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The 51-year-old monk who stands accused of attempted murder at the Ayios Neophytos monastery in the Paphos district village of Tala will remain in custody following a ruling of the ...

The municipality of Athienou was awarded the “Green city of Cyprus” award for 2025 on Wednesday. The prize was awarded for two projects concerning the reuse of materials in the renovation ...

Saudi Arabia has launched an air accident probe following last week’s cockpit stabbing on a flydubai jet, as experts examine any fallout for aviation safety alongside a separate UAE-led ...

Cyprus’ government has “failed its citizens” on account of the island’s high and rising energy prices, Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou said on Wednesday, as he addressed a ...

Hourly paid government staff are calling off their protests after their collective agreement was approved on Wednesday at an island-wide meeting. The proposal was submitted to the trade unions on ...

Members of the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday discussed a European Union directive which sets minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation, and management of assets of illicit ...

Lawyers for Christa Pike will ask a judge on Wednesday to order prison officials to let them inspect the syringes and other equipment used in Tennessee’s failed attempt to ...

The Larnaca local government organisation (EOA) and the Cyprus Land Development Corporation (Koag) have announced a new phase of cooperation aimed at providing  affordable housing for families, low-income households and ...

The French government said on Wednesday it was pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests, after a 15-year-old boy’s hand was blown off during ...

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert has been handed a suspended six-week ban and a £28,000 ($37,000) fine for his involvement in the ‘spygate’ row, after admitting he authorised the observation of training sessions ...

The price of a litre of diesel hit an all-time high of €2.126 at one petrol station in Limassol on Wednesday, according to the consumer protection service’s price observatory. The ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos will press for measures to ease the impact of energy costs on households and businesses during Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings in Luxembourg on October 8 and 9, 2026. In ...

Calls for Rialto theatre in Limassol to be handed over to the people are intensifying, as the government appears to be postponing a cabinet decision on a proposal submitted by ...

One of the world’s most celebrated opera stars will perform on the island this week, joining the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and two soloists at the historic Curium Ancient Theatre. ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that “strong and model NATO ally” Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement ...

The health ministry on Wednesday said that it was closely monitoring the situation regarding the recent plague case that has been reported in Russia, emphasising that there was no reason ...

At a press conference held on October 7, 2026, at Bean Bar 360 on Makariou Avenue, ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets officially presented the ALPHAMEGA RUN AS ONE charity road race. A long-standing initiative dedicated to ...

Demetra Holdings Plc repurchased 4,625 of its own shares on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) on October 7, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, the company announced on Wednesday. The ...

The hearing into the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou, who died by suicide in 2019, continued on Wednesday with the cross-examination of a witness at Nicosia district court. Appearing before court ...

On 26 September, at the Congress of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Samarkand, a new president was elected. The post was taken by 38-year-old Timur Turlov, founder and CEO of ...

Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid ...

Damianos highlights Cyprus’ gas potential at Athens energy conference Cyprus Energy Minister Michael Damianos has called for closer regional energy cooperation and greater use of existing infrastructure to develop Eastern ...

A priest testified on Wednesday in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial, describing the procedures followed at the Tamasos metropolis, the questioning of monks, their confessions and references to large sums ...

Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards’ Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, ...