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The decline is usually the tell.

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday said the Greek Cypriot side should work to dissuade the wider world from the view that it is the Greek Cypriot side itself which is responsible for the current impasse regarding the potential opening of new cr…

The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

Prince Harry’s children have been stalked by “certain European paparazzi” while at school in the English countryside, his spokesperson said on Wednesday, describing their conduct as an “extraordinarily reckless” intrusion into the family’s privacy.

Attorney-general George Savvides warned on Wednesday that the government’s proposed reform of his office could face a constitutional challenge as soon as a newly established public prosecutor begins filing criminal cases, potentially forcing the dismantli…

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a man facing espionage and other charges in connection with the alleged surveillance of military installations in Cyprus, ruling that police had not unlawfully accessed his private communications before obtaining

A search rarely ends because the answer was found.

Parents’ associations from communities impacted by the Prometheas Asphalt Ltd plant in Mitsero will be standing by as their children stage a school walkout on Friday.

When a drone appears near a correctional facility, security teams can see where the aircraft is flying, but that does not necessarily reveal where it is being operated from.

A natural gas price prediction starts with a simple question: will enough gas reach buyers when they need it?

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Wednesday warned against allowing the Cyprus problem to fall into a state of deadlock, after he attended the day’s National Council meeting.

Manchester City’s directors should step down after an independent commission found the Premier League club guilty of serious financial breaches, said former chairman David Bernstein, who described the situation as “beyond awful”.

Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.

Elam leader Christos Christou on Wednesday called for an end to talks geared towards a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, saying that instead, a “new path” must be found, after he attended the day’s National Council meeting.

The interests and objectives of the United States and Cyprus are closely aligned, US ambassador John Breslow said on Wednesday, describing the current period as potentially the best in the history of relations between the two countries.

Cyprus and India are seeking to deepen maritime cooperation and business links, with investment, maritime education and training among the main areas discussed at the first meeting of the Cyprus–India Joint Maritime Committee in Limassol.

Awarding citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus to children born to one parent who is Turkish Cypriot and one who is a third-country national cannot be considered a confidence-building measure, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesda…

Global air passenger demand fell by 0.8 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, as a sharp contraction in the Middle East weighed on overall traffic, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The first half hour of Severance’s pilot may mislead the viewer to mistake the show as workplace satire for prestige television.

A total of 27.5 kilograms of ketamine, as well as smaller amounts of other substances including cannabis, mephedrone, MDMA and cocaine, were found in an apartment in Limassol, police said on Wednesday.

Cyprus will seek to strengthen links with Kazakhstan in artificial intelligence, digital technologies and innovation during an official visit by Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou to Astana from October 1 to 3.

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday offered stern criticism for President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem, saying that in almost a decade on the political frontline, Christodoulides’ career has borne “no subst…

France and Britain are in talks to end their “one in, one out” migration deal, a French interior ministry source said on Wednesday.

Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it.

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Wednesday said that the implementation of confidence-building measures between Cyprus’ two sides is not a condition which must be fulfilled for an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held, after the day’s Nati…

The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals on Wednesday, may have been an attempted “terror attack” by one of the pilots, according to

The British bases police reported on Wednesday that they had made 80 arrests and carried out more than 700 maritime checks during this year’s peak summer season.

There have not been any recorded incidents of human-to-human transmission of the virus that was detected in birds at Athalassa park earlier this week, infectious disease expert Petros Karayiannis said on Wednesday.

Cyprus industrial output prices rose by 4.2 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, according to figures released by the statistical service (Cystat) on Wednesday.

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) imposed a €750,000 fine on Banque SBA Cyprus over failures to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements identified during an inspection carried out in 2023.

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said that the progress which had been hoped for prior to last week’s United Nations “high-level week” in New York has not been made, as she spoke after the day’s National Council meeting.

Institutional capital is turning its attention to Ethereum, further reinforcing the trend of ETF inflows.

The new Cyprus museum is expected to be ready by February 3, 2027, but it will not be delivered before 2028, MPs heard on Wednesday, during a meeting with Deputy Culture Minister Clea Papaellina.

Greece will raise diesel fuel discounts and extend them through mid-October in an ongoing effort to curb the impact of surging fuel costs on households and businesses.

Following high audience demand and a successful first round of screenings, Myrsini Aristidou’s award-winning film Hold Onto Me (Κράτα Με) is coming to Premier Cinemas in Nicosia Mall and Rio Cinemas Limassol from October 1, 2026, for a second round of scr…

Cyprus and India are looking to strengthen cooperation in air connectivity, infrastructure and ports, following talks between Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki and Indian High Commissioner to Cyprus Manish Manish.

Cyprus’ house prices rose at a faster annual pace in the second quarter of 2026, while also increasing compared with the previous three-month period, preliminary figures from the statistical service (Cystat) showed on Wednesday.

One of Agathe Christie’s most loved crime novels comes back to life, and to theatres, this week as it opens the Cyprus Theatre Organisation’s new season.

A second bird flu case was confirmed by the veterinary services on Wednesday at Athalassa park in Nicosia.

Lidl is consolidating its dog and cat product range under the new brand Max & Mila’s World and expanding it with three clearly defined quality tiers.

The president of the Nicosia school board said on Wednesday that the Audit Office’s findings on safety issues with air conditioning units in schools were “somewhat exaggerated”.

A shark stranded in a canal in the South Korean port of Busan has become the country’s latest wildlife sensation, with the city saying about 600,000 people have flocked to see it over the past two weeks.

Japan has started its first nationwide survey of animal cafes amid concerns over animal welfare, hygiene and public health, a government official said, bringing greater scrutiny to the popular but lightly regulated sector.

Violence against women in South Africa is a national shame, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, after another woman’s corpse was found dumped over the weekend.

Cyprus needs closer coordination between regulators and clearer consumer safeguards as digital banking, cryptoassets and fintech increasingly blur the boundaries between financial services, industry and policy experts said at the Cyprus Forum.

US forces ended their mission in Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears they will leave behind a security vacuum, further embolden Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias and give the resurgent Islamic State group an opening to regroup.

The transition from a busy hospital to the international court may surprise others, but Japan’s padel pioneer Kotomi Ozawa finds a striking resemblance between the pressure of elite sport and her previous career — as a midwife.

China fully supports Cyprus taking an active role internationally, through the joint implementation of a Chinese global initiative to promote trust among civilisations, the country’s ambassador said on Wednesday.

Traffic arrangements around Nicosia’s walled city will change from Monday, as works on Konstantinos Palaiologos avenue enter a new phase, the municipality said on Wednesday.

Search efforts in and around the area where a ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia in August are continuing “inch by inch”, Turkish Cypriot ‘transport minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu said on Wednesday.