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DCO Secretary-General Deemah AlYahya has been appointed to a United Nations high-level panel examining freedom of transit for landlocked developing countries, the UN has announced. UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...

US President Donald Trump began a 32-day campaign blitz on Thursday with stops in Texas and Oklahoma, aiming to bolster Republican candidates as his party fights to hold onto its ...

Cyprus house prices rose 7.9 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, significantly faster than the EU average, according to both Eurostat and Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) data, reflecting renewed ...

Four people were arrested during overnight police operations across Cyprus, including three for the illegal possession of tobacco products, police said on Friday. Officers stopped and checked 529 drivers and 175 passengers, ...

Cyprus company develops software layer for Europe’s quantum ambitions Superpositions Studio is building a quantum computing software platform from Limassol, aiming to help businesses determine whether the rapidly developing ...

Heavy rain affected highways across Cyprus on Friday morning, with parts of the Limassol-Paphos highway near Polemidia flooding. Rain was also reported on the Nicosia-Limassol highway from Kakoratzia to Choirokoitia, ...

Cyprus recorded 9,152 new enterprises in 2024, while 5,566 businesses closed, according to Eurostat data showing that new business creation outpaced enterprise deaths on the island during the year. The figures gave Cyprus ...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that the Iran-aligned group had attacked a power distribution station in Medina which supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque, ...

Friday started off with scattered showers to the west, with afternoon clouds expected to bring rain and isolated thunderstorms with possible hail. Unsettled weather is expected to continue across Cyprus ...

Cyprus’ unemployment rate rose to 4.1 per cent in August 2026, according to Eurostat data, as the jobless rate across both the European Union and euro area remained broadly stable. The Cyprus ...

Christa Pike was critically ill and receiving “life-saving medical care” in a Nashville hospital on Thursday hours after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to execute her with lethal injections, ...

Russian air strikes have again hit the Southern Bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Friday. On Thursday, Russian drones smashed into a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding ...

Investment bank UBS has maintained a positive stance on European banks, identifying Greece as its preferred market amongst nations with heavy exposure to floating interest rates. Although global investors already ...

Companies betting AI devices will usher in a post-smartphone era are fueling privacy fears around the globe that could slow adoption of the emerging technology. The backlash against devices that ...

Long Volkswagen’s most reliable profit driver, luxury sports car maker Porsche (P911_p.DE) has become its ​biggest problem, creating a road bump for CEO Oliver Blume’s restructuring ...

The European Commission on Thursday disbursed nearly €120 million to Cyprus under the Recovery and Resilience Facility after the country satisfactorily completed a series of agreed reforms and investment targets. The ...

Cyprus is technically ready to become a full member of the Schengen area, with political agreement now the remaining hurdle, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Thursday. Speaking to ...

The head of Europe’s largest defence technology firm, France’s Thales TCFP.PA, called for greater investment in AI-powered defences to keep pace with a “frightening” increase in cyberattacks ...

Storytelling sessions for young audiences are coming up at Theatro Ena in Nicosia as part of its wider cultural programme. The stories will be read by well-known figures from the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday insisted that the “window of opportunity” for a solution to the Cyprus problem remains open, saying he was prepared to make concessions in pursuit of ...

Manchester City face a Friday deadline to appeal against findings that they breached Premier League financial rules, opening the next chapter in a case whose ultimate consequences for the club ...

A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being evacuated to ...

Four aircraft were battling a fire near Tala in the Paphos district on Thursday afternoon, as strong winds hampered efforts to bring the blaze under control. According to the fire ...