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By Leontios Ierodiakonou Last week’s article ended on a pessimistic note, about six decades having passed since the first hostilities began. Many things have changed – the displacement of a ...

Police arrested a 45-year-old man for money laundering and illegal possession, after they found him with close to €49 thousand during an attempted drug bust, an announcement said on Sunday.  According ...

EU-backed researchers and doctors are pioneering advanced pre-implantation and prenatal genetic testing to improve the chance of healthy pregnancies in at-risk families. By Vittoria D’Alessio The story of Bojana ...

Police arrested a teen, 16, in connection with an attempted murder in Limassol, where three young men were injured in a knife attack, an announcement said on Sunday. The 16-year-old boy ...

Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an ...

The weather on Sunday will be mostly clear with temperatures set to remain stable and fall later in the week, the met office said.  According to the met office announcement, ...

Fighting in the Gaza Strip halted on Sunday as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas took effect after a brief delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that ...

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar’s military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to ...

So why are the Israelis still bombing Gaza? US foreign minister Anthony Blinken was first on the Gaza ceasefire bandwagon last week. Israel and Hamas are right on the brink ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting January 13: The need for enhanced collaboration between public authorities and private enterprises was emphasised during the recently held ‘...

IF HE WAS not such a union-pandering communist, we could have felt a bit of sympathy for Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, after he was hung out to dry by Prezniktwo, ...

High government spending and a growing need among big economies – from the United States to Britain and France – to tap bond markets to fund their outlays have shot up the ...

Generative artificial intelligence bellwether OpenAI said this week that it is introducing a beta feature called Tasks to ChatGPT, signaling the company’s foray into the virtual assistant space, competing ...

The Cyprus problem show is back. Nothing constructive or meaningful will be agreed, but that was never the objective. As has been made evident over the decades, the two sides ...

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of ...

US producer prices rose less than expected in December as higher costs for goods were partially offset by stable services prices, suggesting inflation remained on a downward trend. The moderation ...

Israeli high tech companies overcame a year of war and likely raised more than $12 billion in 2024, up 31 per cent from 2023, led by cyber security funding and investments in more established ...

Seemingly coming out of left field, news broke this week of Cyprus’ induction into three programmes allowing the purchase of military hardware directly from the US government. Did Nicosia hype ...

Residents of the Tillyria region on Saturday held a protest to demand that crossing points be opened to the Turkish Cypriot Kokkina exclave. The demonstrators gathered in the village of ...

Substitute Darwin Nunez’s stoppage-time double gave Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford on Saturday, as the Premier League leaders left it late to record their first league win of 2025. ...

We asked a selection of people on the streets of Nicosia how they see the new year – what they expect will happen and what they hope for, both in their ...

Israel on Saturday approved a ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas that involves release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli forces struck in the enclave before the ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ police has requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib ...

The government is aiming for investment at and the possible future development of the old Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Saturday. Speaking during a visit to the ...