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Waste treatment in Cyprus is a ‘ticking time bomb’, MPs heard on Thursday as officials admitted that the system in place can barely cope.

Alexander Ovechkin said on Thursday that his decision to appear in a political campaign advertisement for the United Russia party, which is backed by President Vladimir Putin, simply boiled down to his nationality.

MPs on Thursday demanded that the state pay up front for travel and accommodation expenses incurred by families where a person receives medical treatment abroad.

Positivity is not the easiest commodity when your team has lost all four Premier League games without scoring a goal but it remains the mantra for Coventry City manager Frank Lampard and his coaching staff.

Cyprus intends to submit a bill to parliament in December setting a minimum age of 15 for access to social media, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou confirmed on Thursday.

The decision to stage the 2027 Spanish Super Cup in Istanbul was driven largely by a scheduling clash with the Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia and not by security concerns in the region, Spanish football federation president Rafael Louzan said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.

The fiscal cost of the planned overhaul of the pension system will tally at “considerably more” than €50 million a year, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Thursday, while insisting that January 1 of the new year remains the target for rolling out

The medical practice of plasmapheresis will be discussed by the House health committee in October following the recent public debate that had emerged in the past week.

Persistent technical problems and delays on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road were at the centre of a meeting of the House transport committee on Thursday.

Uefa remains on course to find a credible challenger to Fifa President Gianni Infantino and has not allowed its campaign for change to dissolve into wishful thinking, vice-president Laura McAllister said late on Wednesday.

A Norwegian and an Irishman charged over an alleged murder for hire plot will remain in custody until their trial, the Famagusta criminal court confirmed on Thursday.

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Thursday that conditions for a new 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem have not yet been met.

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The health ministry on Thursday began mapping medical centres performing high-risk treatments, as instructed by Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides earlier this week.

Two Nicosia municipalities called on Thursday for the immediate revocation of the government’s decision to locate the new central prisons in Ayios Sozomenos, arguing the site was chosen without adequate consultation.

Children have long been able to get around social media age limits by simply entering a different date of birth.

A school bus route serving villages in the Larnaca district was suspended on Thursday after incidents of vandalism and disorder left seats broken and damaged, the transport ministry confirmed.

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved two financial support schemes worth €1.5 million for farmers facing higher production costs as a result of the crisis in the Middle East, particularly for fuel and fertilisers.

Greece’s parliament lifted the immunity of one of the country’s former European Commissioners on Thursday, clearing the way for further action by authorities investigating the “Qatargate” corruption case, one of the biggest scandals to hit the EU.

Limassol-based Top App Games reported $29 million in gross turnover in the first half of 2026 from its mobile game Ludus: Merge Arena on Thursday, as the Cyprus-based developer said the title had surpassed 12 million players worldwide.

Areas of Nicosia and Larnaca were left without electricity on Thursday after a fault triggered outages across several districts, the electricity authority (EAC) confirmed.

One person has died and 14 cases of West Nile virus have been recorded in Cyprus so far this year, as Nicosia municipality continues daily mosquito-control operations across the capital.

Primetel and Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader have announced an exclusive partnership that will bring advanced mobile security to Primetel customers across Cyprus.

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The State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY) announces that the renovation of Makarios Hospital is continuing, with projects aimed at the ongoing improvement of infrastructure and patient care conditions.

The new paediatric surgery department at Makarios hospital has been completed, according to the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday.

The anti-corruption authority is reportedly preparing to launch a renewed investigation into the black surveillance van case, examining aspects of the affair not covered by the original criminal inquiry.

The non-performing loan ratio of Cyprus’s banking sector remained unchanged at 1.6 per cent at the end of June 2026, according to updated data published by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Thursday.

Cyprus’ technology and business sectors are seeking closer cooperation on digital transformation and artificial intelligence, following talks between the Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association (CITEA) and the Employers and Industrialists Fe…

Gaza rescuers wrapped up searches on Thursday in the rubble of a bomb-damaged building that collapsed a day earlier, where 21 people were killed and 45 rescued from under the rubble, a Palestinian official said.

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that new proposals put forward by the Greek Cypriot side during his latest meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman could lead to “positive developments”.

Cyprus banks recorded €456 million in profit in the first six months of 2026, down by €122 million, representing a decrease of 21.1 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to aggregate data published by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC)…

Ireland will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest for the second year in a row, broadcaster RTE said on Thursday, citing the ongoing loss of life in Gaza.

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) expects economic growth to slow this year as the Middle East conflict weighs on tourism and investment, while inflation is projected to rise sharply, according to its September forecasts released on Thursday.

Keravnos heads to Dublin for talks on Europe’s economic challenges Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos travelled to Dublin on Thursday for the Eurogroup and informal meeting of EU finance ministers, where discussions are set to cover economic pressure…

Israel has added a tender for 2,167 housing units to its E1 settlement expansion plan, Israeli rights groups said of a project that critics say endangers a future Palestinian state.

Russia battered the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones overnight, injuring more than two dozen people, officials said on Thursday, hours after the US Congress approved a major sanctions bill targeting Moscow.

Eight-month tourism decline narrows to 7 per cent as Israel offsets falls across most major markets Tourist arrivals to Cyprus fell by 3.3 per cent in August, as Britain, Poland, Germany and most other major markets weakened, while another sharp rise from…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the proposal of becoming an “associate member” of the European Union, saying Europe and Canada were stronger together and should deepen ties to protect their citizens’ prosperity.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has withdrawn the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) licence of Eurotrade Investments RGB Ltd, citing the company’s failure to comply with requirements concerning its management and organisational arrangemen…

Cyprus’ Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose by 5.2 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, according to data released by the statistical service (Cystat) on Thursday.

Homeowners will be able to construct an additional floor or extension to their existing property to house children or grandchildren under a new government scheme, the interior ministry confirmed on Thursday.

A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes.

Cyprus and Greece are preparing new joint business initiatives aimed at opening doors to Arab and Balkan markets, following talks in Nicosia this week between Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Harry Theoharis and the leadership of the Cyprus-Greece business a…

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a retired colonel who has been located in the occupied north, as part of a reopened investigation into the death of a Turkish intelligence officer in a Silivri prison in 2011.

The law firm of former president Nicos Anastasiades has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals against the anti-corruption authority, demanding access to the complete report compiled by its inspectors into the Mafia State case.

In an important step towards strengthening international engagement and academic cooperation, the University of Limassol (UoL) and the University of Crete (UoC) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation at a ceremony held on August 26, 2026, in the Senate Chamber

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday set out a sweeping plan to keep children safe from online dangers, proposing to ban under 13s from social media and require online services to design safe children’s accounts.

The meteorological department issued a yellow weather warning on Thursday for isolated but heavy thunderstorms from 9pm until 5pm on Friday.