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Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposal to cap its population at 10 million, a projection showed, as voters prioritised economic stability and ties with the European Union over worries immigration was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has said that any future progress in relations between Turkey and the European Union must be linked to tangible developments on the Cyprus issue, arguing that European ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos assured on Sunday that Cyprus has the support of the US in its energy projects, including hydrocarbon extraction, electricity interconnections and regional energy security initiatives. Speaking ...

Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday after the Iran-aligned armed group fired into Israeli territory, while Lebanon’s state news agency reported ...

Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilized female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen – with the responsibility of serving as the ​colony’s ...

Plans for expanded film cooperation between Cyprus and India moved forward on Sunday as officials and international producers examined opportunities to host Bollywood productions in Protaras, following earlier government confirmation ...

Cyprus has been ranked first in the world in voluntary unpaid blood donation relative to population size, according to the health ministry, which marked World Blood Donor Day on Sunday ...

Cyprus is set to deepen defence industrial cooperation with France through programmes reportedly valued at around 800 million euros under the EU’s SAFE security funding mechanism. The agreements fall within ...

Customs officers intercepted multiple attempts to smuggle large quantities of tobacco products in two separate operations at Paphos Airport and the Ayios Dometios crossing point. At Paphos Airport, two Spanish ...

A 61-year-old motorcyclist died in a fatal road collision on the Nicosia to Limassol motorway on Sunday morning after losing control of his motorcycle while attempting to avoid a dog ...

AI systems are learning to listen to and decode the sounds of nature, helping scientists to track species and spot ecosystem changes much faster than traditional field surveys. By Michael ...

Changes in Cyprus’ landscape often happen gradually. A plant that once appeared healthy begins to weaken. A familiar patch of countryside looks slightly different from one year to the next. ...

By Kyriaki Stinga and Dorina Mastora Most professionals would point to effective controls, robust governance, adequate resources, regulatory expertise or technological sophistication. All of these are important. They also share ...

Every day, Sotiris Kadis still drives out to his farm. He unlocks the gates, walks through the yard and sits for a while among the empty pens where hundreds of ...

British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel on Sunday, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil revenues ​that help ...

A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing ...

From next month, a category of ordinary, lawful payment between two consenting adults becomes illegal to settle in cash in Cyprus. That category is rent. The change is arriving with ...

US and Pakistani leaders expressed confidence that a framework agreement aimed at ending months of conflict between the US and Iran could be signed on Sunday, though uncertainty remained after ...

The latest country to make its World Cup debut will also have the oldest coach ever in the tournament when Curacao plays traditional powerhouse Germany in a Group E match ...

Clouds developing over the course of the day are expected to bring localised showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly in Troodos but also in parts of Nicosia and Larnaca. Conditions will ...

By Dimitris Xenofontos In his recent podcast appearance with Marinos Nomikos, Nicos Anastasiades repeated his familiar narrative: Turkey, he argued, was not ready to abolish the unilateral right of intervention ...

A 23-year-old motorcyclist died following a road collision in Strovolos on Sunday, after his motorcycle struck the rear of a car on Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue. The victim was identified as ...

Authorities are investigating the circumstances of a fire believed to have been deliberately started that broke out near Neo Chorio in the Paphos district early on Saturday. The fire erupted ...

The global economy is facing a serious, but not unprecedented, energy crisis. The transportation of oil and natural gas has been negatively affected, mainly due to the closure of the ...