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08 October, 2024
 

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Ukrainian cargo plane goes down in Greece

Ukrainian cargo plane goes down in Greece

A cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company crashed in northern Greece on Saturday, with reports saying locals have been ordered to stay away from the site due to unknown dangerous materials with a 'peculiar odor'...

Cost of basic consumer goods continues to rise

Cost of basic consumer goods continues to rise

Prices of the vast majority of basic consumer goods continued their steady rise. Between June 8 to July 13, the largest increase was recorded in Vegetables (greenhouse cucumbers) reaching 52.2%, ...

Four individuals charged with conspiracy in Al Jazeera expose

Four individuals charged with conspiracy in Al Jazeera expose

Four individuals have been charged with conspiracy and will appear before a criminal court in September for their role in granting citizenship to foreign investors who didn't quite meet the criteria....

President Anastasiades pays tribute to those who died in 1974 coup

President Anastasiades pays tribute to those who died in 1974 coup

Cyprus on Friday paid tribute to those who lost their lives defending freedom and democracy on the occasion of the 15-July 1974 coup d’ etat which paved the way for the Turkish invasion five days later. ...

Turkey’s map and Greece’s vindication

Turkey’s map and Greece’s vindication

The displaying of a map showing many Greek islands, including Crete, as Turkish, by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ally Devlet Bahceli, is obviously a particularly provocative action that angers Greece. In the battle of public relations, however, it strengthens its position....

Assailant in Larnaca video denies charges

Assailant in Larnaca video denies charges

A local man caught on video verbally and physically assaulting an asylum seeker who was holding her baby has been remanded in custody, but his lawyer says he was the one who called police in the first place...

US House passes bill restricting F-16 sales to Turkey

US House passes bill restricting F-16 sales to Turkey

The US House has approved an amendment for blocking F-16 sales to Turkey....

Over 15,000 covid cases recorded in the past week

Over 15,000 covid cases recorded in the past week

Cyprus Health Ministry announced on Friday that seven COVID-19 patients, four men and three women, died from 8 to 14 July while 15,386 new cases were traced....

No entry fee for 12 museums to promote Cyprus' cultural heritage

No entry fee for 12 museums to promote Cyprus' cultural heritage

The Cyprus Parliament has approved amendments providing free entrance to 12 museums under the jurisdiction of the Antiquities Department. In addition, nine ancient monuments have been approved for use as sites for events and civil wedding ceremonies....

Foreclosures suspended until the end of October 2022

Foreclosures suspended until the end of October 2022

The Cyprus Parliament on Thursday passed a bill suspending foreclosures until the end of October,...

Cabinet appointment signals GESY wars not over

Cabinet appointment signals GESY wars not over

All hell broke loose this week in the health sector of the Republic of Cyprus, after a heart doctor not liked by unions was given a seat on the board of the Health Insurance Organization, signaling core debates about whether the state should stick to uniform rules or expand its single-payer philosophy...

Morning sirens mark 1974 coup in Cyprus

Morning sirens mark 1974 coup in Cyprus

Emergency sirens sounded on the island of Cyprus on Wednesday morning, as Greek Cypriots mark the anniversary of the military coup of 1974...

Stella Kyriakides visits Ukraine in bid to provide EU health support

Stella Kyriakides visits Ukraine in bid to provide EU health support

EU Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, visited Ukraine today as part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to provide support in the area of health....

'Feta' can only be Greek

'Feta' can only be Greek

Greece has scored a win in its long fight to protect its right to the term “feta” after Europe’s top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union....

New measures announced today to mitigate spread of covid

New measures announced today to mitigate spread of covid

The cabinet has announced new measures in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19....

Ever wonder what it smelled like in the Golden Age or the stench of the Industrial Age?

Ever wonder what it smelled like in the Golden Age or the stench of the Industrial Age?

Sometimes, the most powerful jolt of nostalgia one can feel is that which comes after picking up the scent of something iconic of one’s childhood....

Majority of Cypriots believe corruption is rampant in the country

Majority of Cypriots believe corruption is rampant in the country

A total of 94% of respondents in a special Eurobarometer published by the European Commission on Wednesday believe that the problem of corruption is widespread in the country....

Menendez: Turkey unwilling to resolve issues before F-16 purchase

Menendez: Turkey unwilling to resolve issues before F-16 purchase

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Robert Menendez, has raised a number of issues that need to be addressed in order for Turkey to purchase F-16 aircraft from the US....

 The top worst airports to transit through this month

The top worst airports to transit through this month

With the removal of Coronavirus travel restrictions, air travel to, from and throughout Europe is slowly returning to normality, with the European Travel Commission (ETC) predicting that 70 percent of the pre-pandemic travel in the continent will recover this year....

Slashed tires slow down finance minister

Slashed tires slow down finance minister

The tires of a vehicle belonging to the Cypriot finance minister were slashed over weekend, with police saying they were investigating the incident...

Former senior U.S. official admits to planning attempted foreign coups

Former senior U.S. official admits to planning attempted foreign coups

John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries....

Video shows mother with baby assaulted in Larnaca

Video shows mother with baby assaulted in Larnaca

Larnaca police are investigating a complaint from a woman who says she was assaulted by a man in broad daylight, with the alleged incident captured on video and posted on social media...

Greece’s Cypriot minister takes on bureaucracy

Greece’s Cypriot minister takes on bureaucracy

After almost one year as Greece’s climate minister, former EU Commissioner and Nicosia native Christos Stylianides says he never expected bureaucracy in Athens to be worse than Brussels...

Midday heat warnings continue in Cyprus

Midday heat warnings continue in Cyprus

A midday yellow warning for extreme high temperatures in Cyprus continues to be in effect on Thursday, as a low pressure system is affecting the island this week...

Cyprus police say they are 'very sensitive' to animal abuse

Cyprus police say they are 'very sensitive' to animal abuse

The Cyprus Police are 'very sensitive' to issues involving abuse and mistreatment of animals, a spokesperson of the force told CNA on Wednesday following a report by an animal welfare organization that a complaint about an animal welfare case fell on deaf ears....

Minister: Ukraine needs assurances to resume grain exports

Minister: Ukraine needs assurances to resume grain exports

The Ukrainian foreign minister says grain exports from his country’s ports won’t resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent nation....

New online platform enhances understanding between both communities

New online platform enhances understanding between both communities

The Cyprus Dialogue Forum (CDF) has announced penna!, a new online portal that aims to enhance knowledge and understanding between the two communities by reflecting the thoughts and concerns of key opinion writers across the island in English, Turkish and Greek....

Construction projects decline as prices soar

Construction projects decline as prices soar

Activity in the construction sector in Cyprus continues its decline in the first quarter of 2022, amid soaring prices, data released on Tuesday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus show....

Scorpions cancel Russia as they rock believers in Cyprus

Scorpions cancel Russia as they rock believers in Cyprus

The Scorpions rocked the stage on Tuesday night in Limassol, where many Russians and Ukrainians made their home away from home, but a wind of change was in the air when the band altered the lyrics to the world’s most famous perestroika song...

ECOMMBX receives the prestigious Ιnvest Cyprus International Investment Award

ECOMMBX receives the prestigious Ιnvest Cyprus International Investment Award

On 1 July 2022, at the 10th Ιnvest Cyprus International Investment Awards ceremony at the Parklane Spa & Resort in Limassol, under the auspices of the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades. ...

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