3 h. ago Erdogan tells Sharaa Turkey welcomes lifting of Syria sanctions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during talks in Istanbul on Saturday that Turkey welcomed the US and EU decisions to lift sanctions on Syria, Erdogan’s office said. Erdogan also said that “Israel’s occupation and aggression in Syrian territory is unacceptable” and that Turkey will continue to oppose it on every […]

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5 h. ago Russia and Ukraine swap 307 soldiers on second day of POW exchange

Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 307 of their service personnel on Saturday on the second day of a prisoner exchange that, when completed, is set to be the largest such swap in the three-year war between the two countries. US President Donald Trump has suggested the prisoner swap – which should see 1,000 prisoners released […]

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7 h. ago Ukraine says 15 people hurt in ‘massive’ Russian attack on capital

Russia launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a social media post it had been a “tough night” for Ukraine and called […]

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9 h. ago UN envoy Holguin talks with Christodoulides ahead of July UN meeting

Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for Cyprus, met with President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace on Saturday and is scheduled to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on May 26. “We agreed to work hard this month to achieve results based on the March agreement. We want to present concrete outcomes […]

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28 h. ago EU Envoy Back on Cyprus Trying to Restart Reunification Talks

EU Envoy Back on Cyprus Trying to Restart Reunification Talks  The National Herald

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28 h. ago Oil slides on Trump tariff threats and OPEC+ supply expectations

Oil prices dropped by 1 per cent on Friday and were set for their first weekly decline in three weeks as US President Donald Trump recommended a 50 per cent tariff on the European Union and expectations rose that OPEC+ will increase crude output further in July. Brent crude futures fell 64 cents, or 1 […]

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30 h. ago Christodoulides, Finnish PM discuss EU budget and migration ahead of 2026 presidency

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday discussed with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo the prospects for the European Union’s next multiannual financial framework, which is due to be renewed in 2028, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The European Commission presented its first document regarding the next multiannual financial framework in February, with discussions on the next […]

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31 h. ago Russia casts doubt over Vatican as possible venue for talks with Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cast doubt on Friday over the Vatican as a potential location for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, saying that the Holy See itself would find it uncomfortable to host two mainly Orthodox Christian nations. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had confirmed his […]

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34 h. ago Cyprus and Finland explore ties in maritime tech and shipping

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Friday announced that it organised a business mission to Helsinki earlier this week, held in conjunction with the official visit of president Nikos Christodoulides to Finland. According to the announcement, the aim of the mission was to “enhance economic relations between Cyprus and Finland“. During the […]

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35 h. ago Cyprus eyes deeper Qatari investment ties with new proposals in Doha

Cyprus is courting Qatari investors with a push to expand cooperation in real estate, tech and financial services, as part of efforts to bolster bilateral ties and attract strategic capital into the island’s economy. During an official visit to Doha, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou met with Rashid bin Hamad Al-Athba, Second Vice President of the […]

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37 h. ago Trump escalates war on academia, revokes Harvard’s international student status

President Donald Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday, and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status, while also threatening to expand the crackdown to other colleges. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered the department to terminate Harvard University’s Student and Exchange […]

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37 h. ago Trump pushes EU to cut tariffs or face extra duties, FT reports

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade negotiators are pushing the EU to make unilateral tariff reductions on U.S. goods, saying without concessions the bloc will not progress in talks to avoid additional 20% “reciprocal” duties, the Financial Times reported on Friday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is preparing to tell European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic on […]

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37 h. ago The Presidents of Cyprus and Finland discussed the Russian war in Ukraine in the context of European security

The Presidents of Cyprus and Finland discussed the Russian war in Ukraine in the context of European security  Українські Національні Новини

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41 h. ago Our View: A cashless future can wait – people still need ATMs

MPs this week lambasted banks for the lack of ATMs, particularly in mountainous and remote areas, giving them a one-month deadline to come back with a plan for more extensive coverage. This is a long-standing gripe over which some MPs come across as a bit hyperbolic at times conjuring up visions of little old ladies […]

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50 h. ago Christodoulides, Stubb praise ‘remarkable momentum’ of Finnish tourism in Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides and his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb praised the “remarkable momentum” of Finnish tourism in Cyprus during the former’s visit to Helsinki on Thursday. The visit marked the first visit of a Cypriot president to Finland since Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, with government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis after the meeting pointing […]

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53 h. ago Second Oval Office ambush by Trump could make foreign leaders think twice

U.S. President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his latest geopolitical ambush of a foreign leader in front of television cameras. In an extraordinary scene clearly orchestrated by the White House for maximum effect and reminiscent of Ukrainian President […]

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53 h. ago Iran warns Israel, US against any attack on its nuclear sites

The United States will bear legal responsibility in the event of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday, following a CNN report that Israel might be preparing strikes on Iran. Iran and the U.S., Israel’s closest ally, will hold a fifth round of nuclear talks on Friday in […]

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53 h. ago THROWBACK: Το νικητήριο γκολ του Ακοράν στον τελικό του 2018! (ΒΙΝΤΕΟ)

Η ΑΕΚ ζεσταίνει… τον κόσμο της ενόψει του τελικού κυπέλλου και ανάρτησε βίντεο το νικητήριο γκολ του Ακοράν το 2018 όταν η ομάδα κατέκτησε το τρόπαιο κόντρα στον Απόλλωνα. ΔΕΙΤΕ ΕΔΩ:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by AEK LARNACA FC OFFICIAL (@aeklarnacafc)

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54 h. ago Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate

A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow’s metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it’s a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering. The life-size wall sculpture in Moscow’s Taganskaya metro station depicts Stalin standing on Moscow’s Red Square surrounded […]

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56 h. ago President Ramaphosa keeps his cool despite President Trump’s false accusations at the Oval

South Africans praised President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday for keeping his cool amid US President Donald Trump’s false claims of a white genocide in their country, but wondered why their leader had made the trip to Washington. Ramaphosa had hoped his talks with Trump in the White House on Wednesday would help reset relations with […]

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