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Swedes will vote on Sunday in a tight election that has effectively become a referendum on whether the far-right Sweden Democrats should join the government and cement their journey from ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Thursday for talks with President Nikos Christodoulides, as police imposed heightened security measures and anti-war groups prepared to ...

Cyprus’ state-owned asset management company Kedipes expects its repayments to the government to exceed €2 billion during the final quarter of 2026, as it moves away from loan portfolio sales and places ...

The forestry department on Thursday announced the launch of an app for visitors to Nicosia’s two national forest parks, those of Athalassa and Academia. The app – in both Greek ...

The Finance Ministry announced on Thursday that the final trading date for the 13-week Treasury bills 6th edition, Series 2026, will be September 14, 2026. The government securities, which are traded under the ...

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou has set out the conditions that any candidate seeking the party’s backing in the 2028 presidential elections would have to meet, ruling out support for a ...

Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue ...

Cyprus and Bahrain step up efforts to expand trade and investment ties Cyprus and Bahrain are seeking to deepen business and maritime cooperation, with Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis edged closer on Thursday to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important routes for commodity vessels, four Yemeni government ...

The government will not provide state funding for a new system to oversee management committees in jointly owned buildings, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed parliament, as the proposed legislation returns ...

The multinational military exercise Medusa was performed south of Crete on Thursday, with forces from Greece, Egypt, France, Italy and Cyprus taking part in naval and air activities. Preparatory operations ...

The reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel will remain in place until November 30, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos announced on Thursday, extending a measure that was due to expire ...

The United Nations has denied a report that Unficyp force commander Lieutenant General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam has been removed from his post, saying on Thursday that he “remains the ...

The Second Children’s Nutrition & Cooking Workshop by ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets was successfully completed on September 8, 2026, at the main campus premises of the University of Nicosia, bringing together even more ...

By Nandita Bose, Steve Holland and Nathan Layne President Donald Trump capped the first day of his Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention by proposing to pay every U.S. ...

Passenger traffic through Larnaca and Paphos airports was 7.9 per cent higher in the first eight months of 2026 than in the same period of 2024, despite a sharp spring disruption linked to ...

Police, prosecutors and the Athens medical association (ISA) have inspected the private clinic where Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday. The investigation is expected to examine whether ...

A new, year-round, completely free education ecosystem for teenagers 16 and older launched on September 10, 2026 in Cyprus: The League. Built to bridge the gap between what school teaches and what the ...

The body found in the Kallinikos area of the Paphos state forest has been confirmed as that of missing Erato Athanasiou from Tsakistra. The results of the post-mortem examination confirmed ...

Europe is facing an “existential” question over its place in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, economic protectionism and the growing power of China and India, former Portuguese minister ...

Safe Bulkers has raised €80.4 million from its private placement, giving the Cyprus-linked dry-bulk shipowner additional room to fund its sizeable newbuilding programme while keeping the option of further vessel purchases ...

Commercial transactions are founded on trust and on the expectation that every payment serves a specific purpose. A deposit, the purchase price or any other payment is made because the ...

A 48-year-old woman was on Wednesday arrested twice within a few hours for violating a court order prohibiting her from entering a premise in Peyia. The woman was first arrested ...

A 85-year-old man is in critical condition after being injured in a road accident that in Nicosia on Wednesday afternoon. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 3.45 pm ...