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10 June, 2026
 

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Cyprus and Israel need gas-sharing deal to tap East Med riches

Cyprus and Israel need gas-sharing deal to tap East Med riches

An ownership squabble over Cyprus' main natural gas field is threatening to delay multi-billion dollar plans to turn the eastern Mediterranean into a major energy hub...

Akinci dismisses zero troops and no security guarantees for Cyprus

Akinci dismisses zero troops and no security guarantees for Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has put to rest any ideas of ‘zero troops and zero guarantees’ in Cyprus, saying on Monday both communities on the divided island have suffered in the past and calling on Greek Cypriots to abandon maximalist positions...

Europe should wake up to the destruction of Cyprus heritage

Europe should wake up to the destruction of Cyprus heritage

Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions Cecilia Wikstrom on Monday urged Europe to take further action to protect Cyprus’ cultural heritage in the Turkish-held north of the island...

Cypriots beef up home security in wake of horrific crimes

Cypriots beef up home security in wake of horrific crimes

Cypriots are beefing up home security in the wake of horrific and largely unexplained crimes, despite police saying crime has gone down on the island...

Greek and Jewish Diaspora team up for Cyprus security

Greek and Jewish Diaspora team up for Cyprus security

The Greek-American and American Jewish communities have joined forces to promote legislation in the United States that would bolster the security status of Cyprus and block the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey...

Cyprus-Egypt gas pipeline could cost $1 billion

Cyprus-Egypt gas pipeline could cost $1 billion

A pipeline connecting Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas field to Egypt’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities will cost between $800 million and $1 billion, Egyptian petroleum minister Tarek El Molla said on Monday...

Defence attorney in Strovolos murders raises legal questions

Defence attorney in Strovolos murders raises legal questions

The fourth suspect in the Strovolos double murder was re-remanded in custody Monday, with his lawyer raising questions in court over the way police investigators got statements out of his client...

Greek foreign minister dismayed by Greece’s 'vilification' in Cyprus court

Greek foreign minister dismayed by Greece’s 'vilification' in Cyprus court

Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias told the Nicosia District Court on Monday that it is a shame that his country and the Church cannot solve amicably a legal dispute over a land transfer...

Two suspects on the run in Limassol shooting of policeman

Two suspects on the run in Limassol shooting of policeman

Authorities are looking for two suspects in connection with a shooting incident in Limassol on Saturday, while a police officer who was critically wounded had to be taken to Israel for emergency treatment...

It seems Trump paid off women to keep their secrets silent

It seems Trump paid off women to keep their secrets silent

Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said on Sunday he would not rule out the possibility that payments were made to women other than porn star Stormy Daniels to get them to stay silent about allegations against Trump...

Cyprus summit to discuss gas pipeline to Italy

Cyprus summit to discuss gas pipeline to Italy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tuesday's summit to Nicosia with the leaders of Cyprus and Greece will focus on the possibility of building a gas pipeline to Italy...

Cyprus Residency and Citizenship-by-Investment Scheme Remains Appealing to Investors

Cyprus Residency and Citizenship-by-Investment Scheme Remains Appealing to Investors

With more than three decades of presence operating as a leading international advisory services firm, K. Treppides & Co Ltd offers insight into the latest residency and investment trends to impact Cyprus...

Clock ticking for Cyprus reunification 

Clock ticking for Cyprus reunification 

Former South African President F.W. de Klerk is a man who knows how to read the warning signs of history and he urges Cypriot leaders not to miss another opportunity to make peace before it’s too late...

Authorities issue dust warning through Sunday

Authorities issue dust warning through Sunday

Cyprus authorities have issued a warning on air quality in Cyprus, as dust levels in the atmosphere are expected to remain high through Sunday. ...

Language and political nonsense

Language and political nonsense

In his famous essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell argued that the use of simple language – free of pretension, foreign words and vagueness – would improve the level of political thought...

US Treasury Assistant Secretary encouraged by meetings in Cyprus

US Treasury Assistant Secretary encouraged by meetings in Cyprus

The United States have been encouraged by the commitments made by Cypriot officials in the framework of meetings US Department of the Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea held on Friday and will continue to work with Cyprus to combat corruption, money laundering, and other financial threats....

Nine arrests in Lesvos after clashes during Tsipras' visit

Nine arrests in Lesvos after clashes during Tsipras' visit

Police on Lesvos made nine arrests following clashes between local residents and police on Thursday evening during Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to the eastern Aegean island, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Friday, adding that several more suspects were being sought....

Colleagues mourn airman's death in Akrotiri road accident

Colleagues mourn airman's death in Akrotiri road accident

The name of the British airman who died in a traffic accident in Cyprus has been released, sending his family into mourning and colleagues paying tribute...

Cypriot leaders have different versions of UN road map

Cypriot leaders have different versions of UN road map

Following a public spat between the two Cypriot leaders on the elusive ‘Guterres framework’, both sides on the divided island are trying to pin down the exact UN guidelines for resuming and potentially resolving the Cyprus problem...

Meghan Markle's father to walk her down aisle

Meghan Markle's father to walk her down aisle

Meghan Markle’s father will walk her down the aisle when the American actress marries Britain’s Prince Harry this month and both her parents will meet Queen Elizabeth and senior royals in the run-up to the ceremony...

Rainy weather coming as week ends

Rainy weather coming as week ends

There is a chance of rain Friday afternoon, while dust and cloudy skies could remain over Cyprus through Sunday...

Greece's new startup culture: technology and seagrass sunglasses

Greece's new startup culture: technology and seagrass sunglasses

Greek student Stavros Tsompanidis was walking on a beach when he saw a business idea in the piles of dried-up seagrass...

Police say Strovolos suspect admitted to murders

Police say Strovolos suspect admitted to murders

Police say the main suspect in the Strovolos double murder, during a written deposition admitted to killing the couple but many gaps in the convoluted investigation still remain unanswered...

Experts says Cyprus economy to grow by 3.8% this year

Experts says Cyprus economy to grow by 3.8% this year

The Cypriot economy will pick up momentum in 2018, the University of Cyprus’s Economic Research Centre predicts, upgrading its growth forecast to 3.8% compared with its previous projection of 3.6%. ...

Combative former teacher to challenge Erdogan

Combative former teacher to challenge Erdogan

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Friday nominated one its most prominent and combative lawmakers to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan in June 24 snap presidential polls...

 Nobel Literature prize scrapped for 2018 over sex scandal

Nobel Literature prize scrapped for 2018 over sex scandal

No Nobel Prize for Literature will be given this year, because of a scandal over sexual misconduct allegations that has seen a string of board members resign from the board of the Swedish Academy that makes the award...

Main suspect in Stovolos murders still in custody as police build case

Main suspect in Stovolos murders still in custody as police build case

The 33-year-old suspect in the horrific Strovolos double murder was remanded for another eight days on Friday, with police saying there is still a lot of investigative work to do...

Passenger terminal marks new era

Passenger terminal marks new era

A new passenger terminal at Limassol port paves the way for a new era in tourism and maritime industries for the southern town and Cyprus...

May avoids London blitz in local elections

May avoids London blitz in local elections

Theresa May’s Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, partial results on Friday showed, denting the opposition Labour Party’s hopes of a big win....

Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch

Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch

Twitter urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”...

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