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Overnight pharmacies on Thursday, November 5
The following pharmacies will be open overnight on Thursday, 5 November 2026. Nicosia Name Address Area Tel Stelios Kyriakou Stylianou 101 Agiou Pavlou Street, near the Hippodrome Agios Dometios 22771122, 22590272 Louiza Sokratous 24C Peiraios Street, opposite SANTEX fabric shop…
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Central Nicosia roads to close overnight for resurfacing
Several main roads in central Nicosia, including Grivas Digenis Avenue, Spyros Kyprianou Avenue and Michalakis Karaolis Street, will close overnight on six nights between 10 and 18 November while Nicosia Municipality carries out resurfacing work. The work will take place from…
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Intellectually closed, not intellectually incapable
By Dina-Perla Portnaar* When political convictions lose sight of their moral limits, the extremes can marginalise the political middle. Those far-end political communities foster beliefs strong enough to sustain collective action, resist injustice, and defend what they consider…
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Ecologists urge stricter sentences as man who killed neighbour’s cat jailed
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a man who killed his neighbour’s cat must serve a two-month prison sentence, overturning a lower court’s decision to suspend it, the Movement of Ecologists – Citizens’ Cooperation said on Thursday. The court upheld an appeal by the Attorney…
- Shares, equity make up 76.2% of non-residents’ holdings in Cyprus
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UN envoy to host Cyprus leaders on Monday, announcements possible
The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, will host President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman for a three-way meeting on the Cyprus problem on Monday, the United Nations announced, as Christodoulides said specific…
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Warning letters loom for employers yet to submit employment terms
The Department of Labour Relations plans to send warning letters shortly to employers who have not submitted their employees’ terms of employment. More than 46,000 employers have responded so far to the request, which was issued to all employers in Cyprus in April 2026,…
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Minister asks for more time on Larnaca port and marina
Transport Minister Evi Tsolaki has asked parliament for time until the end of the year to present a comprehensive proposal for developing Larnaca’s port and marina. She reaffirmed the government’s intention to assign the project to the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA). The House…
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Frozen funds in ‘Operation Plegma’ drug ring investigation rise to €350,000
The amount of money frozen in the bank accounts of suspects arrested in Operation ‘Plegma’ rose to 350,000 euros on Thursday, from 100,000 euros in the morning, as investigators turned to identifying who is behind the drug trafficking network. Banks traced further sums in…
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Enosis, independence, self-government and the Cypriot anti-colonial movement
By Antonis Pastellopoulos, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cyprus In the Republic of Cyprus, the dominant narrative surrounding the British colonial period presents enosis, the union of Cyprus with Greece, as the unquivering political demand of the anti-colonial movement,…
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Cyprus, France agree more weapons systems for military exercises
Cyprus and France have updated their Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and agreed to further upgrade military exercises with more weapons systems, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas told Phileleftheros after meeting his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin on Thursday. The…
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Five hunting dogs worth €7,500 stolen in Limassol district
Police are searching for a 22-year-old man over the theft of five hunting dogs worth a total of 7,500 euros from a field in Limassol district, and are investigating information that he may have taken the animals to the occupied north. The dogs’ 41-year-old owner reported the…
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Wedding drift: groom and best man expected to be released
A groom and his best man held over a wedding drifting stunt at the Linopetra roundabout in Limassol are expected to be released on Thursday afternoon, when their remand order expires. Police, however, have yet to find the racing car seen in the video of the incident. The…
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to unveil post-Brexit trade and cooperation deals with the EU
A pro-EU campaigner stands in front of the UK parliament in London, Britain, 04 November 2026. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to announce a number of post-Brexit trade and cooperation deals with the EU ahead of a landmark summit in Brussels this month.
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Cypriot scientist aims to combat astronaut muscle loss in space
Humans are spending longer in outer space and are venturing further from Earth, making it increasingly important for scientists like Cypriot PhD candidate Theodoros Pavlides to understand how to protect astronauts’ health. The role nutrition could play in preventing muscle loss…
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Multiple bomb threats force diversions and landings at European airports
Threats against flights in at least four European countries, Belgium, France, Italy and Bulgaria, set off a series of airport alerts on Thursday, with several planes diverted or forced to land. In Bulgaria, three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia received bomb threats on Thursday…
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Kenyan father haunted by children’s deaths ahead of starvation cult leader’s sentencing
When Kenyan starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie is sentenced on Friday for the murders of 190 children and an adult, Stephen Mwiti and other relatives of the victims will be worrying he may continue spreading his deadly messages. Mwiti says all six of his children died in the…
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Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat
US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s war on Iran on Wednesday, questioning whether it was worth the cost and blaming it for Republicans’ election losses that handed Democrats control of both chambers of Congress. Vance’s extraordinary…
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Death toll from Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre reaches 42, police say
The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 42, police said on Thursday, making it one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year. Zaporizhzhia police said on the Telegram messaging…
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Medical students protest outside parliament over university clinics bill (photos)
Medical students from the University of Cyprus protested outside parliament on Thursday, demanding two changes to a bill that would establish university clinics and university hospitals, as the House Health Committee began examining it article by article. The students handed…