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August has arrived with a renewed events agenda, surprisingly (and thankfully) busier than the previous year. In the Paphos region, the music choices this month continue thanks to the cultural ...

The local government reform cannot succeed without adequate state funding, Limassol mayor Yiannis Armeftis said on Monday. Speaking during the Union of Cyprus Municipalities’ three-hour work stoppage held across the ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attempted arson case in Larnaca. According to police, the fire broke out on Sunday at around 7pm in Kornos after ...

An 88-year-old British national died after being trapped in a vehicle fire in Avgorou, with a postmortem examination confirming on Monday that he burnt to death. The man’s body ...

The government will assume responsibility for removing vehicles involved in serious traffic accidents under a new rapid response system, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Monday, with insurance companies expected ...

Cyprus has the second highest percentage of land under desertification conditions in the EU, according to a European Commission report published on Monday. The report by the commission’s Joint ...

Turkey’s inflation slowed slightly more than expected in July, but the war in Iran and the resulting turmoil in energy markets are likely to push the central bank towards ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Monday backed the municipalities’ protest over local government reform, calling for increased state funding and saying the capital was receiving at least €12.5 million less than ...

A man stabbed a woman inside a supermarket in northern Nicosia on Monday. The incident occurred inside the Metropol supermarket in the suburb of Taskinkoy, with the man first stabbing ...

Hundreds of Greek firefighters battled a wildfire northwest of Athens for a fourth day on Monday after strong and erratic winds helped it devastate homes, pine forests and thousands of ...

Proceedings against four defendants accused of involvement in an alleged criminal syndicate in Larnaca were adjourned on Monday, with the next hearing scheduled for September 18. The Larnaca permanent criminal court ...

The prison officers’ branch of the Isotita (Equality) union renewed its attack on the dismissal of Giorgos Maltezos on Monday. In its statement, the union said Maltezos, a prison officer ...

A donation of around €30,000 from the Federation of Cypriot Organisations of America will be used to purchase protective gear for volunteer firefighters serving wildfire-affected communities in the Limassol mountains, officials ...

The Cyprus problem is “on life support”, Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides said on Monday, as he exited the day’s National Council meeting. “We did not pull the plug, but ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino sought support from the Trump administration amid mounting criticism after his abandoned plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, the New York Post ...

The Cyprus Red Cross on Monday urged the public to donate clean, usable items as it highlighted the year-round effort behind distributing essential goods to people facing financial and social ...

The Virginia Beach Police Department found itself down 100 officers and 25 professional staff. Rather than wait for those roles to fill, the department has turned to software to get more out ...

Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party said on Monday that if elected, it would stop asylum seekers with what it called the largest military operation in the Channel since World ...

State support for victims of the 2025 wildfires reached €23.2 million by June 30, representing 41 per cent of the government’s €56.1 million recovery package, according to figures released by the General Accounting Office ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reported that euro area money supply growth accelerated in June, while lending to households and businesses remained broadly unchanged, pointing to continued expansion in ...

Elam leader Christos Christou on Monday set out his opposition to both confidence-building measures and to the idea of a federal solution to the Cyprus problem as he exited the ...

Christos Angelides has rejected assuming the role of deputy tourism minister, according to reports on Monday, as President Nikos Christodoulides’ planned cabinet reshuffle sparked strong condemnation within DISY over efforts ...

With Ripple completing its planned release of up to $1 billion in XRP escrow funds per month in early August, XRP has once again become the focus of the digital asset ...

A British man who kept his mother’s body in a freezer for nearly three years while he received almost £80,000 of her welfare benefits was jailed on Monday. Christopher Phillips, 60, ...