CYPRUS BREAKING NEWS

George Karatzias was appointed chairman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday, returning to the regulator just over two years after leaving to become an executive director at the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). The Cabinet approved Karatzias’ appointment for a five-year…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is heading towards a decisive December showdown over its Net-Zero Framework, with Greek and Cyprus shipping voices warning that the final rules must work in the real world of global fuel supply, ship investment and international competition. After four…

Athens International Airport is reshaping its major expansion programme after passenger traffic rose 4.5 per cent in the first half of 2026, with the airport now planning a more phased approach that could eventually increase capacity beyond 40 million passengers a year. The airport handled 15.75…

Haematologist Sotiris Koumas on Thursday warned against the use of plasmapheresis outside established therapeutic settings, saying the procedure can cause complications ranging from mild to serious and should only be performed at specialised centres. Speaking to CNA amid public debate following the…

Justice and Public Order Minister Costas Fitiris should be congratulated for taking it upon himself to rationalise the issue of security details. The absurd practice of providing former presidents and former House speakers with a posse of policemen to drive them around and do their errands has been…

Morocco’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that no evidence established involvement of Rabat in the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July, adding it rejected being drawn into Spain’s domestic political battles. More than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, fueling…

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month’s election, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Thursday, with the right-wing lawmaker now holding a narrow numerical edge over the leftist incumbent. The…

Russian forces launched a broad onslaught on the industrial city of Pavlohrad in southeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing seven, as well as striking a petrol station in the capital Kyiv and an international agribusiness facility in Dnipro as Moscow intensifies attacks on logistics and economic…

Authorities on Thursday alerted the public to a new type of phone scam, where individuals impersonating police officers call people and ask for bank account information. According to a statement, police have received a number of complaints from people receiving such phone calls. The scamsters call…

Supervision of jointly owned apartment buildings is expected to move to district local government organisations (EOAs), after the interior ministry and the organisations reached an understanding on the plan at the House committee on Thursday. The transfer will depend on the EOAs’ conditions being…

The Turkish Cypriot legislature voted on Thursday to change their voting system and do away with the “mixed voting”, meaning that voters will now only be able to choose candidates from one party when the next legislative elections are held, most likely in December. Thursday’s vote passed through…

An Elam member has been appointed to the board of directors of the youth organisation (Onek) for the first time, prompting criticism from Edon on Thursday over what it said was a decision at odds with the organisation’s values. Zafiro Kastanou, who stood as an Elam parliamentary candidate in…

The trial of furloughed Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos resumed on Thursday, with the prosecution calling to the stand a number of witnesses acquainted with the alleged rape victim. Phedonos faces five distinct charges: rape; indecent assault against a woman; indecent assault against a woman by…

A demonstration took place without incident outside the presidential palace late Thursday afternoon protesting the visit here by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Organised by the Cyprus Peace Council and other anti-war groups, the protest drew a crowd of a few dozen. The organisation had described…

An anticipated foodie event every season, after a brief summer break Fork Food Market is back. Its next event in the Municipal Gardens of Nicosia is set for Friday, September 18, when delicious street food, refreshing drinks, desserts and groovy music will fill the park. “September nights are…

People who “should not be hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals” are currently inpatients at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital, House health committee chairwoman Savia Orphanidou said on Thursday. Addressing the day’s committee session, she decried a “lack of protocols” as well as an “absence of…

The interior ministry on Thursday provided a series of clarifications on two new schemes designed to boost affordable housing, announced earlier this week. The first scheme concerns the allocation of state-owned plots to families based on income criteria, with the dual objective of supporting…

The Supreme Court has allowed businessman Savvas Kakos to challenge the arrest warrant issued against him, finding that there was an initial case that the warrant may have been issued without the required conditions and without all relevant information being presented to the court. The decision was…

Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia on Thursday. The issue was among those discussed…

Borrowers with floating-rate loans will see their repayments rise following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) latest interest rate increase, although the impact will not be immediate , the Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB) said on Thursday. The ECB raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis…