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The saga of the Aphrodite gas field continues, although according to the latest information from Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou, there is a possibility it would reach its conclusion, in some ...

The ability of Cypriot banks to reduce operating costs while investing in digital transformation will be key to offsetting inflationary pressure and still-high credit provisions, rating agency Standard and Poor’...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos defended the government’s position over the war waging between Israel and Gaza, telling MPs that Cyprus is approaching the idea for a humanitarian corridor “realistically”. ...

Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen Area and the Visa Waiver program are one of the foreign ministry’s top priorities for next year, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. ...

U.S. forces were attacked at an airbase west of Baghdad early on Tuesday and a U.S. military aircraft responded in self-defence, U.S. officials said, in the first ...

A mountain development commissioner is set to be appointed within the next two months, an agriculture ministry confirmed on Tuesday amid mounting criticism from MPs at the House commerce committee. ...

A man was arrested in northern Nicosia on Tuesday for masturbating in the middle of a road. The man was later taken to court and charged with obscene exposure, before ...

North Korea successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday, its space agency said, defying international condemnation from the United States and its allies. Officials in South Korea ...

Most of the anti-corruption authority’s budget for 2024, around €1.2 million, will be spent on investigating complaints filed before it, officials said on Tuesday. According to the authority, the complaints are ...

Attorney General George Savvides confirmed on Tuesday that his service was reviewing the case details surrounding a 2012 fatal road accident, for which no one has been held accountable for over ...

As December rolls in, a new art exhibition will be added to Nicosia’s art scene. Marina Solonos will present her first solo showcase next month at Kasteliotissa Hall. The ...

Members of the House refugee committee will visit Brussels next week to urge EU officials to put pressure on Turkey to help find Cyprus’ missing persons. According to committee chair ...

The cancer committee of the Cyprus patient associations’ federation (Osak) on Tuesday urged for the inclusion of a National Cancer Institute in the health ministry’s 2024 budget. “The need for ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, an extended heat wave and drought have shortened the incubation period for thousands of turtle hatchlings released into the river by biologists as part of a ...

By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner The US will lay out the first international strategy to commercialise nuclear fusion power at the upcoming UN climate summit in Dubai. Fusion could ...

By Gloria Dickie Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United ...

The number of British armed forces deployed in the sovereign British bases in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean has surged by around 1,000 following the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, ...

The attorney-general on Tuesday suggested the public should manage their expectations regarding new prosecutions in relation to the ‘golden passports’ affair, where to date just one case has been brought ...

Prison guards have been instructed to carry out thorough checks on inmates to find illicit mobile phones as the justice ministry is trying to clampdown on organised crime unfolding in ...

At least 37 people were killed and numerous others injured at a stadium in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville overnight, the government said on Tuesday, with local media reporting ...

The British version of the globally popular BBC car show ‘Top Gear’ will not return for the foreseeable future, the broadcaster said, after a crash in December which left presenter ...

The countdown to Christmas has begun and Starbucks stores are the ultimate meeting point that bring us all closer to the magical and warm spirit of the holidays. Whether it’...

The Limassol marina on Monday set the stage for the 2023 European Championship FAREAST 28R, marking a historic milestone as Cyprus welcomes its first-ever international sailing competition in the specific boat ...

An EU-wide mechanism to combat illegal migration was one of the main issues on the agenda on Tuesday during a meeting in Athens between Cyprus Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and ...