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1441. How politicians are using immigration to scare voters

1442. Anastasiades: Dherynia and Lefka Crossings to open 12 November

1443. Surveillance bill heads to the House

Two controversial phone tapping bills are heading to the House next month, giving law enforcement officials better tools to carry out covert surveillance but also providing more checks and balances...

1444. US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell to visit Cyprus

1445. Nicosia Mall on track to open next month

The grand opening of a new shopping centre on the other side of town appears to be on schedule, with Nicosia Mall working behind the scenes and paving roads to welcome shoppers around mid November...

1446. Dentist couple fails to make bail

The two dentists, accused of practicing the profession illegally, are set to appear before a criminal court next month, while they remain in jail for failure to make bail...

1447. Scotland's Sturgeon promises independence plan once UK Brexit deal known

1448. Cyprus announces €500 million tender for LNG terminal

1449. Larnaca abductor goes straight to trial

The 35-year-old suspect in the Larnaca abduction case of two school boys will bypass preliminary hearings and go straight to criminal trial...

1450. EU Parliament cancels €70 million earmarked for Turkey over rule of law conditions

1451. 'Imagine' project brings together G/C and T/C schoolchildren

1452. The international status of Cyprus has been upgraded Greek FM says

1453. Attica governor summoned by prosecutor over deadly 2017 west Attica flood

Attica Regional Governor Rena Dourou and another nine officials have been summoned by a prosecutor as suspects in the deaths of 23 people and in the widespread destruction caused by a flash flood in the west Attica town of Mandra last November....

1454. Nicosia Mall shoots for November opening

A recent post by Nicosia Mall chairman Marios Kalochoritis, talking about 455 people working on site, shows the current progress in completing the shopping center in the western part of the capital that continues nonstop in order to be ready for the Christmas holidays and even welcome its first customers in November...

1455. Brexit comments at informal summit in Austria

European Union leaders met in Salzburg, Austria, for an informal summit to discuss migration and Brexit. Below are comments of some of the leaders arriving on Thursday...

1456. EU’s Barnier offers better Irish terms to get Brexit deal

1457. Cypriot documentary 'The Ghost of Peter Sellers' wows in Venice and Telluride

1458. Obama slums Trump

Former US President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration’s “abuses of power” and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November’s elections...

1459. Cyprus prepares new tourism body launch

A deputy tourism ministry is set to start operations by 2 January 2019, a long-awaited move expected to modernise Cyprus’ tourism industry...

1460. Meghan Markle named People's best dressed woman

1461. Lesvos memorial to drowned refugees destroyed

A memorial on the Aegean island of Lesvos erected in memory of the hundreds of migrants and refugees who have perished while attempting the crossing from Turkey to Greece and the European Union has been destroyed by vandals....

1462. Asylum seeker behind bars for multiple offences

An asylum seeker is facing multiple charges following his arrest, when he pulled a knife during an argument at Kofinou Reception Center...

1463. Archbishop favours scrapping five religious school holidays

Archbishop Chrysostomos says religious holidays on school days no longer serve their purpose, suggesting that five of them should be eliminated while also taking a jab at union teachers...

1464. Manafort lawyer blames Cyprus accounts on oligarchs

Prosecutors described Paul Manafort as a “shrewd” liar and accused him of misleading his tax preparers, banks, and US authorities in claiming that secret accounts did not exist...

1465. Strovolos garbage collectors get back to work

Strovolos garbage collectors have agreed to get back to work in exchange of the municipality dropping plans to buy partial services from the private sector at least until November...

1466. Greek Cypriot journalists reject bicommunal glossary

The Cyprus Journalists Union has rejected a controversial bicommunal glossary, saying it acknowledges the good faith effort behind the project while finding the results unacceptable...

1467. Diko calls for inquiry on controversial glossary

The House foreign affairs committee will discuss a controversial glossary of political terms aimed at journalists in Cyprus, following debate and criticism on Greek Cypriot social media on fears of censorship...

1468. New law marks the end of tourism bureaucracy

The House voted this week to scrap the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), essentially transferring tourism responsibilities from a large bureaucracy to a leaner structure to boost flexibility and competitiveness...

1469. Man pleads not guilty in Yeroskipou fatal dog mauling

The 27-year-old dog owner who is facing manslaughter in the death of Petruna Nikolova has pleaded not guilty to the main charges...

1470. Co-op bankers plead not guilty in loans scandal

Senior co-op executives pleaded not guilty to fraud charges in connection with a banking scandal where loans worth millions were given out without due process...