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12 October, 2024
 

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Elderly woman drowns in Limassol

Elderly woman drowns in Limassol

An elderly woman was found dead Thursday morning at a Limassol beach, with reports saying she was spotted unconscious in the water...

EU keeps expanding future vaccine portfolio

EU keeps expanding future vaccine portfolio

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said the European Commission has concluded exploratory talks with CureVac to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19...

Another delivery driver gets jumped

Another delivery driver gets jumped

Another delivery driver was attacked and robbed in Nicosia, with police saying he was flagged down by an unknown person who stood in the middle of the road...

Suspect arrested in college email probe

Suspect arrested in college email probe

Law enforcement authorities have arrested a man in connection with online payment requests made to a number of international students who were registered at a private college in Nicosia...

Bikers plan drive-by rallies against ban

Bikers plan drive-by rallies against ban

Organized bikers are determined to take police to court over a recent ban on motorcycles, saying measures against violators to combat noise pollution in specific areas are unfair to law-abiding citizens who ride motorcycles...

Firemen save kitten from deep well

Firemen save kitten from deep well

The Fire Services department posted a video on social media showing an emergency response team of firemen rescuing a young feline from a deep well in Lefkara...

Mitsotakis spells out message to Turkey

Mitsotakis spells out message to Turkey

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Turkey to “stop the provocations” in the Eastern Mediterranean and return to the negotiating table in order to resolve disagreements regarding the delimitation of maritime zones...

Daily count climbs ahead of new measures

Daily count climbs ahead of new measures

The Republic of Cyprus reported 26 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the grand total to 1385 a day after the highest number of daily tests carried out since the virus outbreak in early March...

After collision, Athens plans next steps

After collision, Athens plans next steps

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Tuesday congratulated the captain of the Greek frigate Limnos that accidentally collided with a Turkish ship during a standoff in the Eastern Mediterranean last week and indicated that Greece is prepared to hold talks with Turkey on the condition that it withdraws its warships and seismic research vessels from the area of the Greek continental shelf...

Commissioner says not involved in biometrics

Commissioner says not involved in biometrics

The Commissioner for personal data in the Republic of Cyprus says her office was not involved in the process of implementing a biometric requirement for Cypriot citizens, citing EU regulations that applied directly in the entire bloc...

Justice minister on board with new drug policy

Justice minister on board with new drug policy

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis says people addicted to drugs and alcohol ought not to be seen as lawbreakers but people who need treatment...

Cyprus open to defining maritime zones

Cyprus open to defining maritime zones

Cyprus said on Tuesday it was willing to engage with all its neighbours on defining maritime boundaries, amid a tense stand-off with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean over jurisdiction in the energy-rich waters...

Nicosia, Athens set tone for Turkey response

Nicosia, Athens set tone for Turkey response

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday that the Cyprus problem remained at the top of his country’s agenda during a visit on the island, with his Cypriot counterpart calling on the European Union to use a carrot-and-stick approach towards Turkey...

Greek defence minister radios Limnos captain

Greek defence minister radios Limnos captain

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos has congratulated the captain of the Greek frigate that was involved in last week's collision with a Turkish ship in the eastern Mediterranean...

Organ donor preference in new driver permits

Organ donor preference in new driver permits

New driver’s permits in the Republic of Cyprus will include organ donor information and other features, including security enhancements, a far cry from current licences printed on a piece of paper...

No charges against speedboat captain

No charges against speedboat captain

The captain of the speedboat that was involved in Sunday’s fatality has been released from custody, with reports saying a fisherman who was killed after being struck by the engine propeller did not use a surface marker buoy...

New measures as clusters appear to be growing

New measures as clusters appear to be growing

Another dozen of new cases of the coronavirus included secondary contacts such as a person who got infected at a party earlier this month, with government agencies coordinating further measures by week’s end...

Greek FM makes impromptu visit to Cyprus

Greek FM makes impromptu visit to Cyprus

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is on a surprise one-day trip to the Republic of Cyprus on Tuesday for talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides...

Couple out on bail in abuse case

Couple out on bail in abuse case

A 52-year-old male police officer and his wife walked free on bail Monday morning, after prosecutors filed a case of sexual abuse of a minor against the couple...

Cyprus starts fingerprinting ID card applicants

Cyprus starts fingerprinting ID card applicants

The Republic of Cyprus has stepped up its fight against document fraud and identity theft by launching new identification cards, which require citizens to submit fingerprints and other biometric data to the government...

Biden in hot water over Turkey comments

Biden in hot water over Turkey comments

US presidential candidate and presumptive nominee for the Democrats, Joe Biden, is in hot water over old comments he made about Turkey’s Erdogan, after a video surfaced just days before the launch of the Democratic National Convention...

Borrell doubles down on Turkey criticism

Borrell doubles down on Turkey criticism

EU High Representative on Foreign Policy Josep Borrell scorned Turkey over the weekend, calling on Ankara to end drilling activities off the island of Cyprus and engage in a broad dialogue with the European Union...

Expert raises Covid-19 alarm for this week

Expert raises Covid-19 alarm for this week

One coronavirus case has been detected at a kindergarten in Nicosia, while there were 21 cases over the weekend in the Republic of Cyprus, with health experts remaining concerned over asymptomatic carriers and protocol violators...

Man killed in propeller boating accident

Man killed in propeller boating accident

A man was killed in an apparent marine accident in Larnaca on Sunday, with reports saying he was out fishing when he was struck by a speedboat...

Rival warnings keep on in the Mediterranean

Rival warnings keep on in the Mediterranean

Rival warnings continued to be issued over waters in the eastern Mediterranean this weekend, after EU ministers reaffirmed the bloc’s solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey saying it would not “bow to banditry”...

Pompeo to meet Turkey's Cavusoglu

Pompeo to meet Turkey's Cavusoglu

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, CNN quoted acting assistant secretary of state Michael Kozak as saying on Friday...

Three youths in custody after bank robbery

Three youths in custody after bank robbery

Three local youths are in police custody following a bank robbery at knifepoint on Friday in broad daylight in Nicosia...

13 new coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus

13 new coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus

Cyprus detected 13 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,318, the Ministry of Health announced....

Cyprus health ministry issues fresh epidemiological data

Cyprus health ministry issues fresh epidemiological data

By August 11, a total of 1,278 coronavirus cases and 27 fatalities were in the Republic of Cyprus, with the case fatality rate standing at 2.1%, according to the Ministry of Health’s National Surveillance Report on coronavirus, published Thursday....

Greek and Turkish warships in 'mini collision,' says defense source

Greek and Turkish warships in 'mini collision,' says defense source

A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mini-collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean, a Greek defense source said, describing it as an "accident."...

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