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Union crowd turns violent over strikebreaker bus driver

Union crowd turns violent over strikebreaker bus driver

A crowd of bus company workers on strike in Nicosia became aggressive after a march on Wednesday, with police officers unable to clear way for a driver who broke ranks and attempted to get back to work...

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Op-ed: 'Putin’s war threatens millions with hunger'

Op-ed: 'Putin’s war threatens millions with hunger'

Russia’s army is attempting to starve the people of Mariupol into submission in an act of barbarity that almost certainly constitutes a war crime. But the knock-on effects of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine threaten hunger, even starvation, for millions of people beyond the immediate theatre of war....

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Cyprus welcomes the adoption of EU Strategic Compass

Cyprus welcomes the adoption of EU Strategic Compass

Cyprus welcomed the adoption of the EU Security and Defense Compass Strategy....

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Putin spokesman not ruling out use of nuclear weapons

Putin spokesman not ruling out use of nuclear weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons....

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Athens put Kiev and Moscow on notice

Athens put Kiev and Moscow on notice

Athens’ top diplomat says he wants to personally lead a humanitarian mission into Mariupol following a private debriefing he had with the Greek consul general of Ukraine’s besieged city...

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Abramovich superyacht 'Eclipse' docks in Marmaris

Abramovich superyacht 'Eclipse' docks in Marmaris

A second superyacht linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich docked in a Turkish resort on Tuesday and sources familiar with the discussions said he and other wealthy Russians were looking to invest in Turkey given sanctions elsewhere....

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Biden to announce sanctions on hundreds of Russian lawmakers on Thursday

Biden to announce sanctions on hundreds of Russian lawmakers on Thursday

The Biden administration will reportedly sanction hundreds of Russian lawmakers in an extension of current sanctions on the Kremlin over its nearly month-long invasion of Ukraine....

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Tatar: Varosha has become a 'well known brand'

Tatar: Varosha has become a 'well known brand'

Varosha is one of the most valuable areas of the pseudo-state, Ersin Tatar said at a meeting with a delegation from the Varosha Unity and Solidarity Association....

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Some towns in Ukraine don't have more than 3-4 days' worth of food, according to aid agency

Some towns in Ukraine don't have more than 3-4 days' worth of food, according to aid agency

Some towns in Ukraine don’t have more than three or four days’ worth of food, the aid agency Mercy Corps said Tuesday, warning that the humanitarian system in the country “is entirely broken down.”...

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President: Turkey's circumvention of sanctions hugely impacts Cyprus

President: Turkey's circumvention of sanctions hugely impacts Cyprus

The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiadis participated today in a preparatory teleconference convened by the President of the European Council Mr. Charles Michel...

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Dmitry Muratov donates auction proceeds of Nobel medal to Ukrainian refugee fund

Dmitry Muratov donates auction proceeds of Nobel medal to Ukrainian refugee fund

Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, said on Tuesday he would donate his Nobel medal to be auctioned to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees....

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Omicron, cold weather and fatigue causing outbreak in COVID cases

Omicron, cold weather and fatigue causing outbreak in COVID cases

The Omicron sub-variant, weather conditions and growing fatigue are some of the reasons behind the rise in positive cases in Cyprus, says Dr. Zoe-Dorothea Pana, a member of the Advisory Scientific Committee and Lecturer in Paediatrics at the European University of Cyprus....

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Financial assistance of more than 2.5 million euros to affected farmers

Financial assistance of more than 2.5 million euros to affected farmers

Financial assistance in the amount of €2,529,000 will be given to farmers who suffered losses due to damage caused to their crops from adverse weather conditions and other causes, according to an announcement from the government today. ...

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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to another nine years in prison for fraud

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to another nine years in prison for fraud

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security jail, according to Russian state-owned news agency Tass....

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Cabinet: Ukrainian refugees to be issued 'temporary protection card'

Cabinet: Ukrainian refugees to be issued 'temporary protection card'

Proposals by a ministerial Committee on the handling of Ukrainian refugees were adopted by the Cabinet, on Tuesday, which includes the issuance of a "temporary protection card."...

