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A teenager’s hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils’ union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.

President Donald Trump’s approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his Republican Party in next month’s midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Mo…

The Famagusta district recorded a sharp increase in construction and planning approvals during the first nine months of 2026, with building applications already 40.1 per cent above the total recorded for the whole of 2025, according to the Famagusta Distr…

Cyprus’ construction sector continued to expand strongly in June 2026, with 751 building permits authorised during the month, an increase of 18.3 per cent compared with June last year, according to the statistical service (Cystat).

Norway is moving to temporarily ban AI-powered smart glasses in a range of public spaces, as concerns grow across Europe over devices capable of photographing, filming and recording people without their knowledge.

Keo plc’s board will meet on October 20 to consider whether to pay another dividend, less than two months after the Cypriot beverage company completed a €1.69 million distribution to shareholders.

Cyprus’ main financial watchdog has warned investors about six websites offering or appearing to offer investment or crypto-asset services without the required authorisation.

The push by Europe’s aviation industry for wider voluntary use of biometric technology could offer a more seamless way through airports, including Larnaca and Paphos, as Cyprus seeks to strengthen its air connectivity and cope with large passenger volumes.

Satellite observations conducted by Periopsis recorded a total of 2,060 vessels entering the marine protected areas (MPA’s) in Cape Greco, Lady’s Mile, Latsi-Akamas in the summers of 2024 and 2025, raising concerns over potential damage to local biodivers…

World Teachers Day was marked on Monday just days ahead of planned industrial action by teachers in Cyprus and one day before the unions are to meet Education Minister Athena Michaelidou.

Five prosecution witnesses testified before the Nicosia criminal court on Monday in the Avakoum monastery case, with evidence focusing on payments for religious icons, donations and the monastery’s financial dealings.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran had prompted the removal of American B-1 bombers from a British airbase.

Jeffrey Archer, the best-selling British novelist and former politician who was jailed for lying in a high-profile libel case, has died aged 86, his publisher HarperCollins said on Monday.

France came from a goal down to beat Belgium 4-1 in their Nations League Group A1 meeting at the Stade de France on Monday, while Italy secured a 3-1 win over Turkey, their third consecutive match without a loss.

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on Monday to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia, the three countries said in a joint stat…

House President Annita Demetriou and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini on Monday discussed the Cyprus problem, among other matters, as Demetriou visited Bratislava.

France has “fallen into the hands of the far left and illegal immigrants”, Elam member of the European Parliament Geadis Geadi said on Monday, as the day’s plenary session debated the ongoing school protests which have swept the country in recent weeks.

Paphos’ town council on Monday night voted to rename the town’s Kemal Ataturk Street, with the street, which is located in the historically Turkish Cypriot neighbourhood of Moutallos, now set to be known as “Memory and Hope Street”.

Turkish Cypriot electricity workers’ trade union El-Sen went on strike on Monday after a worker suffered serious injuries following an explosion at a transformer station last week, with the striking workers demanding better physical protection for those w…

A decision on whether Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their EuroLeague home games in Cyprus could be taken this week, amid an ongoing security review, reports said on Monday.

President Nikos Christodoulides offered high praise for United States President Donald Trump, saying that the US’ 47th president has a “unique advantage”.

Dromolaxia and Meneou mayor Kypros Andronikou was on Monday indicted and summoned to appear in court over a social media post, standing accused of having presented his own personal views as the views of the municipality as a whole.

The electronic platform for depositors and bondholders burned in the 2013 bank bail-in will be reactivated over the next few days for people who previously applied but received no reimbursement, while the government plans to roll out a new reimbursement s…

The love, pain and strength of every mother find a voice at the Medieval Monastery of Ayia Napa, say organisers of an upcoming event as the Cultural Academy Ayios Epifanios presents the artistic tribute The Echo of Our Mother on Friday, October 9.

Petrol station owners’ association chairman Christodoulos Christodoulou on Monday warned that prices at the pump will continue to increase this week, with the price of a litre of diesel having gone above €2 last week.

Works are under way to uncover and remove waste from the former landfill at Vati, as part of efforts to restore the site, deputy head of the Water Development Department’s construction service Stella Patsali said on Monday.

The government should introduce targeted financial support to help farmers meet the rising cost of fertilisers and plant-protection products, the Panagrotikos farmers’ association said on Monday.

The court case concerning the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou, who took his own life in 2019, continued with further testimony before the Nicosia district court on Monday.

Reconstruction and repair works on the boxed stormwater culvert beneath Digeni Akrita Avenue in central Nicosia began on Monday and are expected to last around 28 weeks, Nicosia district government organisation general manager Constantinos Parmaklis said.

Over the next years Cyprus anticipates to have available to it some €3.5 billion in EU funds for development projects, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.

Global commodities trader Gunvor has rebranded as Centalion Group and announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from Cyprus to Singapore, marking a significant change for one of the international energy trading groups that has used the island as…

President Nikos Christodoulides accused Turkey and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of taking a “new Ottoman approach” to its regional relations and described Erdogan as the “great obstacle” to solving the Cyprus problem.

Allwyn AG purchased 1,019,473 of its own shares on Euronext Athens between September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026, for a total consideration of €11,633,881.62, the company announced.

Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania’s territorial waters, Romanian authorities said on Monday, as Ukraine blamed Russian drones for the incident.

Children’s rights commissioner Elena Pericleous on Monday warned against the use of children as political props, after member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou had a day earlier published a video of children calling on the public to attend a pr…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday there was no direct link between the sudden removal of his country’s bombers from a British airbase and a suspected Iranian plot at the site last week.

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Monday highlighted the role of sport and prevention in tackling addiction, ahead of the 22nd annual veteran football tournament against drugs.

Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semi-final clash with Novak Djokovic after hitting a rebounding ball into the crowd, hitting a spectator in the eye.

British police said on Monday they arrested 12 people following a public order incident in Gosport, southern England, the previous day, where a crowd of 350 people had gathered to protest against the arrival of migrants on a small boat.

Strengthening cooperation, tighter controls on health services and harsher penalties for impersonating medical professionals were at the centre of a meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides and the Pancyprian

When Germany coach Juergen Klopp walked off the pitch in Thessaloniki just before midnight on Sunday he knew that one win in his first four international matches in charge was hardly living up to the euphoria of his appointment, but he has noted that prog…

Norway striker Erling Haaland is showing signs of physical fatigue following a relentless run of matches for club and country, raising concerns over his punishing workload.

The Supreme Court on Monday continued examining the demand of eight communities in the Mitsero area for an interim order stalling works to relocate the asphalt factory from Dhali to Mitsero, while residents of the region gathered outside the building in p…

Teachers’ trade unions on Monday said that they will meet Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to discuss the government’s planned changes to the way in which teachers are appointed to roles in state schools, but that they will do so “with concern” and t…

Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia and Alpha Bank presented, at a press conference, the exhibition “Messages in Metal.

Residents of a block of flats in Larnaca said on Monday they were at their wit’s end over what they described as “African terrorism” and called for the immediate intervention of police and the immigration department.

Cyprus’ securities regulator has ordered the suspension of trading in the shares of four companies listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) because they failed to publish required financial reports.

A twenty-first body was recovered from the sea off the coast of Kyrenia as search operations continue following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the town’s coast in August, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday.

Police seized hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters during a raid on a premises in the Famagusta district on Sunday night.