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Divided Cyprus marks Tillyria bombing

Divided Cyprus marks Tillyria bombing

Dozens of buses in Cyprus have crossed into an abandoned fishing village where Turkish Cypriots go every year to commemorate Turkish bombing of Tillyria, an event in 1964 remembered by Greek Cypriots as a failure to crush a rebellion against law and order during intercommunal violence...

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Cyprus scores monkeypox jabs ahead of schedule

Cyprus scores monkeypox jabs ahead of schedule

A handful of close contacts in the Republic of Cyprus were cleared for an urgent monkeypox jab on Sunday after vaccines arrived ahead of schedule, but the country providing the vaccines was not named as doctors in the European Union have been turning people away due to a serious shortage...

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Cyprus detects two more cases of monkeypox

Cyprus detects two more cases of monkeypox

Two more cases of monkeypox have been detected in the Republic of Cyprus, bringing the total of known infected patients to three males who all traveled abroad...

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Realtor employee suffocates under pile of dirt

Realtor employee suffocates under pile of dirt

A land subdivision employee lost his life under a pile of dirt on Friday in Nicosia district, when he fell into a hole after soil suddenly collapsed...

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Defendant in assault video says trial not fair

Defendant in assault video says trial not fair

A man accused of assaulting a black woman holding a baby in Larnaca is asking for a mistrial, with his lawyer saying media pundits and state officials violated his client’s right to a fair trial...

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Grief over fire at Istanbul’s Balikli Greek Hospital

Grief over fire at Istanbul’s Balikli Greek Hospital

A fire broke out on the roof of Istanbul’s Balikli Greek Hospital on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 patients and staff...

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SBA judge faces dilemma in fake cocaine case

SBA judge faces dilemma in fake cocaine case

The attorneys of two men, who were arrested in Akrotiri in connection with a cocaine shipment investigation, are asking the SBA judge not to hand over their clients to the drug squad of the Republic of Cyprus, arguing their arrestable offenses were committed on British Base soil and had nothing to do with drugs...

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Fuel a whopping 60% more expensive in 2022

Fuel a whopping 60% more expensive in 2022

Cyprus Minister of Health, Michalis Hadjipantela, is in contact with his counterparts in neighboring countries, asking them to supply Cyprus with vaccines for monkeypox, the Minister's Communications Advisοr Konstantinos Athanasiou told CNA....

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49 year old man extorted out of over 40,000 euros

49 year old man extorted out of over 40,000 euros

Police on Thursday urged members of the public to be vigilant with regard to their online transactions after a 49-year-old man reported he was scammed out of over €40,000 after receiving advice on social media from a person he did not know on how to invest in cryptocurrency....

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Tourist traffic in Cyprus at 75% of 2019, says Deputy Minister of Tourism

Tourist traffic in Cyprus at 75% of 2019, says Deputy Minister of Tourism

Tourist traffic in Cyprus, so far, has reached 75% of 2019, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Thursday, adding that many more tourists from other markets such as Germany, Switzerland, France and Greece choose Cyprus as their destination....

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Rainwater everywhere contains unsafe levels of 'forever chemicals'

Rainwater everywhere contains unsafe levels of 'forever chemicals'

Rainwater everywhere on Earth has been found to contain dangerous levels of man-made 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer and other illnesses, a study has found....

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EC promoting bi-communal solar energy power plant

EC promoting bi-communal solar energy power plant

The European Commission has been promoting the idea of creating a bi-communal solar power plant that would “contribute to the energy needs of both communities”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview with the Cyprus News Agency....

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Death no longer as it seems after scientists 'revive' dead pigs

Death no longer as it seems after scientists 'revive' dead pigs

Scientists announced Wednesday they have restored blood flow and cell function throughout the bodies of pigs that were dead for an hour, in a breakthrough experts say could mean we need to update the definition of death itself....

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Black student in Cyprus inspired after racial attack

Black student in Cyprus inspired after racial attack

An international student in the Republic of Cyprus says he wants to “change the world for the better” after he was battered by an intoxicated man in Limassol during a racially-charged attack last month...

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July unemployment down 25% compared to same period in 2021

July unemployment down 25% compared to same period in 2021

Unemployment in Cyprus decreased by 25.4% in July 2022, compared to the same month of 2021. According to data published by the Statistical Service on Wednesday, the unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of July 2022, reached 14,145 persons, down from 18,950 registered in July 2021....

