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It is ironic that fire, before you see the flames, sounds like rain

There was a saying that wherever it rained in Cyprus, it would also rain in Kornos. And it did. Until a fire practically wiped the forest off the map. I know this because I live just down the road. In the years following that fire over a decade ago, my trees have gradually been giving […]

28.12.2025 18:21

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2025 a record year for German tourist arrivals

2025 has been a very successful year for the tourism industry, Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday, adding that the island saw a new record of arrivals from the German market after 28 years. “The German market has been for years the largest market in the world in relation to outbound tourism,” […]

28.12.2025 18:19

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Best Crypto under $0.1? Price models suggest a 700% setup for Mutuum Finance (MUTM)

The crypto market has entered a familiar pause. Bitcoin has pulled back from recent highs, Ethereum has stalled near key levels, and meme coins that once drove fast gains are losing momentum. When these slowdowns happen, capital rarely leaves the market. Instead, it rotates. Traders begin searching for smaller DeFi crypto projects that are less […]

28.12.2025 18:10

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Environmental pressure on Cyprus will only increase

With 2025 coming to a close, Cyprus is leaving behind a year during which the environment was one of the – quite literally – hottest topics on the island. Worries over persisting water scarcity and the corresponding consequences for local farming and drinking water supplies, record summer with temperatures climbing above 45 degrees Celsius, the […]

28.12.2025 17:19

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A throne made of sand

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”Nothing beside remains.The lone and level sands stretch far away.— Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias Percy Shelley’s Ozymandias is not a poem about failure, but about the illusion of permanence. A ruler commands the world to admire his achievements, yet history leaves behind only fragments – authority without consent, […]

28.12.2025 16:58

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Three dead in Alawite protests on Syrian coast, local officials say

By Karam al-Masri Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria’s Alawite heartland of Latakia spiralled into gunfire and other violence, according to the province’s media office. Syria has been rocked by several episodes of sectarian bloodshed since longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, who hails from the Muslim Alawite minority, was ousted by a […]

28.12.2025 16:57

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Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities

Italian prosecutors said on Saturday they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities based in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units. The suspects are accused of “belonging to and having financed” the Palestinian group, which the European Union designates as a terrorist organisation, prosecutors in the northern […]

28.12.2025 16:17

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Tatar swept away by Erhurman landslide

The inflection point in Turkish Cypriot politics, the crossroads, the quasi-referendum between a two-state solution and a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, between Europe and Turkey, this year’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election which sat on a knife-edge on the morning of October 19, was over in an unprecedented landslide a few hours later. Pro-reunification […]

28.12.2025 15:47

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End-of-year parties bid farewell to 2025

The end-of-the-year party hunt is always a big one. We have gathered some of the hottest happenings in the final week of December that bid farewell to 2025 and celebrate the arrival of the New Year. So, if you are looking for fun fiestas for next week, look no further. The capital kicks off the […]

28.12.2025 15:33

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Remand after stolen car parts found

A 36-year-old Limassol man was remanded in police custody for five days on Sunday in connection with a case of car theft. Although he denies guilt in the case, police said car parts were found near his house. The theft of the car was reported last month in Limassol. Police examinations turned up testimony against […]

28.12.2025 15:22

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Archbishop reviews the year, what to expect in 2026

The success of a plan to increase the birth rate, the removal of the bishop of Paphos from his post and the danger of believing what are presented as miracles were highlighted as the main points of the year by Archbishop Georgios. “The greatest challenge we found ourselves in was a zealot who does not […]

28.12.2025 15:14

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World trade war is alive and kicking

On December 16, two contrasting articles appeared in the Financial Times that spoke volumes about the very different approaches to world trade currently at play. One was written by Peter Navarro, US President Donald Trump’s chief architect of the tariff war; the other by French President Emmanuel Macron, a passionate advocate of the existing multilateral […]

28.12.2025 14:51

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Over 45,000 animals vaccinated against foot and mouth in north

A total of 45,214 cattle in 403 units were vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease between December 19 and 27, the ‘veterinary services’ in the north said on Sunday. According to Turkish Cypriot media, vaccinations have been carried out as a priority in high-risk areas, while tests of the disease are also carried out with blood samples […]

28.12.2025 14:50

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‘All government actions serve goal of solving Cyprus problem’

Our general strategy is to substantially upgrade the Republic of Cyprus to face internal and external challenges, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that all government actions serve the goal of resolving the Cyprus problem. Speaking too Phileleftheros, he said he would make a decision in 2027 on whether to run in the 2028 […]

28.12.2025 13:43

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50,000 cedar trees a witness to Cyprus history

One of the rarest and emblematic trees of the Mediterranean, the Cyprus Cedar (Cedrus brevifolia) is a living witness to the natural and cultural history of the island, the forestry department’s Thomas Kyriacou said on Sunday. The endemic species is “found mainly in the Cedar Valley and at the top of Tripylos, in the Paphos […]

28.12.2025 13:21

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Is that all there is?

Rebeka Gregoriades For once, I didn’t start the year off with a list of resolutions. This, I must say, took the guilt factor out of the equation and I actually enjoyed what I did get done. I got more tattoos – which would not have been on my list, but I thoroughly enjoy them on […]

28.12.2025 13:12

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Brigitte Bardot has died, her foundation has said

French actress Brigitte Bardot has died, her foundation said on Sunday. She was 91 years old. More to follow

28.12.2025 12:19

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Happy Same Year!

It is December 28, which means many of us are deep into the Season of Delusion, a magical period when grown adults behave like weird Elfies drunk on mulled wine. The population becomes convinced that the New Year itself will trigger a transformation into better, healthier and more organised versions of ourselves. An impressively unfounded […]

28.12.2025 11:56

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Kosovo goes to polls in bid to end year-long political impasse

Kosovo went to the polls on Sunday, with nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party seeking a majority to end a year-long political deadlock that has paralysed parliament and delayed international funding for Europe’s youngest nation. The vote is the second this year in Kosovo after Kurti’s Vetevendosje party fell short of a majority in February. […]

28.12.2025 10:54

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Water wastage and locked away civil servants

Of all the various stories I wrote in 2025, the one about the dam in Solea – ‘A dam full of water going to waste’, to quote the headline – wasn’t necessarily the most consequential. Still, it encapsulated much of what I find interesting about the job, both this past year and in general. For […]

28.12.2025 10:49

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Nvidia invests $5 billion in Intel as rivals forge surprise AI alliance

It was a Thursday before dawn in Silicon Valley when Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan found himself under attack by the president of the United States. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform at 4:39 AM Pacific Time on August 7. Before […]

28.12.2025 10:30

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Zelenskiy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump will meet in Florida on Sunday to hammer out a plan to end the war in Ukraine, but face major differences on crucial issues and provocations from Russian air attacks. Russia struck Kyiv and other parts of war-torn Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on […]

28.12.2025 09:52

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Four arrested as police campaigns continue

Four arrests were made over Saturday night as police carried out 760 checks as part of ongoing measures to fight crime and safeguard public order. Managers of nightspots were also reported for violations related to the operation of premises, as well as drivers for various traffic violations. Two were arrested on the basis of warrants […]

28.12.2025 09:42

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Two arrests for selling drugs

Following the investigation of a tip off and a coordinated operation in Larnaca by members of the police drug squad Ykan, two people, aged 44 and 26, were arrested, police said on Sunday. At around 10am, on Saturday, members of Ykan stopped a 44-year-old man for a check as he left his home to get […]

28.12.2025 09:33

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