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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza
Malta and the EU’s definitive ruling on golden passportsIn a trenchant judgement on April 29, 2025 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the case of Malta v European Commission ruled that the sale of their nationality by member states under cover of investment programmes fails to comply with EU law. Not to put too fine a point on it between 2014-20 Malta, Cyprus and Bulgaria were selling their nationality to rich foreigners.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Kyriacos Nicolaou
Hellenic Bank Public Company Limited on Monday announced that its board of directors will convene on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 to examine, among other things, the financial results of the group for the first quarter of 2025. Following the board meeting, the first quarter financial results will be made public.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Kyriacos Nicolaou
Nuclear energy continues to play a critical role in the European Union’s energy mix, covering approximately 22.8 per cent of total electricity generation, according to former chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) Andreas Poullikkas. In a detailed analysis, Poullikkas stressed that despite divergent national policies, the EU recognises nuclear energy as essential for ensuring energy security and achieving decarbonisation goals.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Peter Michael
A 41-year-old man found with large amounts of cannabis in his car in Parekklisia, Limassol was remanded for eight days, police said on Sunday. He appeared in Limassol District Court in the morning after he was arrested on Saturday, following his evasion of authorities since Thursday. Another man and woman, both 26, also arrested with the older man were also remanded for three days.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Johanna Pauls
At first glance, the Green Kiosk recycling spot in Mammari village seems like a modest effort toward environmental responsibility – until your gaze shifts to the side, where towers of rubbish bags are stacked high, slowly bursting open one by one. At the top of the recycling point, a bold sign proclaims ‘Smart Monitoring and Effective Waste Reduction’. In reality, the scene looks less like a beacon of environmental innovation, but more like a quiet monument to neglect.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Michael Allen |Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza
Crops like chickpeas, fava beans, lentils and quinoa could help make Europe’s food systems more environmentally friendly and sustainable. By Michael AllenOn Marianne Mulhall’s organic dairy farm in southeast Ireland, the winter wheat crop is looking better than usual. By spring, it is often a bit yellow and withered, a sign that it is nitrogen deficient.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Peter Michael
Police arrested a 57-year-old man as a premeditated murder suspect on Sunday, after an altercation with another 66-year-old man at a cafe outside Nicosia turned violent. The victim, Andreas Michaelides from Astromeritis was at a cafe on Saturday evening, when he argued with the suspect, 57. The suspect then hit the older man on the head, police said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Peter Michael
The condition of an 80-year-old man, who was hospitalised at the Nicosia General after being bitten by a viper, is stable and improved, while a 74-year-old man who was also bitten by a viper was discharged from the Limassol General, doctors said on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the state health services organisation (Okypy), the 74-year-old from Nicosia on 22.4.2025 , while in a field in Limassol District, was bitten by a viper on the upper limb.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Gareth Willmer |Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza
The future of urban mobility is near. EU-backed trials of driverless cars in public transport could make Europe’s city centres affordable, cleaner, safer, more efficient, inclusive and fair. By Gareth WillmerIn Groruddalen, a large urban valley in north-eastern Oslo, Norway, the groundwork is being laid for an important shift in city transport. Five self-driving electric cars began ferrying the public around the area in early February 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Alper Ali Riza |Johanna Pauls
The opening of a Turkish port to commercial ships under the Cyprus flag has been proposed to Ankara, according to a report in Greek newspaper TA NEA on Saturday. “From the Cypriot side, there is also a reservation as to whether Turkey really intends to proceed to the end on the basis of the Christodoulides proposal,” TA NEA wrote, adding that Nicosia was ready to proceed if Turkey was willing to.
