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Portuguese authorities were investigating on Thursday what caused a funicular railway popular with tourists to derail and hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people and injuring 21 when it crashed ...

Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s presidency in the first half of next year will be “of crucial importance” for efforts to achieve unanimity among the ...

Demetra Holdings Plc on Thursday announced that it proceeded with the repurchase of 3,000 of its own shares through the Cyprus Investment and Securities Corporation Ltd. The company stated that the ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested in connection with a string of thefts from hotel rooms in the Famagusta district, the police said on Thursday. The man was arrested on Wednesday, ...

The north’s ‘health ministry’ issued an official denial that there had been a chlorine gas leak at the Teknecik power station in Kyrenia after four people had been hospitalised ...

After Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested in Limassol in the early hours of Thursday morning after reportedly stabbing another man and leaving him with a collapsed lung. According to the police, ...

Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Cyprus at the Reception Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association chairman Hasan Esendagli late on Wednesday night visited Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, who was ...

Consumer credit costs in Cyprus rose in July 2025 while overall new lending volumes fell sharply, according to the latest statistics released by the Central Bank of Cyprus. The figures, published ...

Jannik Sinner and Naomi Osaka both produced commanding displays on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open, underlining their credentials on tennis’s biggest stage. Defending champion ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear after the lifting of the partial fog and low cloud to which most of the island woke up. However, rain will ...

What it means for landlords and tenants By Pavlos Loizou, CEO of Ask Wire Interviewer: Andreas, whose house is this?  Andreas: Mine.  Interviewer: Who lives in it?  Maria: I do. ...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has issued a circular addressing growing speculation surrounding a potential takeover of the Cyprus Development Bank (CDB bank), stressing that it is monitoring developments closely. Etyk ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange has announced that the shares of iDNA Genomics Public Ltd will continue to be presented with a special flag on the New Market due to significant ...

Celebrating the arrival of a new month is an exciting line-up of weekend events. There is a wide choice of festivals, open-air music concerts, opera productions, village happenings, markets and ...

The House environment committee in a meeting on Wednesday said it has identified failures in inspections of the appropriate discarding of construction waste materials. The implementation of regulations on their ...

The terms of three commissioners will end in the next five weeks, it was reported, and President Christodoulides will have to decide whether these will be renewed or new people ...

The road transport department (TOM) on Wednesday addressed reports that registration permits had not been renewed despite payments having been made, saying that efforts to resolve the issue were underway. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening assured that there were no differences with the Greek government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project. Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis had earlier ...

The drinking water supply in the Oroklini area of Larnaca will be reduced due to repair works carried out by the water development department on Thursday, Larnaca’s district government ...

Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday, likening the requirements to “slavery.” The ...

At least 15 people died and 18 were injured on Wednesday when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists and is one of the city’s symbols, derailed ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday formally announced the appointment of Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne as UN special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Diagne, who ...