NEW UK DUAL CITIZEN PASSPORT RULES FOR 2026

  Forbes by Duncan Madden 23 January 2026

UK dual citizen living overseas? You'll need your British passport to travel home from February 2026—or you'll have to pay for a certificate showing right of abode.

Millions of British citizens live overseas.  But for the million-plus with dual citizenship, things are about to get trickier—and potentially more expensive—when returning back to home shores.

British and Irish dual nationals will soon only be able to enter the U.K. using their British or Irish passport, or with their foreign passport as long as they have an accompanying, paid-for Certificate of Entitlement.

CRIME ROUND UP

 Cyprus Mail 10 February

A Bangladeshi food delivery rider working in Nicosia is due to appear before a military court in the north after inadvertently crossing the divide while trying to deliver an order, his employer confirmed on Monday.

Hasan Kibria, a motorcycle courier employed by Foody, crossed into the north on Thursday, January 29, after being misdirected by GPS while searching for an address in Nicosia.

Kibria, who does not speak English and arrived in Cyprus in December last year, is believed to have been unaware that Nicosia is a divided city.

THE MAKERS SPACE - Polemi Studio @ The Metochi, Polemi - February courses

 

THE MAKERS SPACE 

Polemi Studio @ The Metochi, Polemi

February

The Makers Space launches its new pottery teaching studio - our new studio in Polemi village will host three popular Pottery Activities & our Sunday in the Studio Hand Building Course in February:

Breakfast Set Activity - Friday, 13th February 6pm-8pm

Book Here: https://bookeo.com/the_makers_space...

Carved Pourer Activity - Friday, 20th February 6pm - 8pm

Book Here: https://bookeo.com/the_makers_space...

Sunday in the Studio Course - Sunday, 22nd February 10am - 5pm

Book Here: https://bookeo.com/the_makers_space...

Sculpted Figurine - Friday, 27th February 6pm - 8pm

Book Here: https://bookeo.com/the_makers_space...

If you are interested, wish to discuss an activity or make a booking, please contact Lee-Anne on 96 894368

Activities are limited to 6 participants.

BILLIONS IN GAS, YEARS OF WAITING, AMERICANS BACK ON

 KNews 10 February 2026 - by Giannis Ioannou

Chevron is pressing ahead with the colossal Israel–Egypt Leviathan project and staking its claim in Syria’s EEZ.

Cyprus’ energy plans take shape in 2026, but politics, not pipelines, will decide what comes next.

2026 is shaping up as a pivotal year for the Republic of Cyprus’ energy program, with developments related both to hydrocarbon deposits in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and to the broader energy picture in the Eastern Mediterranean beginning to take concrete shape as planning moves forward. At the same time, the fluidity of geopolitical realignments in the region suggests that developments are also taking on a distinct “geopolitical dimension,” marked by a dynamic return of the United States to the regional subsystem, a development that will reveal whether the Republic of Cyprus will actively align itself or remain on the sidelines.

EU MUST NOT LET TOBACCO CONTROL AMBITION FALTER DURING THE CYPRIOT PRESIDENCY

 Cyprus Mail 10 February 2026 - by Van Dongen online

The Cypriot EU Council Presidency’s latest attempt to advance the EU’s tobacco tax reform was put to the test on Wednesday 21 January, when officials convened in the Council’s Working Group on Tax Questions.  Intended to inject momentum into the long-stalled revision of the Tobacco Excise Tax Directive (TED), the exchange around the new compromise text instead exposed just how far member-states remain from a shared position on one of the Union’s most sensitive public-health and fiscal dossiers.

MOMENTOUS SUPREME COURT DECISION - PAVED THE WAY FOR AN AUDIT OF BANK VAULTS IN RELATION TO CRIMINAL ACTIONS

 Filenews 10 February 2026 - by Michalis Chatzivasilis

In a pioneering decision that concerns exclusively the access of the Police to bank vaults and their connection with possible criminal activities, the Supreme Court issued today.

An Israeli couple, who are being investigated by the French authorities for a major case of financial fraud with cryptocurrencies, appealed to the Supreme Court requesting the issuance of a privileged Certiorari Warrant for the cancellation of the search warrants dated. 22.10.2025 in their bank vaults. The applicants, through their lawyers, argued that there was nothing connecting the two lockers with the offenses under investigation.

ZAKO REOPENS AS MARZANCO

 

ZAKO REOPENS AS MARZANCO

Marzanco opens 11 February at 18 Neofytou Nikolaidi, Pafos