10 h. ago MPs call on deputy minister to step down amid architecture book mess

The publication linked to Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice was withdrawn because the deputy culture ministry was referred to in the booklet without consent, Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou told the House education committee on Wednesday, however MPs spoke of political responsibilities and some called for Kassianidou’s resignation. Arguments between Akel […]

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10 h. ago ‘There is no way’ electricity bills will go up by 9.5% – Minister

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday said there is “no way” that consumer electricity bills will go up by 9.5 per cent. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he described assertions that bills would rise by such an amount as “unrealistic” and “mass-market fiction”. “There is no way that such a thing will happen. The […]

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15 h. ago Deputy minister denies censorship in architecture book withdrawal

The official withdrawal of a publication linked to the Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, was not a matter of censorship due to politics but to legality, Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou told MPs on Wednesday. In a lengthy speech before the House education committee, Kassianidou said the authors did not have […]

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31 h. ago Christodoulides’ intervention over electricity bills ‘illegal’

House energy committee chairman and Disy MP Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis on Tuesday lambasted President Nikos Christodoulides’ “highly illegal” intervention over the matter of forthcoming rises in electricity bills, describing it as a “great political blunder”. “The electricity authority [EAC] told us that it requested an increase of 7.5 per cent plus value added tax, which comes […]

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41 h. ago Hot air mass brings clear skies and temperatures up to 38C across Cyprus

Hot air mass brings clear skies and temperatures up to 38C across Cyprus  Philenews

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56 h. ago Police crack down on LA protests against Trump immigration policy

Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of violence hit demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. National Guard troops – deployed by Trump at the weekend to help quell the protests in a move that […]

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63 h. ago Two car thefts in Cyprus spark police warning over carelessness

Two separate car theft cases – one in Nicosia and another in Larnaca – have prompted a strong warning from police after it was revealed that valuables and even keys had been left inside the parked vehicles. In Nicosia, a woman reported her car stolen at around 10.40pm on Sunday night. The vehicle, worth €15,000, […]

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63 h. ago Priest clashes with church leaders during trial and is suspended

A Cypriot priest who openly criticised the Archbishop of Cyprus and the Holy Synod during a church hearing has been suspended for six months. Father Demos Serkelides appeared last Friday before the Episcopal Court, a special church tribunal, where he was expected to respond to serious complaints. Instead, according to reports, he reacted angrily and […]

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3 d. ago Alcaraz saves three match points to stop Sinner and retain French Open

Carlos Alcaraz fought back from the brink to outlast top seed Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(10-2) in a French Open final for the ages on Sunday to retain his crown and cement his status as the Prince of Clay in Roland Garros’ post-Rafa Nadal era. In a scintillating showdown between the torch-bearers of […]

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3 d. ago Fico says Slovakia will block EU sanctions on Russia if they harm national interests

Slovakia will block any European Union sanctions against Russia that damage its national interests, the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday after its parliament approved a resolution calling on the government not to back any new measures. Fico said that Slovakia wanted to stay constructive within the bloc, but he called the resolution a political […]

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3 d. ago UK’s Prince William calls for urgent action to protect oceans

Britain’s Prince William on Sunday called on world leaders and businesses to take urgent action to protect the planet’s oceans, saying it was a challenge “like none we have faced before”. Speaking ahead of the UN ocean conference, which begins in France on Monday, William said rising sea temperatures, plastic pollution and overfishing were putting […]

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3 d. ago Ustel slams Christodoulides’ ‘aggressive, terroristic attitude’ on property

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday decried President Nikos Christodoulides’ “aggressive, terroristic attitude” on the matter of property, in light of recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north. He said Christodoulides’ attitude is “obvious”, and that he “neglects the principle of responsibility […]

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3 d. ago Leo, the first US pope, criticises nationalist politics at Sunday Mass

Pope Leo criticized the emergence of nationalist political movements on Sunday, calling them unfortunate, without naming a specific country or national leader. Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a Mass with a crowd of tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square that God would “open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred.” […]

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3 d. ago Second man arrested over import of products containing CBD and THC

A second man has been arrested in connection with the finding of packages containing products believed to contain controlled substances, the police said on Sunday. The packages had been seized on Thursday in the Famagusta district, with a 47-year-old man having been arrested at the time. Further investigations into the matter uncovered evidence linking a […]

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3 d. ago Elderly man seriously injured after trying to cross road during cycle race

A 75-year-old man suffered serious injuries on Saturday after attempting to cross a road in the Larnaca district village of Ormidia while a charity cycle race was ongoing and being hit by an oncoming bicycle, the police said on Sunday. The police said the incident occurred at around 5.30pm. The 75-year-old was taken to the […]

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4 d. ago Γάζα: Η Πολιτική Προστασία ανακοίνωσε τον θάνατο τουλάχιστον 36 ανθρώπων

Η υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Προστασίας στη Γάζα δήλωσε πως τουλάχιστον 36 άνθρωποι σκοτώθηκαν σήμερα από τις ισραηλινές δυνάμεις σε διάφορες τοποθεσίες -- έξι από αυτούς κοντά σε ένα κέντρο διανομής βοήθειας οργάνωσης που υποστηρίζεται από τις ΗΠΑ, με τον στρατό του Ισραήλ να κάνει λόγο για προειδοποιητικά πυρά στην κατεύθυνση "υπόπτων". Σήμερα την αυγή, "έξι άνθρωποι σκοτώθηκαν και πολλοί άλλοι τραυματίστηκαν από τις ισραηλινές δυνάμεις κατοχής, κοντά στον κυκλικό κόμβο Αλάμ", όπου κάτοικοι είχαν συγκεντρωθεί προκειμένου να εξασφαλίσουν ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια του αμερικανικού κέντρου που βρίσκεται περίπου σε απόσταση ενός χιλιομέτρου, στο κυβερνείο της Ράφα (νότια), δήλωσε στο Γαλλικό Πρακτορείο ο εκπρόσωπος αυτής της υπηρεσίας παροχής πρώτων βοηθειών, ο Μαχμούντ Μπασάλ. Κάτοικος της Γάζας που ήταν μάρτυρας της σκηνής, ο Σαμίρ Αμπού Χαντίντ, είπε στο Γαλλικό Πρακτορείο πως χιλιάδες άνθρωποι είχαν συγκεντρωθεί κοντά στον κυκλικό κόμβο, και "τη στιγμή που ορισμένοι προσπαθούσαν να προχωρήσουν...

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4 d. ago Sinner faces defending champ Alcaraz in hotly anticipated French Open final

The French Open men’s singles tournament will culminate with a blockbuster clash in Paris on Sunday. World number one Jannik Sinner faces defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the most eagerly anticipated men’s singles final since the start of the Rafa Nadal era 20 years ago at Roland Garros where the results were largely a foregone […]

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5 d. ago Cyprus political parties took €1 million linked to golden passport scandal

Cyprus political parties took €1 million linked to golden passport scandal  BLiTZ - Fears None But God

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5 d. ago China looks to Cyprus to boost EU ties during 2026 presidency

China hopes to strengthen its ties with the European Union when Cyprus assumes the rotating presidency of the bloc in the first half of 2026, despite what it sees as “contradictory messages” from Brussels, senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Jianchao said on Friday. Liu, a senior diplomat and politician who heads the party’s international […]

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5 d. ago Global rift deepens as EU rejects US sanctions on ICC judges

The European Union strongly supports the International Criminal Court, the head of the bloc’s highest political body said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on four judges at the court. Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, which represents national governments of the 27 member states, said the court is “a […]

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