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Champions Arsenal moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League with Kai Havertz’s early goal securing a statement 1-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. German striker Havertz tapped in from Declan Rice’s low cross in the 16th minute after the hosts were caught out trying to…
Binance saw an initial spike in customers pulling money out after the exchange resumed withdrawals for a number of assets on Sunday, as it tries to recover from the theft of $6.3 billion in tokens from its platform in a hack the FBI and analysts have tied to North Korea. Binance said it had now […]
Animal rights campaigners and residents gathered at Kato Paphos harbour on Sunday to demand stronger enforcement of animal protection laws and more staff for the services responsible for policing abuse and poisoning. The protest, held under the slogan “United for Animals – Our Voice is our…
Carlos Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur 6-1 6-4 to win the Vienna Open on Sunday, claiming his fourth title of the season and the 28th of his career, and extending his ATP 500 winning streak to 26 matches. The 23-year-old Spaniard arrived in Vienna on the back of titles in Doha and Tokyo and completed…
Archbishop Georgios has given former Bishop of Paphos Tychikos 10 days to meet him before the Synod reconvenes to consider his case, saying the Church cannot allow the dispute to drag on indefinitely. Speaking on Sunday after a memorial service for the late Archbishop Chrysostomos II in his home…
Violence among children and teenagers is increasing in certain forms, but there is no evidence of a widespread rise across all types of violent behaviour, according to University of Cyprus psychology professor Panikos Stavrinides. At the same time, social media is making violent incidents more…
Iran has created a secret network of military agencies with global reach to import at least $2 billion in hardware, explosives and heavy-duty trucks since January 2025, evading both the US naval blockade and Western sanctions, a Reuters investigation has found. Hidden behind names starting with the…
The 61-year-old woman murdered in Limassol died from severe head injuries caused by blows with a blunt object, an autopsy confirmed on Sunday. Olga Vasilieva was killed by her 43-year-old Syrian partner, who has confessed to the crime, according to the information provided. The post-mortem…
The Cyprus-based initiative begins a new chapter, with Alexander College as its Founding Academic Partner, connecting academics, researchers, artists and practitioners through talks, conversations and panel discussions in Larnaca and online. Dis-Course, an independent interdisciplinary platform for…
Cyprus sought to strengthen its position in three major Asian shipping markets during a series of high-level meetings and industry events in Japan, China and South Korea between October 13-29, with Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis promoting the island’s shipping register and exploring…
The government has spent seven months attempting to resolve where to locate the new central prison, with the project now standing on its third iteration with an expected cost of some €300 million. No one argues with the need for a new prison. The existing one now holds nearly 1,200 prisoners, an…
Statistics are often viewed with scepticism. The familiar saying that “the numbers are thriving, but citizens are not” does not simply reflect a general sense of distrust. It, rather, highlights the real gap between an evaluation based on individual macroeconomic indicators and people’s everyday…
Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians, including five police officers, in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on Sunday, according to medics and the Hamas-run interior ministry. Medics said three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. The interior ministry said the…
Anyone who has watched a manta ray glide over a reef knows how unhurried these marine animals can look. Yet researchers working off Costa Rica found their movements are varied, with juveniles staying nearby and close to shore while adults venture hundreds of kilometres. Manta rays are among the…
President Nikos Christodoulides set out the government’s measures to support young people and families in a video message on Sunday, saying they are aimed at reversing Cyprus’s demographic decline. He said that measures had been pursued since he took office to help young people buy a home, start a…
Iranian negotiators held a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators in Doha on Sunday, seeking a deal to end the eight-month war with the United States and Israel, an official briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The diplomatic push comes amid fears that fighting could intensify…
For three decades, European policymakers operated under a comforting illusion: sovereign debt crises were peripheral disruptions confined to the southern periphery – Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus. The euro crisis of 2010-2014 was diagnosed as the moral failing of profligate states rather…
Iranian negotiators were in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators aimed at pushing for a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, an official briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The talks come amid concerns that the conflict could escalate again after the…
Livestock farmers have vowed to oppose any attempt to change the requirement for halloumi to contain 51% sheep and goat milk, after receiving information that the quota will remain unchanged in 2029. Neofytos Neofytou, president of the Voice of Livestock Farmers association, said the organisation…
The state health services organisation (Okypy) has called on trade unions not to go ahead with a 48-hour strike planned for November 10 and 11, saying there is considerable room to continue talks. Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the organisation was ready to discuss and explain its…
It has been quite a week. First we had ‘Lula’ – Luiz Inacio da Silva (as nobody but his mother ever called him) – defying everybody’s expectations. After winding up two million votes behind his challenger, Flavio Bolsonaro, in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, he made a…
Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs. The protests followed a wave of Gen Z-led demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia,…
Disy has questioned why Akel does not intend to field its own candidate in the 2028 presidential election, in a statement issued on Sunday in response to criticism from Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou. “Why doesn’t it dare to contest with its own candidate?” the party asked, arguing that…
By Giorgos Frangos The bill intended to implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has been going back and forth between the interior ministry, the legal service and parliament for almost two years. This, despite the fact that the Republic of Cyprus was supposed to have incorporated it into…
