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Today, 8 November, we honour Archangel Michael and all the Heavenly Powers. 🕯️ Χρόνια πολλά to everyone celebrating their name day today, with warm wishes from all of us at Pi NEWS. #PiNews #NameDay #ΧρόνιαΠολλά

US Ambassador John Breslow has urged Cyprus to cut red tape and give businesses more certainty to attract long-term American investment. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #Investment

The European Commission has urged Turkey to recommit to UN-led Cyprus settlement talks and avoid unilateral actions that could raise tensions or hinder negotiations. Read more: pinewsuk.com #CyprusTalks #EuropeanUnion

Cyprus and the US are working to convene a second Strategic Dialogue. Joining the US Visa Waiver Program remains a priority for Cyprus, the AmCham conference heard. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #AmChamCyprus

Cyprus and China discussed closer trade and investment ties as Finance Minister Makis Keravnos raised the possibility of updating their 1990 double taxation agreement. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #China

Cyprus remains under migration pressure despite a 34% fall in recorded irregular crossings in the year to June 2026, the European Commission says. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #Migration

Cyprus police say around €750,000 in property and funds has been frozen in a suspected drug trafficking probe. Operation PLEGMA led to 26 arrests and 27 searches. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #CyprusNews

AKEL has criticised UN envoy María Ángela Holguín’s meeting with Turkey’s representative in northern Cyprus. Holguín said she attended to receive a message from Ankara. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Cyprus #CyprusTalks

AKEL has begun preparations for Cyprus’ 2028 presidential election and will explore alliances based on shared policy priorities. The party has yet to name a candidate. Read more: pinewsuk.com #AKEL #CyprusPolitics

AKEL has questioned the timing of the President’s Varosha proposal and urged a return to substantive Cyprus settlement talks from where they left off at Crans-Montana. Read more: pinewsuk.com #CyprusTalks #Varosha

Enfield welcomed Gladbeck Mayor Bettina Weist and Deputy Mayor Dr Volker Kreuzer for a visit marking 56 years of twinning between the two communities. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Enfield #Gladbeck

Enfield’s new indoor rowing hub will host the borough’s first schools league. Three more schools joined at the launch, bringing the youth rowing programme to seven. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Enfield #YouthSport

Enfield marks Remembrance Sunday on 8 November with parades in Edmonton Green and Enfield Town and a service at St Andrew’s Church in Southgate. Full timings: pinewsuk.com #RemembranceSunday #Enfield

Puccini’s Tosca returns to London in a new ENO production starring Axelle Fanyo and Chaz’men Williams-Ali. Love, betrayal and sacrifice take centre stage from 5 November to 11 December. Tickets: eno.org Read more: pinewsuk.com #Tosca #ENO

Eternal youth comes at a terrible price. Our review explores the wit, darkness and moral corruption of Seán Aydon’s The Picture of Dorian Gray at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. Read more: pinewsuk.com #DorianGray #TheatreReview

Aigialousa’s stories and memories come to Hellenic TV on Sunday 8 November at 9pm in a documentary for “45 Minutes Cyprus”. Available on YouTube after broadcast. Read more: pinewsuk.com #Aigialousa #Cyprus

Larnaca poet Antonis Gavriel Papa has been selected for the International Art Academy’s PLATON Award 2026, recognising his contribution to literature and work in the Cypriot dialect. Read more: pinewsuk.com #CypriotCulture #Poetry

UK Cypriot Stephanie Costi will star as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at the Alban Arena, St Albans, alongside Joe Swash. The pantomime runs from 4 December to 3 January. Read more: pinewsuk.com #StephanieCosti #BeautyAndTheBeast

What could the Autumn Budget mean for family businesses, property owners and the next generation? Beavis Morgan’s Nick Antoniou explores the implications and the importance of careful planning. Read more: pinewsuk.com #AutumnBudget #FamilyBusiness

Democrats have won majorities in the House and Senate, dealing President Trump a major midterm setback and setting up divided government from January. Read more: pinewsuk.com #USMidterms #USPolitics