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The United States on Friday issued new Iran-related sanctions following Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Treasury Department said. The sanctions target ...

Indian police said on Friday they had arrested dozens of people for violence and vandalism during protests this week over the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in an ...

New evidence has emerged regarding the July 6 attempted robbery of a jewellery shop in Larnaca, with testimony apparently linking the two suspects with the attempted robbery of a bank in ...

Four US senators said on Friday they had reached agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration to move forward with updated legislation on Russia sanctions. “We are proud to announce ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman was on Friday evening taken by ambulance to hospital after falling ill at an art exhibition.  An ambulance had been called to the Quirini bastion ...

King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, have hosted Charles’ son, Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children who are visiting Britain, ITV reported on Friday. Harry has ...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner ended Novak Djokovic’s latest bid to claim a record 25th Grand Slam title in ruthless fashion with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win to reach the ...

Areas across Cyprus were left without electricity from 8.10pm onwards on Friday due to a fault in the production system. The Cyprus Transmission System Operator said the fault caused one ...

Only one in four workers in Cyprus obtained learning experience at the workplace in 2025, according to a European Commission report to the European Council, made public on Friday. The report ...

Cyprus has decried the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the north for the development of an undersea natural gas pipeline. The foreign ministry said on Friday ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday evening extolled the “harmony” of his cooperation with the Turkish government, as he met Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz at his official residence ...

The defence ministry and the Cyprus employers and industrialists federation (Oev) have signed a memorandum aimed at strengthening public-private cooperation on crisis management, the protection of critical infrastructure and national ...

The revised recovery and resilience plans for Cyprus, Lithuania, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, Latvia, Slovenia and the Netherlands, as well as Hungary’s new €10 billion plan, were approved on Friday at ...

Trade unions Peo, Sek and Deok on Friday warned about the growing use of temporary workers in the construction sector, saying many are being forced to work in dangerous conditions ...

Turkish Cypriot Ayios Sergios mayor Katip Demir was on Friday convicted of document forgery and sentenced to six months in prison. According to newspaper Ozgur Gazete, Demir had “forged a ...

Rural Cyprus is beautiful and buzzing this time of year as locals and visitors trade the city for a village break. Local community councils make sure to fill the summer ...

The number of Ukrainians under temporary protection in Cyprus has risen to 25,490, according to figures published by the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat on Friday. The figure, recorded in ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this week a downward revision of its 2026 global economic growth forecast compared to its April projections, citing the ongoing war in Iran. The fund ...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the ceasefire was over. His comments came after ...

The Larnaca district government (EOA) announced on Friday that 1,084 buildings have been identified as potentially dangerous, with the cost of removing safety risks estimated at €5.94 million. “Through the systematic updating ...

Teachers’ union Oelmek and the secondary school parents’ association on Friday criticised the finance ministry’s reported decision not to include 60 additional educational psychologist posts in the 2027 state budget. In ...

The Turkish government and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding which foresees the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus. According to ...

The previous Velister digital terrestrial television platform has been brought back into operation for a further three months to help viewers experiencing reception problems transition to the new system, the ...

Securing an adequate water supply for potato crops was discussed on Friday, with the agriculture ministry saying the issue would be taken up with the Water Development Department. In a ...