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,…
France recorded a negative natural population balance in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War II,…
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 […]
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 […]
Romania will face unusually cold winter weather through early February, with temperatures staying below seasonal norms across most of the…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died, his foundation said on Monday. Usually known only by his first name, Valentino was 93, and had retired in 2008. Founder of the eponymous brand, Valentino scaled the heights of haute couture, created a business empire and introduced a new colour to the fashion world, the so-called ‘Valentino […]
Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory after it was abruptly abandoned by Kurdish forces in a dramatic shift that has consolidated President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule. A day after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), once the main U.S. ally in Syria, agreed to quit large […]
bbf: introduces :nest, a contemporary residential development in Germasogeia, one of Limassol’s most established and resilient residential districts — created to combine quality living with long-term investment confidence. “:nest was conceived as a place where people genuinely want to live — calm, light-filled and well-connected — while also making complete sense as a long-term investment,” […]
Police in the Western Sovereign Base Areas arrested 34 people over the Christmas and New Year period as part of…