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Missing woman in Limassol: Witness heard scream, CCTV shows car reversing into suspect’s property

A witness reported hearing a scream near the home of a 43-year-old Syrian man arrested over the disappearance of 61-year-old Bulgarian national Olga Vasilieva, while CCTV footage showed a...
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Ten crew members rescued from sinking cargo ship off Paphos

Cyprus rescue teams saved all 10 crew members from a sinking Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship on Friday night after launching a rescue operation approximately 90 nautical miles west of Paphos. The...
World

France braces for fresh unrest; government vows tough response

France will deploy a 70,000-strong police presence to contain a widely expected bout of fresh unrest on Saturday in the latest nationwide protests driven by anger over living costs,...
Local

Delivery rider, 22, suffers broken nose after object thrown at him in Limassol

A 22-year-old delivery rider suffered a broken nose and a head wound after an unknown object was allegedly thrown at him while he was riding his motorcycle in Limassol...

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Local

Turkish Cypriot property claims rise as authorities warn of dangerous buildings

Compensation claims by Turkish Cypriot property owners have increased over the past three years, while authorities warn that deteriorating buildings could cause serious injuries or deaths, according to a...

Politics

Politics

Holguin hopeful of 5+1 Cyprus meeting before year-end

UN envoy María Ángela Holguín said on Friday she was optimistic that an enlarged 5+1 meeting on Cyprus could be held before the end of the year. That depends...

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Opinion

You can’t fight new crime with old tools

Phileleftheros Editorial

Harris Georgiades and the blackmail DISY chose to swallow

Aristos Michaelides

Greek classes but no childcare: A bureaucratic barrier to social integration

Christina Karakondylou

Economy

Economy

Cyprus minister links housing crisis to Ukrainian emigration and foreign firms

The arrival of persons fleeing the war in Ukraine, population growth and the settlement of new businesses, workers and their families from non-EU countries have exaggerated Cyprus’s housing shortage...
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Books

Zines, colonialism, language and power: Nicosia alternative book festival returns

The Nicosia Alternative Book Festival returns for its second year on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, bringing independent publishers, zines, books, discussions and presentations to YALLA Collective Space...

Living in Cyprus

Living in Cyprus

Late on your tax return? No surcharges until November 30

Individuals who file their 2025 tax returns after the October 31 deadline will not be charged interest or surcharges as long as they file and pay by November 30,...

Op-eds

Op-eds

Shared ownership: A practical blueprint for housing affordability in Cyprus

*By Panayiotis Pachomiou As housing affordability reaches a critical tipping point across Cyprus, leaving young professionals and middle-income families trapped between stringent commercial lending requirements and soaring market prices, state...
Op-eds

Turkey and the nuclear bomb: Has the Iran war changed the calculus?

by Euripides L Evriviades* The most dangerous lesson of the war with Iran may not be about Iran. It may be about the bomb. Would the US and Israel have attacked Iran...
Op-eds

What a payee warning should tell a small business

*By Gustavo H. R. Pessoa Consider a hypothetical Cypriot food exporter paying a packaging supplier. An email announces new bank details, and the invoice looks familiar. Before the transfer is...

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Afghan returnees face winter without adequate shelter

An Afghan boy looks around at shelters on the eastern outskirts of Kandahar city, Afghanistan, 28 October 2026 (issued 29 October 2026). More than 812,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan so far this year, adding pressure to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis as thousands face the...