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The left lane of the Nicosia-Limassol highway has been reopened at 10.30am after being closed due to the recovery of a vehicle involved in a collision with a patrol car ...

Rainfall in March was almost double the usual amount for this time of year, reaching 182 per cent, the met office said on Tuesday. According to the met office’s data, ...

On Tuesday, it will be mostly clear, with temporary cloudiness in the west and north. Later in the day, the weather will become overcast, with the possibility of isolated rain, ...

A 40-year-old Russian businessman was the target of an attack on a wine shop in Germasogeia on Tuesday morning. “We are currently at the scene to guard the premises,” the ...

Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister ...

A fire on board a fully loaded Kuwaiti crude oil tanker hit by an Iranian attack at Dubai Port’s anchorage on Monday was extinguished, authorities said, after the strike ...

The push for cheaper electricity in Europe will depend on accelerating the energy transition while introducing targeted short-term measures, according to analysis by Andreas Poullikkas. The professor of energy systems ...

On a cool evening in Paphos, as the world’s top chess players gathered for one of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments, a parallel conversation was unfolding about a ...

Alpha Bank secured leading distinctions at the internationally recognised Euromoney Private Banking Awards, reaffirming its position in Greece’s private banking sector. The bank received the Best Private Bank – Greece ...

ASBISc Enterprises PLC announced that it remains broadly aligned with the corporate governance principles of Best Practice for GPW Listed Companies 2021, while not applying four detailed provisions. Specifically, the Cyprus-based ...

Cyprus recorded a citizenship acquisition rate of 1.21 per cent in 2024, remaining below the European Union average, according to Eurostat. The figures showed that the EU average stood at 2.73 per cent, ...

The Middle East conflict could trigger a “slow-burn” increase in vessel operating costs that persists long after the initial shipping disruptions, according to maritime research firm Drewry. While the industry ...

Dublin Airport’s passenger cap poses a “real and immediate risk” to Ireland’s economic growth, IATA Director General Willie Walsh has warned. Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee, Walsh ...

New signs have been placed to demarcate the buffer zone near the Nicosia village of Denia as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus’ endeavours to “reinforce the ...

In a meeting behind closed doors last week, the House legal affairs committee finalised a bill that would allow the secret service (KYP) to listen in on people’s telephone ...

US President Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on ...

Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister ...

Israel blocked Jerusalem’s Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse the ...

Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medics were killed in Israeli strikes. ...

Cyprus has reported a new series of violations of its national airspace, international air traffic regulations within the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR) and its territorial waters by Turkish air ...

The White House said on Monday it has not changed US policy toward Cuba, even as it allowed a sanctioned Russian tanker to deliver fuel to the island for humanitarian ...

The Treasury on Monday published details of state grants and discretionary payments for 2025, citing transparency and accountability obligations under public finance legislation. In a statement, the Treasury said the disclosure ...

Paphos is expected to have now reached full operational readiness, with almost all hotel accommodation and key tourism infrastructure functioning normally, according to an announcement by the Paphos regional board ...

MPs on Monday discussed a bill concerning the responsibilities of the financial commissioner and procedures for complaints and foreclosures, with a dispute over whether the commissioner’s decisions should be ...