Filenews 4 January 2026
A strange story of an arson attempt is being investigated by the Police in Paphos. A foreign resident of Tala tried tonight to set fire to his own vehicle, because he disagreed with a mechanic about the amount of repair.
According to the Police examinations, the owner of the vehicle took the car to a professional a few days ago for a mechanical problem he was facing. However, he disagreed with him about the amount of the repair, refusing to pay it.
The partial restoration of the Athens FIR begins, and some first landings and departures are already starting. The flight schedule will not be executed immediately, but gradually. At the same time, the investigation by the technical contractor of the system and the National Telecommunications Commission continues to fully resolve the problem that caused a blackout in Greek airspace.
MAJOR ROAD WORKS
Larnaca-Famagusta Motorway
On the Larnaca-Famagusta Motorway, during the period 03/12/2025-30/01/2026, excluding weekends and holidays, between the hours of 08:30 – 14:30, the Department of Forestry will carry out pruning and shredding of branches on the slopes of the motorway from Larnaca Airport to the Rizoelia roundabout and the Larnaca-Kofinou motorway, from the Kalo Chorio roundabout to Kofinou.
During the period from 22 December 2025 to 29 January 2026, between the hours of 09:00 in the morning and 05:30 in the morning of the following day, weekdays except Fridays, weekends and holidays, on sections of the Larnaca Airport - Paralimni motorway, emergency door installation works will be carried out on the central island. During the execution of the works, a section of the motorway lane adjacent to the central island, from the Pyla area to the Rizoelia roundabout, will be closed, successively for a length of 100m. each time, simultaneously from both directions, at eight different points.
Cyprus Mail 4 January 2026 - by Charalambos Stylianou
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| The endangered Cypriot honey bee Apis mellifera cypria |
The native Cypriot honeybee is under threat from imported strains, prolonged drought, and insufficient state support.
Experts warn that the loss of this local species could jeopardise pollination across the island and damage agricultural productivity.
Paphos was featured on a list of destinations which have the “perfect breeze”, following a study carried out by British meteorologist Jim NR Dale.
The result of Dale’s study saw Paphos listed in third place, behind only Sydney and Rio de Janeiro, with the study taking into account four key factors: temperature, humidity, windspeed and wind direction.
Cyprus Mail 4 January 2026 - by Alper Ali Riza
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| Aspiring to be Britain's next prime minister, Nigel Farage wallowed in racism and Nazi glorification as a teenager |
Although the recent teenage glorification of Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology at a school in Larnaca in Cyprus is nothing new among teenagers, or confined to Cyprus, the attraction of Nazi ideology to teenagers is puzzling.
In 2005, when a 20-year-old Prince Harry was pictured in the Sun attending a fancy dress party in a khaki uniform with a swastika arm band he apologised to the Chief Rabbi in the UK for the offence caused to Holocaust survivors and admitted it was a huge mistake for which he was very sorry.
Cyprus Mail 3 January 2026 - by Tom Cleaver
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| The ceremony will take place at Thoc |
High-profile names from European and regional politics are expected to attend Wednesday’s opening ceremony of Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency, its spokeswoman Stella Michael said on Saturday, describing the ceremony as “emblematic”.
Among the attendees, she told the Cyprus News Agency, will be European Council president Antonio Costa, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid.