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Cyprus Customs Agents End Strike, Set to Resume Work Monday

Customs agents in Cyprus voted Saturday to end their indefinite strike and return to work on Monday, following assurances from the Finance Ministry that key demands related to the rollout…

Austria Sets Tourism Record With 116 Million Overnight Stays

VIENNA — Austria’s tourism industry reached a new milestone this year, recording 116 million overnight stays from January through August, a 0.3% increase compared to the same period last year,…

Turkey Destroys 144 PKK Hideouts, Advances Peace Talks

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish security forces have destroyed 144 caves, shelters and hideouts used by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in operations across 30 provinces over the past six…

Germany Plans National Drone Defense Center Amid Espionage Concerns

BERLIN — Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Saturday announced plans to establish a national drone defense center aimed at countering hybrid threats, including espionage. Speaking at a news conference…

700,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City

About 700,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City as Israeli forces intensified their ground and air assault on the enclave’s largest urban center, the Israeli military said Thursday. Military spokesman Effie…

Cyprus Leaders to Meet UN Chief in New York Amid Low Expectations

A trilateral meeting between United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is scheduled to take place Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Cyprus time,…

Cyprus Weather Forecast – Saturday night and Sunday

Tonight: Skies will be mostly clear across Cyprus, though areas of low cloud and fog may form locally. Winds will begin light to moderate from the southwest to northwest at…

Cyprus: Two Men Scammed Out of €30,000 in Limassol

LIMASSOL, Cyprus — Two men, aged 63 and 65, were defrauded of €30,050 after being convinced they would earn large profits from online investments, police said. Authorities in Limassol have…

EU Agriculture Chief Visits Cyprus for Halloumi Talks

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Christophe Hansen, director-general of agriculture and rural development at the European Commission, visited Cyprus for meetings focused on halloumi cheese and its protected designation of origin status.…

Greek and Cypriot Officials Discuss Expanding Space Cooperation

ATHENS — Konstantinos Karancalos, secretary general for telecommunications and postal services at Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance and Technology, met with Diofantos Hadjimitsis, a lecturer at Cyprus University of Technology…

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