocalan about the […]

US demands ‘balanced’ EU digital rules before it cuts steel tariffs

The United States on Monday demanded that the European Union make its regulation of the tech sector more “balanced” in exchange for a reduction of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the bloc. At a meeting in Brussels, EU ministers urged U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to implement […]

Heightened interest in government scholarships

Heightened interest in academic scholarships has led to an increase in the budget of the State Scholarship Foundation (Ikyk), MPs heard on Monday. The leadership of the foundation was in parliament to discuss the supplementary budget for this year, as well as the foundation’s budget for 2026. Ikyk’s supplementary budget for 2025 comes to €1.7 […]