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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “great” conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the week and that the Russian leader wanted to make ...

Barcelona captain Raphinha scored twice as his side thrashed Feyenoord 5-1 in their opening Champions League fixture on Wednesday, while Ermedin Demirovic struck a 12-minute first-half hat-trick to give VfB ...

A used car salesman in north Nicosia claims he received repeated threats and a demand for €400,000 before his business was set on fire, with two young men arrested in connection ...

Five Mercedes vehicles bought in preparation for Cyprus’ EU council presidency have been assigned to the police leadership for transportation, despite their reported cost and specifications, prompting a complaint to ...

Special traffic arrangements will be in place around the Holy Trinity Church in Limassol on Thursday for the funeral of Popi Christoforou, with large numbers of mourners expected to attend, ...

Police have launched a criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations the party breached foreign funding laws, on Wednesday, following an undercover investigation by Channel 4 News. The Metropolitan Police’s ...

The Irish Kinahan cartel are alleged to have plotted to murder British twin brothers in Cyprus, according to an international investigation which found that smaller criminal networks in Ireland and ...

Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the southern region of Odesa, killing two people, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials said on Wednesday, as Moscow targets trade ...

Faneromeni26 Arts Festival wraps up this year’s edition with a contemporary live performance this week in the courtyard of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Titled Ledra’s Lament, ...

Criminal and disciplinary investigations are underway against police officers accused of accessing information from police computer systems without authorisation and passing it to third parties. Speaking to Politis on Wednesday, ...

Josh Kerr says World Athletics’ new Ultimate Championships have given him one final target after a stellar season, while the chance to face long-time rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen again only adds ...

A former monk informed the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday that monk Nektarios of the Avakoum monastery pretended to be Saint Porphyrios during confessions and used the alleged incidents to ...

Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis has died aged 54 after suffering cardiac arrest at a private clinic in Athens on Wednesday. According to Greek media report, Mazonakis had gone to a private ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that Cyprus was closer than ever to seeing the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project move towards implementation, following an agreement with Greece and the ...

Police will step up security measures across Larnaca and Nicosia on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Cyprus. The measures will be in place from 9am until 4pm on ...

The value of substantive foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cyprus rose by around 10 per cent in 2025, compared with the previous year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, as he outlined ...

Consumers paid an additional €23 million for fuel over the past six months as a result of price increases, including €4 million in VAT charged on those increases, the Cyprus Consumers Association ...

Beer deliveries in Cyprus fell by 2.3 per cent in August 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, although exports recorded a sharp increase, the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

The audit office on Monday complained that the concessionaire for Paphos public transport company Osypa has purchased only 32 of the 72 new buses it was contractually obliged to add to its ...

Former first ladies, Elsi Christofias and Androulla Vassiliou, are among those from whom police protection is to be withdrawn under a new system taking effect this month. The reform also ...

German aviation group Lufthansa announced this week that it will gradually resume its flight connections to Dubai starting from late October. During peak operational periods, the airlines belonging to the ...

August 2026 was the wettest August recorded in Cyprus in more than a century, with average rainfall reaching more than ten times the normal level for the month, the Met Office ...

Nicosia will host a bi-communal environmental cleanup on September 19, as part of the Let’s Do It! Cyprus campaign and World Cleanup Day, organisers said on Wednesday. The annual campaign ...

Spanish second-division side C.D. Eldense said on Wednesday that Argentine great Lionel Messi has reached an agreement in principle to become the club’s new owner. The Inter Miami ...