Cyprus shipping in 2025: progress, partnerships and prospects

How Cyprus is shaping global shipping through diplomacy, strategic ties and focusing on key issues Cyprus stands at an important moment in its maritime history. The shipping sector has always been a cornerstone of the island’s economy, but 2025...

Qatar, Cyprus sign MoU on maritime cooperation

QNA Limassol, Cyprus Qatar and Cyprus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance their cooperation in maritime transportation fields. Minister of Transport HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani and Shipping Deputy...

World Population Review Lists the 5 Least Safe Countries

According to data published by World Population Review, Ukraine has been ranked the world’s least peaceful country in 2024 based on the Global Peace Index (GPI) – an international measure of security and stability. The GPI is used to assess the...

Deloitte calls on Cyprus startups to compete in 2025 Technology Fast 50 ranking

Applications are now open for the fifth edition of Deloitte Middle East’s Technology Fast 50, inviting fast-growing tech companies from Cyprus and the Middle East to apply by December 19, 2025. The annual programme ranks the region’s...

Closing Bell: ASX dips on profit taking; Aussie biotechs turn heads with big FDA wins

With the ASX putting in a solid performance over the first week of October, traders have decided to cash in. Pic: Getty Images ASX down 9 points as AI jitters and profit taking set in Healthcare, materials sectors limit losses with some solid...

The island of cats has a cat problem. Change might be on the way

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital welcomes new medical helicopter

Photo by Derek Redd Father Cyprian Osuegbu, lead chaplain at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, blesses the new helicopter that is part of the hospital’s fleet. WHEELING — WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital introduced a brand-new medical helicopter to...

3 Scots tests out latest battlefield tech on Exercise Forest Guardian in Latvia

Royal Regiment of Scotland soldiers test the latest tech on exercise in Latvia Soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland have been in Latvia testing out the latest technology to give them a battlefield advantage. Members of 3 Scots deployed on...

Cyprus scientist honoured with international STEM award in Paris

Dr Kyriaki Michaelidou of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) has been awarded the UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). According to...

Erdogan’s imagined ‘arms race’ in Cyprus

An IAI BARAK-MX air defense launcher is presented to the media at the IAI ELTA Division in Ashdod, Israel, on June 12, 2025. [Amir Cohen/Reuters] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his loyalists wasted no time last week blasting Nicosia’s...

Qatar, Cyprus sign MoU on cooperation in maritime field

Qatar and Cyprus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance their cooperation in maritime transportation fields. Minister of Transport His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani and the Shipping Deputy Minister to...

Capitalism scores goal after privatization splits Cyprus' left-wing soccer team

Players of the Omonoia 29M team salute the fans. | Photo via @omonoia29m on Instagram Twenty-two players, two nets, and one ball. These are the required pieces to play the beautiful game. Some call it soccer, most call it football, but no matter...

Cyprus Business Now: property bills, holiday rentals, CBC, unemployment, SMEs

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Friday voiced strong opposition to key provisions of three draft bills currently being debated in parliament. In its statement, the council warned that the proposals “could create a...

Digital nomads and returnees: The new demographics shaping Cyprus

Cyprus is experiencing a demographic shift driven by two concurrent inflows: globally mobile professionals who work remotely and Cypriots returning after years abroad. The normalization of distributed work, proximity to Europe, the Middle East,...

Cyprus genetics institute hosts annual student welcome

Students from three continents join CING postgraduate courses The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) welcomed its new postgraduate students earlier this month, in what it described as an event “filled with excitement and...

Erdogan: Turkic world has not abandoned its Turkish Cypriot brothers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the Turkic world “has not abandoned its Turkish Cypriot brothers on the path to a just solution” to the Cyprus problem. He was addressing the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit in...

Maritime Cyprus looks to shipping future, journey of change

Cyprus is determined to climb the ladder of maritime centre world rankings, by enhancing digital transition, aspiring to become a cruise hub, reskilling seafarers and encouraging women to join the workforce. In his opening address at the ‘Maritime...

Future of shipping takes centre stage at record-breaking Maritime Cyprus 2025 

The Maritime Cyprus 2025 Conference opened on Monday under the theme “Unlocking the Future of Shipping,” drawing over one thousand delegates from thirty-five countries, including heads of state, ministers, regulators, shipowners and senior...

House prices: the largest real-estate study ever conducted in Cyprus

The number-one real-estate platform in Cyprus, BuySell, in collaboration with AXIA Chartered Surveyors, has completed the second part of the most extensive and detailed property price study ever carried out in Cyprus. The analysis covers 121,434...

‘No crisis’ between Cyprus and Greece, Christodoulides insists

There is “no crisis” between Cyprus and Greece over the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector, President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday amid an open rift between the two countries on the issue. “There is no crisis. There may be some...