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Parataxis Holdings is establishing a major $640 million Bitcoin treasury, targeting US and Korean investors following its public listing.  Simultaneously, former President Donald Trump has signed an executive order unlocking the ...

Wildfires, droughts, increased electricity demand, impacts on agriculture and tourism: with climate change they have not only become permanent but are intensifying. And making it even more challenging, the Mediterranean ...

The Pachyammos village council on Sunday demanded that President Nikos Christodoulides set as “a matter of highest priority” the opening of a crossing point into the Turkish Cypriot exclave of ...

New beginnings are on the horizon and as such the Nicosia International Festival enters a refreshed phase. Not only will it present a rich sixth edition packed with performances and ...

Sporadic power cuts across the north continued into a third day on Sunday after an explosion at a substation on Friday had caused the entire grid to collapse. The north’...

It’s looking like another mixed – but mostly acceptable – year for Ayia Napa, and another step in its gradual transformation. Clubbing-wise, the resort’s heyday was a crazy few years ...

Two days after Turkish Cypriots had travelled to the village of Kokkina to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Tillyria, a Greek Cypriot memorial service for the same ...

By Flora Alexandrou With its Greek-tinged tone, kakistocracy is a word familiar to some, unfamiliar to many, yet more relevant than ever and increasingly accurate in describing systems we still ...

Twenty years ago on August 14, 2005, a Boeing 737-300 took off at 9.07am from Larnaca airport with 115 passengers and six crew on board. By 12.03pm, no one on that Helios Airways ...

The Larnaca district court will in the coming days make a ruling to decide whether Kenan Ayaz, who was convicted last year of being a member of a proscribed terrorist ...

The labour inspection department on Sunday ordered that all outside work be suspended between 12pm and 4pm in areas impacted by the orange weather warning, with high temperatures forecast for ...

Police in Paphos are investigating an alleged kidnapping, with two people already having been arrested. The police said they were informed on Saturday by the Romanian authorities about the case ...

The met office on Sunday issued an orange weather warning for extreme high temperatures, with the mercury set to rise to 43 degrees Celsius inland. The weather warning will remain in ...

Statues of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were killed during two separate demonstrations in the buffer zone near Dherynia during August 1996, were unveiled in Paralimni on Saturday night, ahead ...

Temperatures on Sunday will once again rise to a maximum of 43 degrees Celsius inland, with high heat also expected elsewhere. On the south coast, the east coast, and the north ...

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) has officially joined the European research project PoCCardio, a major initiative focused on improving the prediction and prevention of myocardial infarctions. The ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) for years had more repeat US customers than any other major automotive brand but its loyalty has plunged since CEO Elon Musk endorsed President Donald Trump last ...

By Nouritza Matossian Born April 26, 1944, died August 6, 2025 Ruth Keshishian’s heart beat to the polyrhythms of Cyprus and Armenia. Her brilliant mind encompassed different disciplines and structures driven by her ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting August 4: Cyprus recorded the lowest annual inflation rate among eurozone countries in July 2025, with consumer prices rising by ...

WE HAVE entered the slow season for news as all the great and the good have gone on holiday. The main news story, as I write this, is that it ...

European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data ...

European leaders on Saturday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep ...

The muted reaction in the Republic to the arrest of the five Greek Cypriots in the north last month on trumped-up charges came as a surprise. If this had happened 10 ...

Activity in Britain’s construction sector fell by the most in more than five years last month, according to a survey that raises questions about whether the government will achieve ...