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South Korea on Wednesday suspended part of a 2018 military agreement with North Korea after Pyongyang defied warnings from the United States and drew Western condemnation by launching a spy satellite. ...

On a recent evening in Cairo, a worker cleaned tables in an empty McDonald’s restaurant. Branches of other Western fast-food chains in the Egyptian capital also appeared deserted. All ...

By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades A 26-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday after having robbed a bakery and two kiosks. The man was found by police while ...

Cyprus is “the strongest supporter of Serbia’s European path”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Christodoulides is in Serbia on a two-day visit and made the remarks following a ...

The European Parliament voted in favour of a bill to implement a number of reforms to the bloc’s treaties, including an almost absolute abolition of the principle of unanimity, ...

Ledra Music Soloists hosts a unique evening of chamber music for clarinet and piano with the internationally renowned clarinettist Gábor Varga and pianist Nicolas Costantinou on December 6. The two ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop “the tragedy” of the war ...

British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced tax cuts for workers before an expected 2024 election and he gave businesses permanent investment incentives in an attempt to speed up an economy that looks ...

A messy dispute broke out on Wednesday over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe events in Gaza, with Palestinians who met with him insisting that he did ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday after attempting to smuggle two people to the Republic. He had been arrested on Tuesday while driving between Nicosia and ...

The attorney general (AG) dampened hopes for criminal convictions over sanctions evasion on Wednesday, after he told deputies those may be difficult to achieve but pledged there would be thorough ...

Greece’ Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos will be the first torchbearer of the Paris 2024 Olympics relay after next year’s lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece’s Olympic Committee (HOC) ...

Thirteen suspects involved in September’s racist rioting in Limassol on Wednesday had their case postponed until December, the Limassol criminal court decided. According to the court, the defendants were ...

Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in exchange ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday he will “raise the issue” of Israelis buying property in the north with the Turkish Cypriot authorities. Fidan was quizzed by the ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver Contractor Cyfield announced that it would be stopping all works on the road network in the Akamas peninsula as of Wednesday until all issues ...

Α Larnaca resident, owner of a residential apartment, this week sent a letter to the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs, advocating for changes to the legal framework regulating multi-owner buildings. ...

Europol on Wednesday launched a new campaign as part of ongoing investigations to find Europe’s most wanted fugitives, three of whom are wanted for crimes committed in Cyprus. The ...

This festive season, Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa invites us to enter a world of magical realism, where the boundaries between reality and fairytale blur and we all ...

An OPEC technical panel invited a top financial market dealer to give a presentation this week which painted a bearish outlook for the oil market, according to materials from the ...

US President Joe Biden pardoned two enormous white-plumed turkeys from Minnesota on Monday, granting Liberty and Bell freedom from Thanksgiving dinner tables as Americans prepared for their annual feasts. With ...

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is organising a week-long celebration of the Christmas season, filled with fun events and activities. The “UNIC Christmas Spirit” programme will run over December 1-7, 2023, ...

The Cyprus Oncology Society (Oek) on Wednesday threw its support behind the inclusion of a National Cancer Institute in the health ministry’s 2024 budget. Referring to statements made the previous ...

In a recent interview, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted what it takes to lead the mammoth digital platform that is changing global culture. Chew also discussed the app’s ...