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The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, faced questions on Wednesday about her legal career before becoming the top spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump. Zacharia, who joined the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has drawn attention to European funding opportunities available to Cypriot SMEs and startups through the Cascade Funding mechanism, particularly for businesses working ...

European Union services production returned to growth in July 2026 as seasonally adjusted output rose by 0.3 per cent across the bloc and by 0.4 per cent in the euro area, according to ...

Oil prices climbed towards $107 a barrel on Wednesday, as fresh attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure threatened the recovery of Gulf exports, raising ...

Festivals A popular vacation destination proves it is not just a summer hotspot but bursting with cultural life as well this week. The Ayia Napa Medieval Festival returns for four ...

Global shipments of public displays and signage TVs rose to more than 1.73 million units in the second quarter of 2026, up from 1.61 million in the previous quarter, according to research firm ...

Natural gas public company (Defa) chairman George Pistentis on Wednesday promised that issues which arose in the past related to efforts to build a natural gas liquefaction terminal in Vasiliko ...

Good to hear someone in a position of authority standing up for economic reason and pointing out what should have been obvious to everyone with the most basic understanding of ...

Pope Leo XIV has thanked Catholics on Wednesday for their prayers and support in his first public message since undergoing surgery for lung cancer, asking the faithful to continue praying ...

Attorney-general George Savvides has warned against accusations levied by media outlets that institutions are concealing wrongdoing, saying slogans that “everything is being covered up” were “extremely dangerous”. Speaking at the ...

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating to the Early Bronze Age, at the time of the Great ...

Liverpool beat LASK 6-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday to secure their second win in two league-stage matches, although conceding three goals in the second half exposed defensive weaknesses. ...

Ukraine said Elon Musk’s SpaceX had limited its satellite services on Wednesday, hampering Ukrainian drones for attack missions and air defences, as relations between Kyiv and Washington have taken ...

Greece has requested permission for a French-flagged vessel to conduct seabed surveys in its territorial waters, in an effort to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) electricity cable. ...

A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials ...

Prisoners at the central prisons are being forced to sleep on the floor due to overcrowding and inadequate facilities, administration commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides told MPs on Wednesday. Presenting her ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas met Egypt’s Border Guard Forces chief, Lieutenant General Osama Abdel Hamid Mohamed Daoud, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation and security challenges in the Eastern ...

Reunifying Cyprus would strengthen the European Union’s strategic autonomy and its ability to respond to crises in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Addressing students at ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview on Wednesday that it was “painful” when Donald Trump took another side in Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, after the US ...

Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana on Wednesday, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising ...

At 4.7 kg, Cyprus recorded the lowest amount of electrical and electronic equipment waste collected per capita in the EU in 2024, according to findings published by the European Union’s statistical ...

The defence challenged prosecution testimony over €790,000 reportedly kept in safes at the Avakoum monastery during a hearing at Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday. Lawyer Costis Efstathiou, representing Abbot Nektarios, questioned ...

Michalis Vorkas was re-elected unopposed as Bar Association president on Wednesday, setting out his priorities for his new term. Addressing the association’s annual general assembly, Vorkas said no decisions ...

The Cyprus Olympic Committee will investigate the withdrawal of three Cypriot shooters from a European Championship final in Malakasa, with the sports ethics watchdog calling for severe penalties. The committee’...