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Turnout surges to 66. 4% as Cyprus counts its votes
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (199+ words) Some 378, 150 people cast their ballots in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Cyprus, the General Electoral Commissioner announced, putting final turnout at 66. 4% of the 569, 182 registered voters " up from 63. 9% in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Famagusta recorded the highest turnout of any district at 72. 3%, followed…...
DISY wins Cyprus election as far right surges and new parties enter parliament
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (288+ words) DISY has won Cyprus's 2026 parliamentary elections with 27. 1% of the vote, according to final results released by the Ministry of Interior, as far-right ELAM nearly doubled its share of the vote and two newcomer parties entered parliament for the first time....
Olympiacos win fourth Euro League title with 92-85 victory over Real Madrid
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (219+ words) Olympiacos claimed their fourth Euro League title on Sunday night, beating Real Madrid 92-85 in a pulsating final at a packed Telekom Center in Athens to end a 13-year wait for European glory. Real Madrid fly out of the blocks Thomas…...
DISY takes two, DIKO, AKEL and Direct Democracy one each in Paphos
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (131+ words) DISY has won two of the five parliamentary seats allocated to the Paphos district, with AKEL, DIKO and Direct Democracy Cyprus each claiming one, according to results from the completed preference vote count. Charalambos Pazaros topped the Paphos ballot for…...
Unregulated social media and weak finance rules shadowed Cyprus election, OSCE report found
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (394+ words) Unregulated social media campaigning, weak campaign finance oversight and the exclusion of independent observers were among the concerns raised by international monitors ahead of Cyprus's parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday, according to a report published in March by…...
Fidias Panayiotou hails "new political era" as Direct Democracy enters parliament
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (223+ words) Direct Democracy Cyprus secured entry into the new House of Representatives on Sunday, with party president Fidias Panayiotou hailing the result as the "birth" of a new political era in Cyprus. In his first statement after the results were announced,…...
Protesters in Spain condemn police handling of Gaza flotilla activists | en. philenews. com
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (351+ words) Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police's treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel. When a relative of…...
Turkish police force ousted opposition out of headquarters as crisis deepens
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (558+ words) Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, fuelling a crisis at the heart of Turkey's democracy. Clouds of tear gas billowed within the Republican…...
Cyprus parliamentary election 2026: first exit poll results
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (106+ words) Polls close in 2026 Cyprus legislative elections with television stations broadcasting exit poll results Philenews Cyprus parliamentary election 2026: first exit poll results Voting for the 2026 legislative elections ended at 18: 00 on Sunday afternoon, with television networks immediately broadcasting the results of exit…...
Athens and Brussels report strong overseas voter turnout as counting begins
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (139+ words) Voter turnout reached 76 per cent in Athens and 68 per cent in Thessaloniki for Sunday's legislative elections, with officials confirming the entire process ran smoothly without any disruptions. Vote counting is already underway across Greece, and final results for the polling…...