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China retaliates with military drills off Taiwan's coast after Pelosi visit

China retaliates with military drills off Taiwan's coast after Pelosi visit

China kicked off its biggest-ever military exercises in the seas around Taiwan following US politician Nancy Pelosi's visit....

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Cyprus Police accused of ‘cooking up’ witnesses

Cyprus Police accused of ‘cooking up’ witnesses

A lawyer for a man acquitted in a drug trafficking case is calling on authorities to investigate evidence that emerged during his trial, citing unreliable witnesses getting cozy with police and violations of jailhouse protocol including late night birthday parties and consumption of illegal delicacies...

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EC to fund migration infrastructure in Cyprus

EC to fund migration infrastructure in Cyprus

The European Commission has announced it will be funding new projects to support the reception, asylum process and repatriation of migrants in Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Poland....

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Cyprus scrambles after monkeypox patient’s mom speaks out

Cyprus scrambles after monkeypox patient’s mom speaks out

Health ministry officials in the Republic of Cyprus are trying to get their hands on a monkeypox vaccine, after a woman whose infected son was hospitalized told state television there were no drugs for treatment...

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Images of loss and abandonment at the Kyrenia Cemetary

Images of loss and abandonment at the Kyrenia Cemetary

In the center of the city of Kyrenia on the former Gladstonos Avenue, today Iskenderun Caddesi, is the Hellenic Cemetery, a place intended for the eternal rest of Kyrenians who passed away; now it is left to the mercy of the ravages of time and people....

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Ukraine's first grain export is a fraction of what it needs to sell

Ukraine's first grain export is a fraction of what it needs to sell

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the importance of the first grain export shipment from his country since Russia invaded, saying it was carrying a fraction of the crop Kyiv must sell to help salvage its shattered economy....

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Three scenarios for Turkish provocations in the East Med

Three scenarios for Turkish provocations in the East Med

Preparations are done and the Turkish drilling rig Abdul Hamid Khan is ready to sail to its destination, according to informed sources, but the location is yet to be announced. ...

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This year's summer isn't hotter than previous years, according to met officer

This year's summer isn't hotter than previous years, according to met officer

This year's summer is not hotter compared with previous ones, Senior Meteorological Officer, Michalis Mouskos told CNA on Wednesday....

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Monkeypox: 40 year old in good condition

Monkeypox: 40 year old in good condition

The 40-year-old who was diagnosed with monkeypox is in good condition, according to an official announcement made by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday afternoon....

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Two arrested over fake cocaine planted by police

Two arrested over fake cocaine planted by police

SBA Police are investigating a cocaine shipment from Greece to Cyprus after two men under surveillance were arrested while trying to retrieve drugs that turned out to be fake cocaine planted by cops in Athens during a ship container inspection...

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Turkish defense minister says Republic of Cyprus 'obsessed with status quo'

Turkish defense minister says Republic of Cyprus 'obsessed with status quo'

Turkey's Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, attended a reception for the “Day of the Armed Forces” of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus yesterday August 2nd....

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China's Ambassador to Cyprus condemns Pelosi's Taiwan visit

China's Ambassador to Cyprus condemns Pelosi's Taiwan visit

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to China’s Taiwan region is a gross interference in China’s internal affairs, a major event upgrading the substantive relations between the US and Taiwan, and sends a very wrong signal to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces, says the Spokesperson of the Embassy of China in Cyprus, in a written statement....

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EU rules on work-life balance officially enforced from August 2nd

EU rules on work-life balance officially enforced from August 2nd

As of August 2nd, all European Union Member States will have to apply the EU-wide rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers that were adopted in 2019....

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Cypriot minister lashes out at ‘populist’ lawmakers

Cypriot minister lashes out at ‘populist’ lawmakers

Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides lashed out at lawmakers on Tuesday warning against “dangerous and unrestrained populism” after members snubbed a presidential veto on three crucial pieces of legislation...

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Russian dissident in Cyprus cries foul over poster

Russian dissident in Cyprus cries foul over poster

An anti-Putin activist in Cyprus believes Russians were probably behind a publicity stunt in Limassol over the weekend, when a poster in public view portrayed him and eight others in what was described as a threat against antiwar Russian dissidents...

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