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Fast track procedure for building permits

Fast track procedure for building permits

More than 2,500 building permits have been issued under the new, fast-track procedure since it was implemented in October 2021, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday addressing the 29th General Assembly of the Cyprus Association of Civil Engineers....

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Agriculture Minister: Cyprus faces difficulties in food supply and raw materials

Agriculture Minister: Cyprus faces difficulties in food supply and raw materials

The EU’s Ministers for Agriculture discussed the current situation in the agricultural market as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, during the Agriculture and Fisheries Council which was held in Brussels on Monday....

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Elon Musk's Starlink helping Ukraine's elite drone unit destroy Russian tanks and trucks in the night

Elon Musk's Starlink helping Ukraine's elite drone unit destroy Russian tanks and trucks in the night

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system is helping an elite Ukrainian drone unit destroy Russian weaponry, according to The Times of London....

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Expert says testing blindly a waste of money

Expert says testing blindly a waste of money

A medical expert in Cyprus says wide-ranging rapid tests on the island have been a waste of money, adding he was in favor of targeted testing but only if it was focused on specific populations and criteria...

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Mysterious circumstances surround yesterday's crash of China Eastern Airlines

Mysterious circumstances surround yesterday's crash of China Eastern Airlines

A Chinese Eastern Airlines passenger plane that crashed yesterday in southern China lost 8,800 meters of altitude in a short period of time killing all 132 people on board....

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World baffled as biowar talk in Ukraine builds up

World baffled as biowar talk in Ukraine builds up

Washington and Moscow have been exchanging accusations over possible use of biological weapons in Ukraine, with Russians expecting to reveal 'more ugly facts' about US activities and Americans warning the former Soviets were getting desperate...

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Hellenic acquires 553 million euros worth of Cypriot corporate loans from RCB

Hellenic acquires 553 million euros worth of Cypriot corporate loans from RCB

Hellenic Bank has acquired 553 million euros worth of Cypriot business loans from RCB Bank, increasing its loan portfolio to over 7.2 billion euros....

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Farmers demand solutions to rising prices of grain and animal feed

Farmers demand solutions to rising prices of grain and animal feed

Cypriot farmers staged a protest on Monday (21/3) demanding immediate solutions to the high cost of production and low selling prices of milk and meat....

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Cyprus ready to receive children from Ukraine

Cyprus ready to receive children from Ukraine

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth has prepared an action plan for the reception of children coming to Cyprus from war-torn Ukraine, Minister Prodromos Prodromou told the Parliament on Monday....

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War in Ukraine: Russia's elite allegedly want Putin out, successor in mind

War in Ukraine: Russia's elite allegedly want Putin out, successor in mind

Russian elites are allegedly planning to remove President Vladimir Putin, according to Ukrainian intelligence, with a successor already in mind....

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Abramovich's $600 million 'Solaris' cruising for 8 days off Turkey's coast without destination

Abramovich's $600 million 'Solaris' cruising for 8 days off Turkey's coast without destination

A luxury superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich that has been sailing without a destination for more than a week has updated its status for the first time since leaving port, ship-tracking data shows, suggesting that the vessel has no immediate intention of docking....

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Op-ed: 'Gas to Europe via Greece'

Op-ed: 'Gas to Europe via Greece'

One of the many aspects of the war in Ukraine is the European recognition of the pressing need to become independent from Russia on energy....

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Chinese Boeing 737 plummeted 8,000 meters in three minutes

Chinese Boeing 737 plummeted 8,000 meters in three minutes

A Boeing 737 carrying 132 people that plummeted 30,000ft to the ground and burst into flames in China suffered a catastrophic 'loss of control event', experts have warned....

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Plane crashes in China with 133 passengers onboard (video)

Plane crashes in China with 133 passengers onboard (video)

A Chinese Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 133 people crashed in southwest China, Chinese state television reported. ...

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High quality natural gas found in Block 10 of Cyprus EEZ

High quality natural gas found in Block 10 of Cyprus EEZ

The "Glafkos-2" appraisal well in Block 10 of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus revealed the existence of high-quality natural gas, according to an announcement issued on Monday by the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry....

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