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27 August, 2025
 

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'The clock is ticking' on Britain's poor Brexit progress

'The clock is ticking' on Britain's poor Brexit progress

The European Union has warned Britain time was running out to seal a Brexit deal this autumn and ensure London does not crash out of the bloc next March, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May...

Boy’s death could be turning point in health debate

Boy’s death could be turning point in health debate

The state is footing the bill for the funeral of 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis, whose death from a traumatic brain injury resulted in the arrest of two doctors and reopened the health debate in Cyprus...

Elusive peace grows more remote with Jerusalem embassy move

Elusive peace grows more remote with Jerusalem embassy move

The move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, coupled with the killings of dozens of Palestinian protesters , makes the odds of a U.S.-brokered peace even more remote, analysts said....

Eight dead migrants found washed up in north

Eight dead migrants found washed up in north

A total of eight bodies have been found washed up on the shores of the island's northern part over the past two days, Turkish Cypriot authorities said, adding the dead were believed to be Syrian migrants...

Greek coast guard rescue 67 migrants at sea

Greek coast guard rescue 67 migrants at sea

The Greek coast guard rescued 67 foreign nationals whose dinghy was in distress at sea near the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos early on Monday morning....

Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza protests as anger mounts over US Embassy

Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza protests as anger mounts over US Embassy

Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, health officials said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem...

Stormy weather causes electricity and traffic problems

Stormy weather causes electricity and traffic problems

Unexpected thunderstorms in the middle of May are causing power outages for a third day in Limassol with emergency crews trying to restore electricity and clear the way in many areas...

UK spy chief says Russia is spreading lies to undermine the West

UK spy chief says Russia is spreading lies to undermine the West

Britain’s MI5 spy chief accused Russia on Monday on attempting to subvert Western democracies by sowing disinformation and spreading lies...

Eastern Mediterranean faces 'security threat' from Cyprus

Eastern Mediterranean faces 'security threat' from Cyprus

The eastern Mediterranean region will face a sustained security threat if Cyprus continues unilateral operations there, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said...

Main suspect's brother says money and drugs behind Strovolos murders

Main suspect's brother says money and drugs behind Strovolos murders

The brother of the main suspect in the Strovolos double murder case is pointing fingers at his brother, telling investigators that money and drug abuse were behind the crime...

UN frustrated over Turkey stalling on envoy to Cyprus

UN frustrated over Turkey stalling on envoy to Cyprus

Ankara’s reluctance to give the green light for the arrival of Jane Holl Lute in Cyprus, as the Secretary-General’s personal envoy to probe the potential resumption of settlement talks is causing frustration at the United Nations...

Four bodies wash up in the north

Four bodies wash up in the north

Four bodies washed up on Cyprus’ northern shores Sunday and Monday, believed to belong to Syrian nationals on a migratory route...

Brexit-hit EU staff ditch UK passports

Brexit-hit EU staff ditch UK passports

About one in 10 British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion...

Cyprus on agenda as Erdogan visits UK

Cyprus on agenda as Erdogan visits UK

Cyprus is expected to be on the agenda as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May...

Doctors clash with minister following boy's death

Doctors clash with minister following boy's death

State doctors say working conditions are to blame for the death of a school boy that led to the arrest of two emergency medics, with the health minister describing the connection as “most unfortunate” as the incident is under three separate investigations...

Probe into lawyers involved in migrant smuggling rackets

Probe into lawyers involved in migrant smuggling rackets

Judicial authorities in northern Greece are investigating the involvement of local lawyers in rackets smuggling migrants and refugees across Greece’s Evros River border from Turkey...

APOEL Nicosia win sixth consecutive Cyprus championship

APOEL Nicosia win sixth consecutive Cyprus championship

 APOEL Nicosia has won its sixth consecutive Cyprus championship after beating Anorthosis Famagusta 2-1 at home....

Cyprus doctors in custody following school boy’s death

Cyprus doctors in custody following school boy’s death

Two state doctors in Larnaca are in custody following the death of a 10-year-old boy who sustained a head injury during gym class, with his mother blaming ER medics for being incompetent in diagnosing an internal head trauma promptly...

Erdogan slams rating agencies for upgrading 'bankrupt' Greece

Erdogan slams rating agencies for upgrading 'bankrupt' Greece

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a fresh swipe at rating agencies on Friday over the recent downgraded and the negative outlook they have assigned for the Turkish economy, using “bankrupt” Greece as an example....

Turkey to start drilling in Mediterranean this summer

Turkey to start drilling in Mediterranean this summer

Turkey will start drilling for oil and gas in the Mediterranean before the end of the summer, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak said on Friday, according to Sabah newspaper...

Hariri to visit Cyprus after government formed in Lebanon

Hariri to visit Cyprus after government formed in Lebanon

President Nicos Anastasiades spoke Friday on the phone with Lebanon's Saad Hariri, hoping he will be re-elected as Prime Minister of Lebanon...

Russia backs off supplying Syria with S-300 missiles

Russia backs off supplying Syria with S-300 missiles

Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow...

Police get a push in their crackdown on organised crime

Police get a push in their crackdown on organised crime

Police are making headway in the war on drugs and organised crime, following the arrest of shooting suspect in custody Elias Mouzos while also receiving harsh criticism from the mayor of Paphos who says police let gangsters run his town...

Strovolos double murder suspects to enter plea June 13

Strovolos double murder suspects to enter plea June 13

The arraignment of the four suspects in the Strovolos double murder was set for June 13 during Friday’s hearing, where one of the defence lawyers raised questions over the conduct of police investigators with his client...

New British High Commissioner wants to deepen special relationship

New British High Commissioner wants to deepen special relationship

On presenting his credential in Nicosia new British High Commissioner in Cyprus Stephen Lillie said there was a great deal for the two countries to celebrate despite the complexities....

Trump seeks 'very meaningful' summit in with N. Korea

Trump seeks 'very meaningful' summit in with N. Korea

US President Donald Trump has high hopes of “doing something very meaningful” to curtail North Korea’s nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoner...

BBC’s wrong translation of ‘Fuego’ highlights Eurovision reality

BBC’s wrong translation of ‘Fuego’ highlights Eurovision reality

An error on BBC that got the translation mixed up in Cyprus’ Eurovision song title “Fuego” shows it can be a daunting experience for the media trying to keep up with different languages and cultures all at once...

Truck driver faces criminal charges over Kifissou crash

Truck driver faces criminal charges over Kifissou crash

A 64-year-old truck driver was on Thursday to answer to criminal charges of manslaughter through neglect after a crash he caused in Athens in the early hours of Wednesday, while under the influence of alcohol, resulted in the death of two motorists....

Serbia can depend on Cyprus as a credible ally and friend in Europe

Serbia can depend on Cyprus as a credible ally and friend in Europe

President Anastasiades said Serbia should consider Cyprus a reliable partner within the EU as Belgrade aims for membership and underlined that the future of Serbia must be in Europe...

Hope that new crossing points will open as planned

Hope that new crossing points will open as planned

Work on two new crossing points across the island's divide is going to plan, Cypriot officials said...

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