On holiday with a ghost
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On holiday with a ghost

Few relish holidaying alone. I met Freida, who did, at a mutual cousin’s home in Ireland, who was thrilled I was living among Greeks. A love of Greek and Roman intellectual heritage had drawn her to a university colleague, her now her ex-fiancé. Her Greek was superior to mine but her accent, dominated by Boston-Irish-heritage […]

15.08.2026 11:15
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Israeli strike kills seven in south Lebanon, state news reports
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Israeli strike kills seven in south Lebanon, state news reports

Seven people were killed in an Israeli dawn air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon’s state news agency said. Three others were injured when Israeli planes struck a house in the southern village of Ansar, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. The strike is one of the deadliest attacks on Lebanon in the weeks since […]

15.08.2026 11:07
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Keeping alive the memory of an event that shaped family history
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Keeping alive the memory of an event that shaped family history

I can’t tell you how happy it would make me to receive a request for a review from a self-publishing local author, to say yes, to read the book, and to be able to write a tremendous review predicting a glorious future for the author. Sadly, A Week in Berlin is not that book and […]

15.08.2026 11:00
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Eight arrested in overnight police operations
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Eight arrested in overnight police operations

Eight people were arrested for various offences during overnight police operations carried out across Cyprus, the police said on Saturday. The arrests were made for offences including assault and causing injury, breaking and entering and theft, unlawful possession of property, illegal residence in the Republic and traffic offences, including drink-driving. Officers stopped and checked 586 […]

15.08.2026 10:49
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Soaring memory prices drive smartphone display suppliers into refurbishment
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Soaring memory prices drive smartphone display suppliers into refurbishment

Display panel shipments into the refurbished smartphone market recorded rapid growth in the first quarter of 2026, as panel makers redirected excess capacity away from slowing demand among smartphone manufacturers, according to research firm Omdia. Rising memory prices have prompted smartphone manufacturers to significantly reduce production plans, with Omdia forecasting that demand for displays used […]

15.08.2026 10:30
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Who pays when autonomous AI agents hack corporate networks?
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Who pays when autonomous AI agents hack corporate networks?

Major artificial intelligence developers have reported cases of their autonomous AI models breaching other companies’ cyber infrastructure, raising questions about who may be held legally responsible when AI systems act without direct human oversight. Here’s a look at some of the legal questions surrounding autonomous AI breaches. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE AI AGENTS? AI agents […]

15.08.2026 10:00
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Street food from around the world in Aradippou
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Street food from around the world in Aradippou

This summer, there is no shortage of events and things to do in Cyprus. It seems like every corner, village and community has something fun in store for the summer months. And, just as August ends, Aradippou organises a culinary feast in the open air. The 11th International Food Festival is set to return to […]

15.08.2026 10:00
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Centre-right decay and the twilight of neoliberalism
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Centre-right decay and the twilight of neoliberalism

A political order represents an overarching framework extending far beyond routine election cycles. Within its architecture, a dominant vision of political economy dictates how state authorities and private actors perceive the balance between public power and private markets. These orders typically endure for three to four decades, underpinned by a specific technological base and a […]

15.08.2026 09:00
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Euro area trade surplus widens to €8.60 billion in June
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Euro area trade surplus widens to €8.60 billion in June

The euro area recorded an €8.60 billion surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2026, according to first estimates published by Eurostat on Friday. The surplus more than doubled from €4.80 billion in June 2025, while the bloc swung back into positive territory after registering a €9.00 billion deficit […]

15.08.2026 09:00
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Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
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Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices

Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war. Progress toward peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway remained halted, with no sign the warring […]

15.08.2026 08:16
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Cyprus outpaces Eurozone, EU and US with robust second quarter growth
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Cyprus outpaces Eurozone, EU and US with robust second quarter growth

