65 m. ago Chevron to supply Hungary with 2 billion cubic metres of LNG

Hungary’s state-owned MVM group has signed a 5-year deal with U.S. energy company Chevron CVX.N for the supply of 2 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Tuesday. Hungary has angered other European Union and NATO members by insisting that it cannot phase out Russian oil and gas, but […]

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47 h. ago Gunmen kill 11 at Australia’s Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event

Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian officials described as a targeted antisemitic attack. One of the suspected gunmen was also killed. Asecond gunman was in critical condition and police were investigating whether a third attacker was involved, New South […]

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50 h. ago Cyprus President "horrified" by terrorist attack at Bondi Beach

Cyprus President "horrified" by terrorist attack at Bondi Beach  ΚΥΠΕ

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59 h. ago Our View: Time for president to stop relentless grandstanding

President Nikos Christodoulides came up with another proposal in an interview with Politico last week. He said that if Turkey agreed to the Cyprus Republic joining Partnership for Peace (PfP), the waiting room for Nato membership, Cyprus would by stages lift the obstacles to a closer cooperation between the EU and Turkey. “We could imagine […]

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3 d. ago US, Syrian forces wounded in attack on patrol in central Syria

As many as four U.S. service members were injured, including some critically, when an unidentified attacker opened fire on their patrol in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, a U.S. official told Reuters. Syrian state news agency SANA quoted a security source as saying that two Syrian service personnel were injured and the […]

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3 d. ago Israel kills senior Hamas commander, Raed Saed, in Gaza strike

The Israeli military killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in a strike on a car in Gaza City on Saturday, several Israeli media outlets reported, citing sources. The attack killed four people and wounded at least 25 others, according to Gaza health authorities. […]

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4 d. ago Kremlin suggests it may not like new Ukraine peace proposals after recent US

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised U.S. proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with […]

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5 d. ago Greek Cyprus proposes NATO partnership deal with Türkiye to 'ease tensions'

Greek Cyprus proposes NATO partnership deal with Türkiye to 'ease tensions'  Türkiye Today

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5 d. ago Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack, including on Moscow

Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine had launched a major aerial attack with at least 287 drones downed over a number of regions including Moscow. Russia’s defence ministry said at least 40 drones were shot down over the Moscow region, which along with the city itself has a population of more than 22 million. The […]

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5 d. ago Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack, including on Moscow

Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack, including on Moscow  Cyprus Mail

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7 d. ago Putin does not want to restore USSR or attack Nato, the Kremlin says

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a Nato member were complete stupidity. Putin, who was born in the Soviet Union, in 2005 cast the collapse of the Soviet Union as the biggest geopolitical […]

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7 d. ago Lithuania declares state of emergency over balloons from Belarus

Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over smuggler balloons originating in Belarus that have disrupted aviation,and asked parliament to allow the military to operate alongside police and border guards. Vilnius airport has beenclosed repeatedlydue to the weather balloons, which Lithuania says are sent by smugglers transporting cigarettes and constitute a “hybrid attack” […]

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7 d. ago Piraeus holds position in Europe as Cyprus expands its shipping footprint

Piraeus remains Europe’s fifth-largest container port, holding its position despite the severe disruption caused by attacks in the Red Sea and the extensive rerouting of vessels around Africa. Although the diversion temporarily weakened its long-standing advantage of proximity to the Suez Canal, the port’s overall performance proved resilient, and shipping lines are expected to restore […]

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8 d. ago Banking sector steadies as Cyprus eyes a more resilient future

After a turbulent decade marked by restructuring, regulatory tightening and a gradual restoration of public trust, the island’s banks are entering a new chapter shaped by consolidation, rising profitability and renewed international recognition.At the same time, pressures around household debt, housing affordability and governance reform remind us that recovery cannot be mistaken for completion.Cyprus is […]

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1 week ago Pentagon faces legal questions after video shows second strike on shipwrecked drug

When the U.S. military carried out its first strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2, the attack began with an airburst munition exploding above the 11-member crew like an umbrella of shrapnel. A video of the attack, shown to U.S. lawmakers on Thursday and described to Reuters by two sources […]

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1 week ago Moscow threatens ‘casus belli’ if EU uses frozen assets for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that European countries should participate constructively in efforts to reach a settlement in Ukraine rather than obstructing the process, according to comments reported by TASS. His remarks come as tensions rise over a new European Union proposal concerning frozen Russian assets. On the same day, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy […]

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1 week ago Türkiye's Fidan presses EU on Cyprus blockage after NATO talks in Brussels

Türkiye's Fidan presses EU on Cyprus blockage after NATO talks in Brussels  Yeni Safak English

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1 week ago Our View: Finger on button, Putin blaming Europe for Ukraine crisis

As was widely expected, Tuesday’s talks between the United States and Russia made no progress towards a Ukraine peace deal. This was the view expressed by a Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov to the Russian media, after the five-hour meeting with President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio […]

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1 week ago Cuba reconnects grid, begins restoring power to Havana after partial collapse

Cuba said it had reconnected its electrical gridand was gradually restoring power after a partial collapse on Wednesday left capital Havana and much of western Cuba in the dark, the latest incident in an energy crisis that has left millions suffering from prolonged blackouts for months. Top energy officials said a main transmission line connecting […]

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1 week ago Peace push falters as Putin rejects key US proposals on Ukraine

Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s top envoys, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly complained that ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two has been one […]

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