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Rubbish tips are popping up around Larnaca, with the Greens having spotted dozens in the Koshi state forest and along the old Nicosia-Larnaca road. Following up on a complaint received ...

Six-time Paralympic medallist swimmer Karolina Pelendritou came first in the S11 category 50-metre freestyle qualifying race on Saturday, clocking 29.92 at the Paris La Défense Arena, in the Paris 2024 Paralympics. ...

Isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday, mainly in the mountains, inland and in the southeast. Cyprus is being affected by low pressure and an unstable air mass. ...

Everything is set for the festival that celebrates tradition and cultural heritage through the arts. Traditional costumes, dances, songs and melodies from the Mediterranean region and beyond will add to ...

By Patrick Lin Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how it’s accessed, prepared and consumed can change societies ...

Five people were killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod late on Friday, the local governor said. Vyacheslav Gladkov said that 37 of the ...

Israel’s military searched areas around settlements in the occupied West Bank on Saturday after two separate security incidents the previous evening, as a major army and police operation continued ...

Hellenic Bank on Friday posted a profit after tax of €189 million for the first half of 2024, marking an 18 per cent increase compared to the same period during the previous year. ...

OPEC+ is set to proceed with a planned oil output hike from October, as Libyan outages and pledged cuts by some members to compensate for overproduction counter the impact of ...

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (002594.SZ) has signed an agreement with Huawei (HWT.UL) to use the Chinese tech conglomerate’s advanced autonomous driving system in its off-road Fangchengbao ...

Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) is seeking the green light from regulators to launch and trade options on a bitcoin index, according to an announcement from the exchange operator. The US Securities ...

Sony announced this week that it is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) games console in Japan by about 20 per cent. The Japanese company cited a difficult external environment ...

India will launch a platform to transfer credit to small and rural borrowers, catering to the large unmet demand across various sectors, especially agricultural and small companies, according to the ...

By Tom Cleaver The number of people crossing from the Republic to the north via crossing points has decreased in the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period ...

Cyprus was “left completely satisfied” with the stance taken by other EU member-states at the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels, said Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos. After the meeting ...

A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground on Friday, killing seven people and injuring at least 77 more, local ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediately suspension” of social media platform X in the country, after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a ...

The price of package holidays in Cyprus as well as in the EU continued increasing in 2024, with Cyprus recording the third highest increase among member states in July, according to ...

At least four people died and one was missing after a helicopter returning from a firefighting mission crashed into the River Douro in northern Portugal on Friday, authorities said. The ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Friday said it was worth reconsidering if a Park & Ride would be beneficial in Limassol’s Ayios Athanasios industrial area, after a meeting with ...

Recently elected governor Yiannis Karousos has announced plans to transform the Famagusta district self-governance organisation (Eoa) into “the most efficient licensing authority in Cyprus”, vowing to minimise the waiting time ...

A brand-new festival is approaching with the aim of creating a platform for different voices and stories to be heard. Changing up the narrative, this festival will not spotlight speakers ...

The hazelnut forest near the Nicosia district village of Alona may “totally collapse” if measures are not taken to ward against threats to its ecological balance. Following a meeting at ...

United Nations officials are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza on Sunday that will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting between Israeli forces and ...