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The state has lost more than €5 million in fees from six pleasure boat mooring areas that have remained unused since they were granted to private companies in 2018, the audit office ...

Denia village community leader Charalambos Alexandrou on Thursday said that he had asked that the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) be “more noticeable” in the area around his ...

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is putting €200,000 behind Cyprus’ young entrepreneurs for a fourth year, with three cash prizes on offer to business founders under 34 as the 2026 Stelios Awards return. The Stelios ...

Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter seen by Reuters, ...

Cyprus’ business competitiveness hinges on green and digital shift, says minister Cyprus’ business competitiveness increasingly depends on the green and digital transition, Commerce Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday, noting ...

The final person who remained in hospital following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last week has been discharged, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

The Animal Party has proposed sterilising around 60 cats living at the central prisons in an effort to control their population. The party said the state was responsible for securing the ...

Electric scooter injuries have risen sharply despite thousands of complaints over their use, with MPs calling for stronger enforcement and changes to existing rules during the House transport committee on ...

The French Football Federation is withdrawing its support for Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid as Fifa chief next year, FFF President Philippe Diallo said on Thursday, saying trust in the ...

A few days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we asked people on the streets of Nicosia what they remember from that day in 2001, and what it means to them all ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, citing continued inflationary pressures from the conflict in the Middle East and warning that ...

Mid-summer, and a Cyprus wine exhibition took place in the village of Pissouri. This was the sixth wine exhibition organised by the village and was held under the auspices of ...

Algeria said on Thursday it had decided to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after what it described as a series of “provocative or hostile” actions by Abu ...

A fire at a school in Congo’s rebel-controlled city of Bukavu has killed at least 17 people, including some children, local and medical sources said on Thursday. A witness at ...

Cyprus technology sector leads decades-long surge in productivity Productivity growth in Cyprus remained concentrated in a small number of sectors over the past three decades, with information and communications technology (...

Popi Christoforou, the mother of twin sailors Miltos and Christos who were killed in the Mari naval base explosion, was laid to rest in Limassol on Thursday, after a long ...

The coast guard being established by the government will initially operate under the auspices of the justice ministry before being transferred to the deputy shipping ministry. The arrangement was outlined ...

Iran has temporarily suspended a 10 per cent charge on freight fees for foreign vessels carrying imported or exported oil, gas and liquid petroleum products to and from Iran, the semi-official ...

Former European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on Thursday criticised as “odd” the government’s decision to no longer provide her with a police officer to act as her personal security. Vassiliou ...

Mauricio Pochettino believes Chelsea should be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title and it should be handed to his former Tottenham Hotspur side following the Blues’ record fine for ...

Where do you live and with whom?I live in Nicosia with my husband and twin children. What did you have for breakfast?My breakfast routine includes two poached eggs ...

An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife, and their two daughters, aged 8 and 12, in a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as the Israeli ...

Cyprus recorded a 3.5 per cent year-on-year increase in agricultural output prices in the second quarter of 2026, making it the third-highest increase in the European Union, according to Eurostat data published ...

Cyprus’ cabinet on Thursday approved five tourism incentive schemes covering Kato Pyrgos, conferences, foreign sports teams, rural experiences and Christmas villages, seeking to attract visitors beyond the island’s established ...