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Monkeypox vaccines to arrive in Cyprus by the end of August

Monkeypox vaccines to arrive in Cyprus by the end of August

The arrival of the first vaccines for monkeypox is expected around the end of August in Cyprus...

Russia sending money to Turkey for the $20 Billion Akuyo nuclear plant

Russia sending money to Turkey for the $20 Billion Akuyo nuclear plant

A Russian state-owned company is transferring money to a subsidiary that’s building a $20 billion nuclear power plant on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, alleviating concerns the project could be delayed by war sanctions....

Kasoulides: 'We are once again at a critical crossroad'

Kasoulides: 'We are once again at a critical crossroad'

We are once again at a critical crossroad as regards the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said Friday addressing the World Conference of Overseas Cypriots that wraps up in Limassol....

COVID: 16 deaths and 6,863 new cases recorded this past week

COVID: 16 deaths and 6,863 new cases recorded this past week

Cyprus on Friday announced 16 more deaths from COVID-19 and 6,863 new cases, recorded between July 22 and 28. Seven of the deaths, occurred earlier in the year, between January and July 21....

Cyprus-Chevron's Aphrodite tactics irk Israel

Cyprus-Chevron's Aphrodite tactics irk Israel

A gas field dispute between Cyprus and Israel over a tiny portion, with which the island nation hopes to buy out its neighbor, went in deep water this week after Nicosia and Chevron preannounced plans for Aphrodite despite a decade-long unresolved issue still pending between the two nations...

Sides react ‘as usual’ after Council renews UNFICYP

Sides react ‘as usual’ after Council renews UNFICYP

The Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, one of UN’s longest-running peacekeeping missions, drawing different reactions as usually from both sides on the divided island...

Dutch are reducing waste by fixing broken objects with online local barter network

Dutch are reducing waste by fixing broken objects with online local barter network

Finding someone who can fix a broken piece of furniture, mend clothing, or repair a family treasure has become easier thanks to a new online platform....

Cyprus and Greece coordinating closely in anticipation of Turkish provocations

Cyprus and Greece coordinating closely in anticipation of Turkish provocations

Greece and Cyprus accused rival Turkey on Thursday of stoking tensions as Ankara prepared to dispatch a drillship to the Mediterranean next month in a search for natural gas....

Cyprus requests disbursal of €85 million in RRF funds from EC

Cyprus requests disbursal of €85 million in RRF funds from EC

The European Commission announced it received on Thursday the first payment request from Cyprus under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for the disbursement of €85 million in financial support (net of pre-financing), ...

Increasing electricity costs to be subsidized by the government

Increasing electricity costs to be subsidized by the government

A subsidy that will cover part of the increase in the price of electricity was hammered down during today's session by the Cabinet. As the Minister of Finance Constantinos Petridis stated, ...

Tax filing deadline extended by one month

Tax filing deadline extended by one month

The Council of Ministers today announced the extension of the deadline to file personal income taxes from July 31st to August 31st, 2022. according to the announcement by Finance Minister Konstantinos Petridis....

Real life Doogie Howser heads to medical school at age 13

Real life Doogie Howser heads to medical school at age 13

A 13-year-old girl has been accepted to a medical school program only a year after graduating high school....

Turkish rig to begin drilling on August 9th

Turkish rig to begin drilling on August 9th

Turkey’s Abdulhamid Han drill ship will leave the country’s port of Mersin in the Mediterranean on August 9, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said late Tuesday....

Greek FM Dendias pays official visit to Cyprus in face of difficulties

Greek FM Dendias pays official visit to Cyprus in face of difficulties

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is in Nicosia to coordinate with the Cypriot government. During the day he will have a meeting with the President of the Republic and then a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulidis....

UN not keen on hi tech near buffer zone

UN not keen on hi tech near buffer zone

A draft on UNFICYP renewal expected to pass Thursday in the Security Council includes concerns over military surveillance equipment being placed near the divided island’s buffer zone...