Cyprus recorded 3.3 per cent annual economic growth in the second quarter of 2026, significantly outperforming the euro area and EU, according to Eurostat and preliminary data from the Statistical Service. The Cypriot economy grew by 3.3 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2025, more than three times the 1.0 per cent annual […]

15.08.2026 08:00
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Five dead after magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia
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Five dead after magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia

At least five people died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, a provincial governor said. Tsunami waves of less than 1 metre (3 feet) were recorded in several areas of the Southeast Asian nation. The tsunami warning was lifted about three hours after the […]

15.08.2026 07:58
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Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor, accused of plagiarism, found dead
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Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor, accused of plagiarism, found dead

Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who was at the centre of a plagiarism scandal, has died aged 41. Arday had resigned earlier this month as a professor of sociology of education following the accusations, which caused a furore in the world of academia. He was the university’s youngest ever Black professor. He […]

15.08.2026 07:54
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Retail fuel prices surge across euro area after Middle East conflict
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Retail fuel prices surge across euro area after Middle East conflict

Retail fuel prices have surged across the euro area in 2026 following the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, driving up energy inflation and prompting fresh analysis from European Central Bank (ECB) experts on how crude oil costs feed through to what consumers pay at the pump. In a blog post, economists Friderike […]

15.08.2026 07:30
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Intel raises $20 billion in upsized share sale to fund foundry push
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Intel raises $20 billion in upsized share sale to fund foundry push

Intel (INTC.O) raised $20 billion from an upsized share offering earlier this week, as it looks to fund the costly ​build-out of its chip contract manufacturing business by cashing in on a stock surge ‌fueled by its turnaround efforts. Once a dominant force in the global chip industry, Intel is investing heavily in new facilities […]

15.08.2026 06:00
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Moni residents in sea sewage battle
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Moni residents in sea sewage battle

Sewage is overflowing into the sea at Moni as we speak, even as plans go ahead for a desalination plant in neighbouring Monagroulli, which will be removing the salt from the same water and distributing 60,000 cubic metres of it per day to Limassol households. Sewage has been dumped in Cyprus seas for years, a […]

15.08.2026 04:25
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Our View: Despite his words, president has lost all sense of urgency
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Our View: Despite his words, president has lost all sense of urgency

It was ironic that when the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, early in the year said that the UN would resume its peace initiative after the completion of Cyprus’ presidency of the EU Council at the end of June, President Nikos Christodoulides protested. He was ready to engage in the peace process ‘next […]

15.08.2026 04:25
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‘Let us never accept a future which was imposed by force’, Letymbiotis says
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‘Let us never accept a future which was imposed by force’, Letymbiotis says

Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis called on Friday for renewed emphasis on international law as Cyprus marked the 52nd anniversary of the second phase of the 1974 Turkish invasion. In a post on X, Letymbiotis said the collective responsibility was to “never get used to injustice”, as efforts continue under the UN Secretary General to seek […]

14.08.2026 19:56
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Grid operator assures no power cuts expected as demand eases
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Grid operator assures no power cuts expected as demand eases

The transmission system operator (TSO) has assured consumers that no power cuts are expected in the coming days as electricity demand falls and sufficient generating capacity remains available. TSO spokesperson Hara Koussiappa informed the Cyprus News Agency on Friday that demand had reached about 1,200 megawatts during midday in recent days, while night-time demand stood […]

14.08.2026 19:46
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Myths of Cyprus travel to Ayia Napa
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Myths of Cyprus travel to Ayia Napa

The myths, legends and traditions of Cyprus continue their journey, making a stop in Ayia Napa following a successful Nicosia launch. The press and information office’s exhibition Myths of Cyprus is now on at the museum grounds of the Ayia Napa Medieval Monastery, where until early November it will share insights into the folk tales […]

14.08.2026 19:37
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting that he stalked the executive with the intention of killing him. Mangione, 28, told US District Judge Margaret Garnett that he researched UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference after suffering a broken back and experiencing difficulties with the health insurance […]

14.08.2026 19:16
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