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Lithuania said that a perceived drone sighting in its airspace earlier on Sunday that prompted authorities to close Vilnius airport and NATO to summon at least one fighter jet, turned ...

Police arrested 39 people on Sunday found to have been residing illegally in Cyprus, following a nationwide operation. Deportation proceedings have already been scheduled for twelve of those arrested, with the ...

In your Sunday newspaper you have mentioned the appalling state of our prisons. Unfortunately, when our government buys a €600 thousand armoured car to wander around our little island , obviously something ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will hold their last meeting before the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, September 17, with the session scheduled for 11...

A 30-year-old man remained intubated in the intensive care unit at Nicosia general hospital on Sunday after a suspected explosive device detonated in the garage of his home in Sotira ...

Cyprus is trying to turn migration from something associated almost exclusively with crisis into part of the solution to the country’s labour shortages, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides has ...

Scientists across Europe are combining AI, human cells and mini-organs to predict chemical harm, reducing the need for testing on animals. By Anthony King Around 150,000 animals, mostly rats and mice, ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Sunday that Cyprus “retains an obligation” to preserve the memory of the fallen and missing of 1974. Speaking at the annual memorial service for the 251...

Turkey and the occupied north condemned on Sunday a decision by the United States to renew the lifting of defence restrictions on Cyprus, warning the move risks “undermining trust” between ...

The geopolitical contest for strategic primacy across the Levantine Basin has now converged upon the seabed, centred on the execution of the Great Sea Interconnector. Conceived as a 1,208-kilometre high-voltage ...

Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 130 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 113 others were evacuated, the country’s search and rescue agency said, ...

Turkish police carried out raids and arrests across 15 provinces on Saturday, targeting the homes and gathering places of LGBTQ+ activists in operations authorities linked to the protection of the traditional ...

Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the ...

It has been a year since Canada, France and the United Kingdom officially recognised the State of Palestine (under Israeli occupation, final border to be determined). The killings by Israelis ...

The foreign ministry welcomed on Sunday a US decision to renew the lifting of defence restrictions on Cyprus for the next fiscal year. The move allows the export, re-export and ...

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip, medical staff said. The strike in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood ...

At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Odessa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two ...

What if Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not as chaotic as it looks? Last year, I argued that beneath the spectacle, contradictions and unpredictability, Trump’s foreign policy had ...

Researchers are designing AI-powered virtual cities to help authorities predict street-level pollution and act where it is needed most. By Anthony King In cities, air pollution can vary sharply from ...

Police issued a 36-year-old man with an extrajudicial notice of €13,500 on Sunday, after officers from the anti-poaching squad found 17 wild birds trapped in nets in a fenced field in Larnaca. ...

Elena Rybakina delivered a devastating display to dethrone two time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday, winning the US Open final 6-4 5-7 6-2 to claim a third Grand Slam ...

Thousands gathered last weekend at the Presidential Residence in Troodos for the third Let’s Go Troodos festival, an event combining family entertainment, local food and craftsmanship, while highlighting support ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced two new housing schemes on Sunday, approved by the cabinet to address housing needs among young people and families. The first offers 570 state owned plots of ...

Police arrested four people in Limassol after seizing more than 126 kilograms of ketamine, along with cocaine, methedrone and MDMA, in an operation Justice Minister Costas Fitiris, praised on Sunday. A ...