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06 October, 2024
 

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Cyprus: 42 cases of pediatric cancer recorded each year

Cyprus: 42 cases of pediatric cancer recorded each year

Each year, 42 new cancer cases among children are recorded in Cyprus, while the cure rate of childhood cancer cases ranks the country in the top spot worldwide,...

Cyprus Land Development received 11.1 million from the passport program

Cyprus Land Development received 11.1 million from the passport program

The Cyprus Investment Program, also known as the passport program, brought in €11.17 million for the Cyprus Land Development Corporation between 2019 and 2022....

Government strengthens its stance against gender based violence

Government strengthens its stance against gender based violence

Cyprus is taking another step towards strengthening the framework for effective prevention and battling of violence against women, with the approval by the Cabinet of two important proposals....

Chaos and flight cancellations: A cable caused Lufthansa's system to crash

Chaos and flight cancellations: A cable caused Lufthansa's system to crash

The disruption of Lufthansa's IT system, which resulted in chaos at German airports and flight cancellations and delays for the airline worldwide, appears to have been caused by an excavator damaging a cable during railroad construction....

Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scotland's first minister

Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scotland's first minister

Nicola Sturgeon will stand down as first minister of Scotland, she has announced at a press conference....

NGO calls on Cyprus authorities to implement ban on lead pellets

NGO calls on Cyprus authorities to implement ban on lead pellets

Lead shot ammunition in wetlands is illegal in all 27 EU countries including Cyprus, as well as Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein, BirdLife Cyprus announced and called on local authorities once more to ensure that non-lead pellets are being used in hunting areas that are found close to or within wetlands....

Attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in Deryneia

Attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in Deryneia

Following a mother's complaint, police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in the Famagusta District....

A breakthrough in men's birth control

A breakthrough in men's birth control

Researchers revealed on Tuesday (yep, Valentine’s Day) that a birth control pill for men is yielding promising results in the lab. Because of the unique way it would prevent pregnancy, this pill could become the first legit contraception alternative to vasectomies and condoms for men....

Relations between Greece and Turkey turn a 'new page', says Cavusoglu

Relations between Greece and Turkey turn a 'new page', says Cavusoglu

Reflecting the new mood pervading Greek-Turkish relations in the wake of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made reference on Tuesday to a “new page” in relations between Athens and Ankara....

Averof to Christodoulides: 'You can rely on DISY'

Averof to Christodoulides: 'You can rely on DISY'

The meeting between President-elect Nicos Christodoulides and DISY President Averof Neophytou was described as "excellent" by President-elect Nicos Christodoulides....

Cabinet approves €0.5 million in aid to Turkey for Syria

Cabinet approves €0.5 million in aid to Turkey for Syria

At the start of today's session, the Council of Ministers observed a one-minute silence in memory of the victims of the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria....

Cops question mom who ordered BB gun for son

Cops question mom who ordered BB gun for son

A woman in Paphos who ordered a BB gun for her teenage son has been questioned by police, after customs officers suspected a package that arrived from overseas contained what appeared to be a prohibited weapon...

Protection granted to Ukrainian nationals extended for another year

Protection granted to Ukrainian nationals extended for another year

The right to temporary protection granted to Ukrainian nationals in Cyprus is automatically extended for a year, the Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday....

Isolated showers and snow in parts of Cyprus

Isolated showers and snow in parts of Cyprus

Today's weather will be mostly clear, with some clouds in the west and along the northern coast, but clouds will gradually increase, especially in the mountains and in the western and southern Troodos, where isolated light showers may occur....

Cypriot minister upset after illegal dump incident

Cypriot minister upset after illegal dump incident

Environmental inspectors who went to an illegal dump in Limassol to probe allegations of waste management irregularities ended up fearing for their lives, prompting the environment minister to admit the state has been unable to deal with lawlessness...

Companies laying off employees to hire new ones at lower salaries

Companies laying off employees to hire new ones at lower salaries

Keri and other recruiters say that candidate offers are now much lower and look more like those from 2019 — before the pandemic kicked off the Great Resignation, before Big Tech went on a hiring spree, and before anyone had heard of "quiet quitting."...

Objects shot down by US are not of alien origin, says George Danos

Objects shot down by US are not of alien origin, says George Danos

President of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) George Danos told CNA that he highly doubts that the objects shot down recently by the US army are of extraterrestrial origin....

Frost in the mountains - When are the rains coming?

Frost in the mountains - When are the rains coming?

Today's weather will be mostly clear, with some locally increasing clouds. Winds will be mostly northeasterly, ranging from light to moderate 3 to 4 Beaufort, with gusts up to 5 Beaufort on the offshore winds. ...

Turkish daily Hurriyet's front page: 'Efharisto poli file'

Turkish daily Hurriyet's front page: 'Efharisto poli file'

Kathimerini and SKAI correspondent, Manolis Kostidis, reports that the earthquake victims are grateful to the Greeks for the assistance provided through the EMAK, while anger at the Turkish government is at an all-time high....

Nuland and Blinken congratulated Christodoulides on Twitter

Nuland and Blinken congratulated Christodoulides on Twitter

US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, known for her handling of the Cyprus issue on behalf of the State Department, congratulated the new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, in a tweet quoting the corresponding congratulatory message from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken....

Rescuers work through night as hopes fade for survivors

Rescuers work through night as hopes fade for survivors

Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday...

Cypriot president-elect wants to prop EU role in peace talks

Cypriot president-elect wants to prop EU role in peace talks

Cypriot President-elect Nikos Christodoulides says he will push for a more active and greater EU involvement in the Cyprus Problem, with calls on Brussels next month to stick to a UN framework on the divided island...

Five foreign policy challenges for the new President

Five foreign policy challenges for the new President

The eighth President of the Republic of Cyprus takes over, as of March 1, exactly where his predecessor, Nicos Anastasiades, left off: That is, at a critical international juncture, due to the war in Ukraine, and just before the crucial elections in Turkey and Greece ...

Cypriot town buries school team after earthquake

Cypriot town buries school team after earthquake

The last of 39 people killed in last week’s earthquake in Turkey were buried in the northern part of Cyprus on Sunday...

February Newsletter of K. Treppides & Co Ltd: CySEC

February Newsletter of K. Treppides & Co Ltd: CySEC

A new issue is out from the newsletter by K. Treppides & Co Ltd, a leader in the field of auditing and accounting services with offices in three countries....

The ten-day stretch that ended DISY's crisis

The ten-day stretch that ended DISY's crisis

When Averof Neophytou's disqualification from the second round was locked in on Sunday night, he made sure to call his two rival candidates in time to congratulate them on their victory. ...

International reaction to Christodoulides' election

International reaction to Christodoulides' election

Reports on the results of the presidential election in Cyprus are dominated by what will happen the following day in Cyprus and the surrounding area. ...

Miracle rescues continue in quake-stricken Turkey

Miracle rescues continue in quake-stricken Turkey

Rescuers have pulled a seven-month-old baby from the rubble of a building in Hatay, southern Turkey, 139 hours after Monday's deadly earthquake...

Woman in Paphos arrested after refusing search

Woman in Paphos arrested after refusing search

A woman in Paphos who was arrested for refusing a random search over the weekend is now facing sex solicitation charges...

Turkey orders arrests over collapsed buildings in earthquake

Turkey orders arrests over collapsed buildings in earthquake

Turkey vowed on Sunday to investigate thoroughly anyone suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in the country's devastating earthquakes nearly one week ago and has already ordered the detention of 113 suspects...

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