FastForward

22/09/2025

Big energy dreams turned into big delays. Households and businesses pay the price, while projects stall and investigations drag on. Our latest feature asks two leading experts: why does the island keep falling short? Full story 👇 Link in the first comment 🔗

19/09/2025

The deal reshapes the employment framework of CSE staff, introducing major changes to their status, benefits, and retirement options.

Cyprus Stock Exchange staff to join public service under new agreement with Finance Ministry. Deal includes early retirement and €400,000 welfare payout.

19/09/2025

Where two reports agree on the strengths and weaknesses of Cyprus’s innovation performance 👇

Cyprus 2025 innovation: EIS and WIPO’s GII agree—strong ICT/creative outputs, but weak business R&D, STEM pipeline, early-stage finance and high-tech base.

19/09/2025

Kiabi expanded its presence in Nicosia with the opening of a new store at the Mall of Cyprus, reaffirming its commitment to offering affordable fashion and strengthening its footprint in Cyprus.

Kiabi, the beloved French affordable fashion brand for the whole family, continued its growth journey in Cyprus with a new store in Nicosia, this time at the Mall of Cyprus.

19/09/2025

New grant program to support households with photovoltaic systems 👇

Cyprus prepares a subsidy scheme for home electricity storage with solar panels, ensuring energy autonomy. Photovoltaic applications extended until 2025.

19/09/2025

Officials admit Cyprus faces structural challenges, particularly its reliance on imported fossil fuels, delayed introduction of natural gas, and high levels of car ownership.

Cyprus’ first UN climate report warns the island risks missing its 2030 emission-reduction targets, with greenhouse gases up 57% since 1990. FastForward breaks down the findings.

19/09/2025

Panayiotou cited existing labor laws on leave, hours, breaks, and overtime as proof that enshrining ATA in law is not unconstitutional but rather “an obvious institutional possibility.”

Cyprus faces heated debate over ATA reforms as a legal opinion deems “ATA for all” unconstitutional, sparking union backlash and government deliberations.

19/09/2025

A drug-friendly Olympics in Las Vegas promises million-dollar prizes, big names, and fierce backlash.

The Enhanced Games, a PED-friendly Olympics backed by investors and set for Las Vegas 2026, are stirring fierce debate in world sport.

19/09/2025

UCY and Remedica forge a strategic partnership to boost research, education, and innovation in pharmaceutical and green chemistry.

University of Cyprus and Remedica sign collaboration agreement to advance research, education, and innovation in pharmaceutical chemistry and green chemistry.

18/09/2025

The dedicated dam maintenance unit had effectively ceased to exist after 2015, leaving just one engineer currently responsible for overseeing dozens of dams across the island.

Cyprus is tightening water use amid severe shortages, yet its dams suffer from neglect and mismanagement. MPs warn of wasted desalinated water, abandoned maintenance, and looming safety risks.

18/09/2025

Cyprus’s ambitious justice reform agenda is colliding with fierce resistance, as two flagship government proposals trigger controversy in Parliament and unrest among key stakeholders.

Cyprus’s justice reform faces strong resistance as Parliament debates two contentious bills: creating an Audit Council to oversee the Auditor General and separating the Attorney General’s dual role.

18/09/2025

The legendary heavy metal band brings their epic “Run for Your Lives World Tour” to Athens’ OAKA Stadium.

Iron Maiden return to Greece in 2026 for a 50th anniversary show at OAKA Stadium, part of their epic “Run for Your Lives World Tour.”