Cyprus Mail

Positivity is not the easiest commodity when your team has lost all four Premier League games without scoring a goal but it remains the mantra for Coventry City manager Frank Lampard and his coaching staff.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are no strangers to mixing football and showbusiness, and the Wrexham co-owners did both in their latest advertisement for internet browser Firefox, playfully lampooning Southampton’s “Spygate” scandal ahead of Saturday’s…

Women are playing an increasingly prominent role in shipping and in the social work surrounding the industry, Cyprus officials and shipowners stressed in Athens, drawing attention to a side of maritime business that reaches well beyond ships, trade and ba…

A total of 396 boxes of duty free cigarettes and heated tobacco products were seized in Engomi, Nicosia during an operation targeting the illegal possession and sale of tobacco products, police said on Friday.

Investment and access to financing will be central to the future development of Cyprus’ healthcare sector, according to Eurobank, which participated in the 9th Cyprus Healthcare Conference in Nicosia.

Harry Kane described the 2025-26 campaign as the best season of his life after scoring 73 goals for Bayern Munich and England, and while his performances have made him a leading candidate for the Ballon d’Or he says he is not focused on individual awards.

Cypriot entrepreneur and founder Connie Christofi will attend the Create & Cultivate Festival in Downtown Los Angeles this September, representing both her entrepreneurial journey and the international ambitions of Heatwave Fitness Festival.

Jos Buttler became the first batsman to score 15,000 career T20 runs and Liam Dawson took a three-wicket haul as a dominant England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Cardiff on Thursday to secure the series 2-0.

Marco Balich, the creator of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic cauldrons, has appealed to public and private institutions to fund their reactivation, stressing the emotional bond they created with residents and tourists during the Games.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) announced on Friday the listing of 101,410,900 additional ordinary shares of MHV Mediterranean Hospitality Venture Plc on its market.

Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published on Thursday.

The Investors Compensation Fund has withdrawn the membership of investment firm R.I.A.L Raising Investment Advisory Ltd following CySEC’s decision to revoke the company’s Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation.

Elfyn Evans’s chances of becoming Britain’s third world rally champion were boosted on Thursday after the final round of the season in Saudi Arabia was dropped due to safety concerns, with the title set to be decided in Sardinia next month.

Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd will review its first-half 2026 results and the possibility of a second interim dividend at a board meeting on September 28, 2026, the company announced on Friday.

Asian Games organisers could have avoided accommodation issues by building an Athletes’ Village but doing so would have left them with a white elephant after the curtain comes down on the multi-sport event, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Friday.

A vehicle caught fire in a municipal car park in Paphos on Thursday night, with firefighters bringing the blaze under control within minutes, authorities said on Friday.

A tourism-led environmental initiative launched in Cyprus will expand to Greece this year, bringing businesses and organisations from both countries together for a cross-border clean-up campaign on September 25, 2026.

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A fire in the Kapsali, between Miliou and Yiolou, Paphos burned approximately nine acres of dry grass, wild vegetation and trees on Thursday afternoon, authorities said on Friday.

Two people were arrested for offences including illegal stay in the Republic and outstanding fine warrants as part of targeted police operations across the island on Thursday night.

Cyprus expects a stronger flow of French tourists in 2027 as airlines add capacity between the two countries, Tourism Deputy Minister Kostas Koumis said after talks with tour operators at the IFTM Top Resa exhibition in Paris.

Two women whose images as girls were found in pornography seized from Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit seeking damages from the late sex offender’s estate for individuals featured in his collection of thousands of pictures and videos of child…

The head of the UN’s shipping agency has urged governments to prevent geopolitical conflicts from becoming a pretext for attacks on merchant vessels, after 80 verified attacks around the Strait of Hormuz left at least 22 seafarers dead.

England FA chair and Fifa vice-president Debbie Hewitt has written to Fifa President Gianni Infantino seeking the release of material related to his abandoned World Cup investment plan and the lifting of US striker Folarin Balogun’s suspension, an FA sour…

On 24 September, on the occasion of World Maritime Day The Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association (CYMEPA) is organising a beach clean-up at Malindi Beach in Limassol on Thursday, 24 September 2026, at 10:00 a.m., as part of activities marking W…

Limassol welcomes a new exhibition this week as The Edit Gallery hosts Carriers a solo show by Hannah Rowan.

Extensive damage was caused by a fire that broke out after lightning struck a restaurant near Lara beach early on Friday morning.

Paris prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving smart glasses, while French data protection authorities have received complaints from businesses, as countries around the world grapple with the devices’ social impa…

The pursuit of peace in Cyprus remains a shared responsibility, United Nations special representative on the island Khassim Diagne said on Friday, highlighting Unficyp’s role as a peacekeeping force.

Cyprus is moving to overhaul the legal framework governing which ships can join its register, widening access to the Cyprus flag while tightening sanctions rules and updating ship-finance provisions under a draft law now open for consultation.

Heavy rains and thunder hit the western parts of the island overnight and on Friday morning while a yellow weather warning for extreme weather remains in place until 5pm.

The proposed pension reform was discussed by Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas and International Labour Organisation (ILO) actuary Costas Stavrakis with the board of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Thursday.

The met department has issued a yellow weather warning for extreme weather conditions until 5pm on Friday.

On Friday, the weather will be overwhelmingly cloudy, with local rains and isolated hailstorms.

Cyprus used its first official national pavilion at SMM Hamburg 2026 to put the island’s maritime technology and services before a record international audience, as local companies sought new business and partnerships at one of the shipping industry’s big…

Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.

Cyprus Cement Public Company Ltd has announced that it bought back 600 of its own shares on September 16, 2026, in line with a decision approved by shareholders earlier this year.

Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos travelled to Dublin on Thursday for the Eurogroup and informal meeting of EU finance ministers, where discussions are set to cover economic pressures, banking competitiveness, financial innovation and artificial int…

Cyprus’ short-term economic outlook returned to marginal growth territory in August, according to the latest Composite Leading Economic Index (CCLEI) from the Economics Research Centre of the University of Cyprus (CypERC), although external pressures cont…

The University of Cyprus and the Sievert Larsson Scholarship Foundation have renewed an agreement providing 20 scholarships worth a total of €20,000 to students facing financial difficulties.

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has confirmed that all banks in Cyprus will be closed on Thursday, October 1, 2026, for Cyprus’ independence day.

The Cyprus property market remains strong but faces structural weaknesses and rising costs that could affect its future development, according to speakers at this year’s Cyprus Property Show, where the government also outlined plans to revise key planning…

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi For one week in September, Limassol is being asked to do something that does not always come naturally to a fast-growing city: slow down, look around and question how we move.

President Nikos Christodoulides appears to have acquired a new expertise – mediator in labour disputes.

The Trump administration will allow top Iranian officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, the State Department said on Thursday, even as Washington and Tehran remain at war and continue intermittent talks aimed at endi…

The US Department of State said on Thursday it has approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom is drawn deeper into war in the Middle East.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence agencies, that Russia plans to launch ‘hybrid’ drone and missile attacks against countries supporting Ukraine.

Police on Thursday apprehended a 44-year-old man who earlier had hijacked a car at Paphos airport and crashed with at least one other vehicle.

The need to ensure safety at every stage of care and make it a constant priority across the health system was highlighted by the Cyprus patients’ federation (Osak) on World Patient Safety Day on Thursday.

Cypriot authorities participated in a VAT fraud investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Eppo) across a number of European countries, it became known on Thursday.