Cyprus businesses invited to Armenia trade and investment forum
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Cyprus businesses invited to Armenia trade and investment forum

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) has informed Cypriot importers, distributors and retail chains about an international trade and investment forum in Armenia aimed at strengthening commercial links between international buyers and Armenian businesses. The International Trade & Investment Forum (ITIF) 2026 will take place in Yerevan from October 7 to 9, 2026, […]

20.08.2026 08:00
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Prince Harry and Meghan set to return to UK, reports say
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Prince Harry and Meghan set to return to UK, reports say

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties and relocated to the U.S., media outlets reported on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are moving with Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, from California to the UK […]

20.08.2026 07:58
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Deadly Russian missile attack hits homes across Kyiv
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Deadly Russian missile attack hits homes across Kyiv

Russian ballistic missiles killed at least five people and injured over two dozen more in Kyiv early on Thursday, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app, damaging buildings and leaving parts of the Ukrainian capital without power. People were trapped in one residential building and fires broke out in multiple locations, while non-residential facilities, warehouses […]

20.08.2026 07:51
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Cyprus Business Now: consumer prices, pensions, construction, taxes, ESMA
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Cyprus Business Now: consumer prices, pensions, construction, taxes, ESMA

Cyprus recorded annual inflation of 4.4 per cent in July 2026, placing it among the countries with the highest price increases in the European Union, according to figures released on Wednesday by both the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) and Eurostat. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose by 4.4 per cent compared with July 2025 and increased by 0.7 […]

20.08.2026 07:30
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National Bank of Greece buys back €11.8m in own shares
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National Bank of Greece buys back €11.8m in own shares

The National Bank of Greece announced on this week that it acquired 727,285 of its own common shares traded on Euronext Athens between August 10, 2026 and August 17, 2026 at a weighted average price of €16.3083 per share, amounting to a total cost of €11,860,757.13. The repurchases were executed following decisions made during the […]

20.08.2026 07:00
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What’s on this weekend
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What’s on this weekend

Nicosia district In the rural district of Nicosia, near the sea, Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias organises its 9th Fig and Halidji Cheese Festival on August 20. Head to the elementary school’s stadium to try the region’s famous white cheese, a historical local production, enjoy Cypriot food and live entertainment. Doors open at 7pm. In the city […]

20.08.2026 06:40
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Shopkeepers demand Makarios avenue reopen to traffic
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Shopkeepers demand Makarios avenue reopen to traffic

Businesses and shopkeepers are again calling for Makarios avenue in Nicosia to be reopened to traffic, with a joint platform claiming on Wednesday that two out of every three shops along the street remain empty. The joint platform for ‘the revitalisation of the urban commercial core’ said the avenue had become a “dead zone” since […]

20.08.2026 04:25
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Our View: IPC the only option for Greek Cypriot property owners
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Our View: IPC the only option for Greek Cypriot property owners

Ever since the establishment of the Immovable Properties Commission (IPC) in the Turkish-occupied north in 2005, by decision of the European Court of Human Rights, Greek Cypriots have been discouraged from submitting applications for compensation. Both politicians and commentators have argued that property owners should not go the IPC and sell off their properties to […]

20.08.2026 04:20
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Ousted Ukraine defence minister calls for wartime elections
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Ousted Ukraine defence minister calls for wartime elections

Ukrainian lawmakers appointed Yevhenii Khmara as the country’s new defence minister on Wednesday, hours after his predecessor, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for elections during wartime, delivering a fresh political challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Khmara, a former senior special forces operative who briefly served as acting head of Ukraine’s SBU security service, takes charge of the […]

19.08.2026 22:53
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Annita ‘incensed’ by Averof’s Cyprus problem remarks
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Annita ‘incensed’ by Averof’s Cyprus problem remarks

Disy leader Annita Demetriou is reportedly “furious” over remarks made by predecessor, Averof Neophytou, accusing the party of responsibility for past failures on the Cyprus problem. According to Phileleftheros, the issue was discussed by senior party officials, with the leadership deciding against an immediate public response despite the reaction to Neophytou’s comments. Neophytou has accused […]

19.08.2026 22:49
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100 dead after gold mine landslide in Central African Republic
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100 dead after gold mine landslide in Central African Republic

At least 100 people have been killed in a landslide at a makeshift gold mine in the Central African Republic, according to local sources on Wednesday. The collapse occurred on Tuesday at about 2pm local time at a mine in Zaboye, around 50 kilometres from the town of Bamboua in the western part of the […]

19.08.2026 22:12
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Guterres condemns Ben Gvir’s remarks as ‘inhumane’
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Guterres condemns Ben Gvir’s remarks as ‘inhumane’

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned remarks by far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir calling for Israel to kill “30 or 40” people “every night in Gaza” as “inhumane and dangerous”. Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN chief condemned the comments in the strongest terms, describing them as “abhorrent” and “scandalous”. “These […]

19.08.2026 22:07
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Supreme Court rejects trade unionist’s bid to prosecute five state officials
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Supreme Court rejects trade unionist’s bid to prosecute five state officials

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by Equality (Isotita) trade unionist Giorgos Maltezos to register a private criminal indictment against five state officials over alleged violations of protections for trade union members. The proposed indictment targeted Justice Minister Costas Fitiris, the deputy director of the central prisons, Maria Siali, a senior legal officer […]

19.08.2026 22:00
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Israel opens criminal probes over killing of 5-year-old girl
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Israel opens criminal probes over killing of 5-year-old girl

srael’s military will open internal investigations over its troops’ high-profile killings in Gaza of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025, it said on Wednesday, although rights groups said such probes rarely lead to convictions. The military said the investigation decisions followed probes by its […]

19.08.2026 20:53
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Turkey is ready to search for oil and gas in Syria, minister says
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Turkey is ready to search for oil and gas in Syria, minister says

Turkey is ready to work with Damascus to look for oil and gas in Syria, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday. Turkish state oil company TPAO and private companies are ready for seismical surveys and exploration drilling both offshore and onshore in Syria, Bayraktar said at a joint press conference in Damascus with […]

19.08.2026 20:48
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Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians
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Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians

An Israeli airstrike killed nine Palestinians at a police station in Gaza on Wednesday, medics said, two days after US envoy Jared Kushner ended a trip to the region that failed to push forward Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in the enclave. Medics and police sources said several officers were among those killed […]

19.08.2026 20:45
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Trump says he plans to meet with North Korea’s Kim this year
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Trump says he plans to meet with North Korea’s Kim this year

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, and said the Asian nation held 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons. The remarks came after Trump ordered Pentagon officials to cut short joint military exercises with South Korea, saying they sent a message to […]

19.08.2026 20:42
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Organisers withdraw from planned Kyrenia Castle music festival
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Organisers withdraw from planned Kyrenia Castle music festival

Serbian music company EXIT has withdrawn from the planned Nexus electronic music festival at Kyrenia Castle, Elam MEP Geadis Geadi said on Wednesday, following diplomatic and political pressure over the event. The festival was scheduled for September 18 as part of the EXIT World Tour, with international electronic music acts including Swedish DJ and producer […]

19.08.2026 20:33
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Turkish Cypriots, Turkey sign ‘additional’ fibreoptic internet deal
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Turkish Cypriots, Turkey sign ‘additional’ fibreoptic internet deal

The Turkish government and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday described what was described as an “additional protocol” deal, which aims to iron out creases in the initial deal signed to bring fibreoptic internet to the north. The initial deal had been ratified by the Turkish Cypriot legislature in February despite vehement opposition from both […]

19.08.2026 20:32
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