Kasoulides declares Cypriot foreign ministry reliable again

Kasoulides declares Cypriot foreign ministry reliable again

Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides says the Republic of Cyprus is once again a reliable partner, suggesting that a dire state of affairs during his predecessor’s tenure has been recovered...

Ukraine grain export coordination center opens in Istanbul

Ukraine grain export coordination center opens in Istanbul

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday unveiled a center in Istanbul to oversee the export of Ukrainian grains after a landmark U.N. deal last week, with the first shipment expected to depart from Black Sea ports within days....

Oil and gasoline sales decreased in June

Oil and gasoline sales decreased in June

A total decrease of 6.8% was recorded in the sale of petroleum products in June, falling to 55,061 tons. Total sales of gasoline for June were down 5.9 percent, while diesel sales were down 10.4 percent, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday....

FM: Parallels between Cyprus and Ukraine must be recognized

FM: Parallels between Cyprus and Ukraine must be recognized

It is time that the parallels drawn between the problems of Cyprus and Ukraine are brought back to the attention of the international community and to what happened back in 1974 and still continues to this day after 48 years, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides has said....

US Senator calls on Erdogan to immediately halt provocations in Cyprus

US Senator calls on Erdogan to immediately halt provocations in Cyprus

US senator Robert Menendez called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt provocations in Cyprus immediately, in a video message at the opening of the World Conference of Cyprus Diaspora, in Nicosia....

Lufthansa ground staff strike for higher pay amid inflation

Lufthansa ground staff strike for higher pay amid inflation

Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa went on strike early Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, and adding to travel disruptions during the busy summer travel season....

Man wracks up felony charges after visit to police

Man wracks up felony charges after visit to police

A foreign national who was called into a Nicosia police station to assist in an ongoing drug investigation in Larnaca ended up on the wanted list, after he was arrested on immigration charges and escaped while being driven to jail...

Cyprus’ church wars over Ukraine quiet down

Cyprus’ church wars over Ukraine quiet down

Cyprus' Tamasos metropolitan bishop Isaiah, a top contender for the archbishopric throne who fell out of favor with Archbishop Chrysostomos, traveled to Istanbul this week with the primate’s blessing, a possible signal that the island’s ugly church split over Ukraine was drawing to a quiet close ahead of possible elections...

EU survey: Bribery still rife in health services

EU survey: Bribery still rife in health services

At least one out of eight people who visited a health service in Greece recently had to make an under-the-table payment, known as a “fakelaki,” or “small envelope,” according to recent data....

Cyprus airports to promote the island's cultural heritage and traditions

Cyprus airports to promote the island's cultural heritage and traditions

The Deputy Ministry of Culture along with the management of the Larnaka and Pafos Airports have banded together to promote the cultural heritage and traditions of Cyprus....

Europe agrees to compromise deal on gas rations as Russia squeezes supply

Europe agrees to compromise deal on gas rations as Russia squeezes supply

European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of Ukraine....

Why heat waves are increasingly hitting Europe

Why heat waves are increasingly hitting Europe

Record high temperatures in many Western European countries, with record highs in Britain, France, Germany and elsewhere, as well as persistent prolonged heat in the Iberian Peninsula, are the culmination of a long upward trend in Europe's summer temperatures this year....

Depression unlikely caused by chemical imbalance in the brain

Depression unlikely caused by chemical imbalance in the brain

A recent review study is pushing back against long-held views in medicine that depression is caused by a serotonin imbalance in the brain....

Cyprus heating up - New yellow warning for Tuesday

Cyprus heating up - New yellow warning for Tuesday

A yellow warning was issued on Monday afternoon by the Department of Meteorology for Tuesday....

US government getting serious about UFO's

US government getting serious about UFO's

The Pentagon will soon open an office focused exclusively on investigating UFO sightings, according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on July 20....

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