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At least 11 coal miners were killed and dozens are missing after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday, an official said. Shoaib ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at the Bezmer air base, Iranian state media ...

The Spanish government said it will deploy military units to reinforce police in the North African enclave of Ceuta after migrants broke through the fences into the city from Morocco ...

The Cyprus Union of Nursing Staff (Oyyk-Sek) on Thursday welcomed Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides’ initiative and the cabinet’s decision to approve an additional grant scheme for nursing and midwifery ...

Recorded cases of human trafficking “do not reflect the true extent of the problem”, Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Thursday, revealing that 30 victims were identified in Cyprus last ...

The prosecution and the defence squabbled on Thursday on the admissibility of phone communications as evidence in the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou. Christodoulou is on trial before Nicosia ...

A new bridge loan scheme allowing farmers to access funding before receiving grants under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be introduced this year, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on ...

Foreign workers are almost three times more likely to be subjected to forced labour than Cypriots, while accounting for around 9 per cent of Cyprus’ workforce, figures presented at an event ...

The government said Thursday that by year’s end it plans to get the wheels turning on a significant segment of the planned highway linking Paphos to Polis Chrysochous. Speaking ...

Love, passion and drama usually dominate the stage yet this upcoming concert brings another heartfelt emotion – friendship. The Voice & Piano Soirée at Technopolis 20 celebrates friendship, welcoming to the ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a new annual grant scheme for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students, with Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides describing it as “a particularly important step towards addressing “...

UEFA’s member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions in protest at FIFA’s plan to sell stakes to external investors in a ...

Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant is betting on a rapidly shifting seasonal menu to drive its next chapter when it reopens in the Danish capital under new leadership next week. ...

The investigation into the wildfire that erupted following a military exercise at the Kalo Chorio firing range has widened to examine decisions taken at the highest levels of the National ...

Migrant workers need better access to information about their rights, to prevent their abuse by unscrupulous employers, speakers at a roundtable said on Thursday. The roundtable was held on the ...

Paphos municipality on Thursday cleared tree branches left on a pavement near Archbishop Makarios III lyceum after residents raised concerns that they were obstructing pedestrians and creating a road safety ...

An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after authorities found a crater and scattered ...

Demetra Holdings Plc purchased 4,440 of its own shares on July 29, as part of an ongoing share buyback programme executed through The Cyprus Investment & Securities Corporation Ltd. The investment company ...

The Israeli Hadassah Medical Organisation has formally launched its first European medical centre outside Israel in Limassol, marking the latest stage of a broader expansion into Cyprus. A blessing ceremony ...

Cyprus youth unemployment holds firm at 7.8 per cent Cyprus recorded one of the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union in June 2026, with joblessness on the island falling to 3 per ...

The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) has successfully completed the project “Schools for Change: Pioneering the Path to a Plastic-Free Future”, an important initiative implemented in partnership with the TUI ...

Delegations from the transmission system operator and the energy markets association discussed efforts to reduce electricity costs for households and businesses, and ways to make the new competitive energy market ...

For the second consecutive year, the Sirens are combining the power of the sea with the power of giving by organising the charitable swimming event Call of the Sirens 2026, in ...

Cyprus residents faced continued difficulty affording a week-long annual holiday in 2025, with Eurostat data released on Thursday showing that 27.6 per cent of people aged 16 and over could not afford a ...