3 h. ago Kombos held talks with Israeli and Iranian counterparts amid escalation

In the wake of the Israeli attack on Iran, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a series of calls on Friday evening, speaking with his counterparts from both Iran and Israel amongst others. “I expressed concern about the rapidly evolving situation in the region,” Kombos said of his call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in […]

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8 h. ago Fuel prices to go through the roof, petrol station owners say

Fuel prices are expected to rise sharply as a result of escalating tensions in the Middle East, chairman of the association of petrol station owners Savvas Prokopiou said on Friday. “Unfortunately, an increase is expected [ ] and this time it will be steeper, as the price of crude oil rose by $10 per barrel within […]

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12 h. ago Spaun tames Oakmont for US Open lead while big names struggle

Unheralded J.J. Spaun outshined the game’s top players and led the U.S. Open by one shot after the first round on Thursday at steamy Oakmont Country Club where the big names like Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy all struggled. Much of the talk this week has been how the notoriously challenging course would […]

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15 h. ago Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat

An Air India flight from Thailand’s Phuket to India’s capital New Delhi received a bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said. Passengers were being escorted from the plane, flight AI 379, in line with emergency plans, an Airports of Thailand official said. There were 156 passengers on […]

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28 h. ago New ‘Lidl UP’ programme heralds fresh era of vocational training

Lidl Cyprus is ushering in a new era in vocational education and training with Lidl UP: Learn & Work, an innovative dual-education programme, implemented in collaboration with the Future Skills Hub, the Learning Centre of the European University Cyprus. For the first time in Cyprus, retail trade is becoming a field of study and professional […]

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29 h. ago Cyprus airports soar past 4 million passengers in new travel record

Passenger traffic at the airports of Larnaca and Paphos exceeded 4 million for the first time in history during the period from January to May 2025. According to an announcement by the Transport Ministry on Thursday, this marks an increase of 12.02 per cent compared to the same period in 2024. In May 2025 alone, […]

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39 h. ago Eurobank Research earns top macro forecast awards in Greece, Cyprus

Eurobank Research has retained the top spot for overall macroeconomic forecasts for Greece for the second consecutive year. This year, the bank has also achieved first place in Cyprus for the first time, according to the 2025 Focus Economics Analyst Forecast Awards. Eurobank Research, the Economic Analysis and Research Unit of Eurobank, has been recognised […]

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43 h. ago Our View: Politicians cooperating with the EAC unions that protect EAC’s monopoly

Disy deputy Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis was perfectly justified to censure President Nicos Christodoulides for his “highly unlawful” intervention in the setting of the electricity authority’s new tariff. The tariff increase of 7.5 per cent, which was requested by the EAC and is linked to the authority’s 10-year development programme, had been approved by the Cyprus Energy […]

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49 h. ago Trump is receptive to contacts with North Korean leader, White House says

President Donald Trump would welcome communications with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after having had friendly relations with Kim during his first term, the White House said on Wednesday. “The president remains receptive to correspondence with Kim Jong Un,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. Trump and Kim held three summits during […]

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50 h. ago Musk called Trump before expressing regret publicly, source says

President Donald Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk on Monday before the billionaire expressed regret over some of the posts he made on social media last week, according to a White House source with knowledge of the matter. Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made about Trump as […]

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51 h. ago Resumption of Cyprus talks ‘primary goal’, spokesman tells Pseka

The resumption of Cyprus talks from where they left off in Crans-Montana “remains our primary objective”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday evening, pointing out that any discussion of a two-state solution or one outside the UN framework was completely unacceptable. Letymbiotis, who was addressing the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus (Pseka) conference […]

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52 h. ago Speakers of Azerbaijani and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus meet for talks in Astana

Speakers of Azerbaijani and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus meet for talks in Astana  Trend News Agency

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52 h. ago Marines poised to move into Los Angeles as protests spread across US

Hundreds of U.S. Marines were undergoing refresher training in riot and crowd control just outside of Los Angeles and will move into the city soon, a military official said, as protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration raids spread from California to other parts of the country. Trump’s decision to dispatch National Guard troops and Marines […]

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55 h. ago Analysts forecast Solana (SOL) will crash to $100: Mutuum Finance (MUTM) continues to shine

Solana (SOL) had an impressive run in January 2025, which pushed it to a new all-time high of $294.33. However, it has struggled since then, falling by over 48.35% to the current price of around $152. Some analysts now predict that SOL could drop to as low as $100. Amid the growing pessimism, SOL investors […]

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55 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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57 h. ago Investopia Global launches New Economy Talks in Cyprus to boost UAE–Mediterranean investment partnerships

Investopia Global launches New Economy Talks in Cyprus to boost UAE–Mediterranean investment partnerships  ZAWYA

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64 h. ago Modest UK economic growth to lead Bank of England to cut rates gradually

The British economy will grow a mild 1 per cent this year with the Bank of England set to cut interest rates two more times in 2025, according to economists polled by Reuters, little changed from previous projections despite tariff uncertainty. The survey was completed before finance minister Rachel Reeves’ planned comprehensive spending review on […]

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64 h. ago US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America’s second largest city, as California’s governor warned “democracy is under assault.” Trump’s extraordinary measures of sending National Guard and Marines to quell protests, which broke out in response to his immigration raids, […]

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3 d. ago Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders. The city has seen days of public outrage since the Trump administration […]

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3 d. ago Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) holders are shifting capital into Mutuum Finance (MUTM) before the next bull run in 2025

With investor sentiment turning bullish ahead of 2025, capital rotation across ecosystems has already begun. Many long-time participants in the Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) communities are now reallocating their holdings into Mutuum Finance (MUTM)—a rising DeFi protocol still in presale phase, with a growing user base, fresh tokenomics, and a Layer-2 powered lending system. […]

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