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A travelling music and dance festival arrives this July, celebrating the traditions of Armenian culture. The second Armenian Dance Festival will tour Larnaca and Limassol soon, showcasing Armenian national dances ...

By Gaston Browne Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and supporters from 56 nations descend on its red-sandstone streets for the Commonwealth Games. ...

Twelve people were arrested in overnight police operations across the island for various offences including drink driving, public insult, the possession of drugs and illegal residence. The police pulled over ...

France has requested assistance from the European Union to help it deal with a major wildfire near the country’s Atlantic coast, said President Emmanuel Macron on Friday. “The situation ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas questioned Washington’s rationale for imposing new tariffs on European goods, saying on Friday that allegations of shortcomings in the bloc’s forced ...

On Friday, it will be predominantly clear, although there will be an increase in cloud cover in some areas. The temperature will reach around 39 degrees Celsius inland, around 32 degrees in ...

The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has condemned renewed attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, warning that the violence is endangering seafarers and placing further pressure ...

The Trump administration on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union and China, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, ...

Cyprus wants to become a trusted regional artificial intelligence hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, using technology to improve people’s lives and strengthen the economy without allowing it to weaken ...

TechIsland has presented the first-year results of its €2 million Wildfire Initiative, showing how an emergency appeal launched after the devastating fires of 2025 has developed into a long-term programme spanning prevention, ...

US chipmaking giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are signing longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers ‌for data-centre processors as prices surge, two people familiar with the talks said. ...

Aegean Shipping Management marked a fresh stage in its fleet renewal earlier this week, with the naming ceremony of its new tanker M/T Green Liberty at COSCO Yangzhou Shipyard ...

The European Commission recently adopted a communication addressing the competitiveness of the EU banking sector to strengthen the Single Market for banking. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated ...

Romani Youssef sits in a detention centre, waiting to be deported back to Egypt after being arrested as a ‘prohibited immigrant’ two months ago. Meanwhile, his Cypriot fiancée Anthi ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said that energy programme was proceeding according to the schedule, and the first natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field was expected by the end of 2030 ...

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, will resign on Friday halfway through his term, his spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, days after Hasina said ...

Fidias Panayiotou, the 26-year-old TikToker and now leader of the Direct Democracy party, said on Thursday he will not attend another meeting of the National Council. In a video published ...

The public school system must become more student-centred, place greater emphasis on critical thinking and creativity, and better adapt to the needs of every child, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

A Cyprus-based outfit has partnered up with a Greek company to develop new industrial capabilities in defence systems in Cyprus, the two companies announced on Thursday. Metlen, through M Technologies, ...

Israeli far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Thursday, praising Jewish visitors he said had prayed at the site in breach of arrangements ...

Special investigator Andreas Paschalides has been summoned to a parliamentary committee that will scrutinise his findings over the Videogate affair, but it’s unclear if he will attend, it transpired ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus’ (EAC) trade unions, Epopai, Sidikek, Sepaik and Syvaik, announced on Thursday that they had suspended planned strike action until September, citing the “difficult conditions” facing ...

Limassol criminal court on Thursday ordered asset seizures worth €164,000 against two suspects in a drug trafficking case. According to a police statement, following the discovery of five kilograms of cocaine ...

Paphos has been named the world’s best destination for sunrise and sunset views in a ranking from the European photo-printing company Cewe, the Paphos regional tourism board (Etap) shared ...