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Cyprus is significantly increasing state funding for NGOs, with the 2025 budget set to reach €25 million — a rise of about 60 per cent compared to three years ago. Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou managed to incur the wrath of the political establishment once again by visiting the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at his new ‘presidential’ office for an interview. ...

Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz was put through the wringer again on Friday before moving into the fourth round but fellow Grand Slam winners Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys fell ...

Turkish authorities arrested ten suspects in relation to wildfires that broke out across the country over the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. The wildfires killed at ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defences in a conversation with US President Donald Trump on Friday, and agreed to work on increasing Kyiv’s capability to “defend ...

Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz was given another tough litmus test by plucky German Jan-Lennard Struff but the second seed battled his way to a 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory ...

Pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action’s co-founder on Friday lost a bid to pause the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, though the group is ...

All external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine were down for several hours on Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog said, and Ukraine blamed ...

Hamas has submitted its response to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday, describing the response as a positive one that ...

The man arrested in Paphos, who is wanted in Jordan in connection with a murder, was released on Friday. The Jordanian authorities had informed the Cypriot police that the man ...

Six of the seven unaccompanied minors, who were arrested in connection with the brawl in a Larnaca carpark on June 25, in which two minors were seriously injured, were detained in ...

Chelsea have been fined €31 million ($36.50 million) by Uefa for breaches of its financial rules, while Aston Villa, Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais were also levied with large fines, Uefa announced on ...

Hundreds of residents of Gondomar in northern Portugal filed past the bodies of former Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at a chapel in their hometown on ...

The municipality of Nicosia has been awarded the Cyprus Green City environmental award in official recognition for its efforts in water resource management on Friday. Specifically, the municipality was given ...

The perception of Cypriots about the impact of EU regional policy remains largely positive, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. According to the survey, 88 per cent of respondents in Cyprus ...

The Law Office of the Republic gave assurances on Friday that it would be studying the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling, which dealt a sharp blow to Cypriot ...

Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) who found herself in Menoyia migrant detention centre, awaiting deportation, was released on Friday, following a wave ...

The termination of the duties of central prisons director Anna Aristotelous as acting permanent secretary of the defence ministry as of June 25 was published on Friday in the official gazette. ...

A 27-year-old was arrested on Friday in connection with the fire that broke out on Wednesday in Fasoula, Limassol, burning four hectares of dry grass and wild vegetation. Police investigations ...

Cyprus’ leading business group has sounded the alarm over a planned strike by Class A transport workers, warning that the walkout could disrupt supply chains and damage the fragile economy. ...

Two cows observing passing traffic on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway have been removed, ending a police warning for motorists to be particularly careful when passing from the Mosfiloti area. A police ...

The police warned on Friday of scammers posing as social insurance officers, promising returns from pensions. The scammers send messages to mobile phones, asking potential victims to confirm their bank ...

Senator Tim Scott is pushing for a finalized crypto bill by September 30, 2025, signaling a major shift in the crypto market. This deadline, supported by the White House crypto advisors, is ...

Crypto news today highlights XRP’s surge, fueled by Canada’s new spot XRP ETF, alongside Mutuum Finance (MUTM) gaining traction in its presale. XRP climbed 6-7% after Purpose announced ...