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781. It's raining money, hallelujah!

Whoever said it never rains in Southern California didn't expect a shower of money to rain down on a California highway....

782. Reduction of electricity VAT from 19% to 9%

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday that the Government has notified the EU’s VAT Committee over its intention to reduce VAT on household electricity bills from 19% to 9%...

783. 'Time is not on the side of a solution'

While giving her perspective on the current challenges and opportunities in the Cyprus issue, Elizabeth Spehar warned of the passing of too much time and that "the more time passes, the greater the possibility that the divide will be entrenched". ...

784. Turkish Vice President: Insists on a two-state solution and threatens the EEZ

785. Anastasiadis intervenes in the conference on Libya with messages to Turkey

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis participated today in the Paris International Conference on Libya, following an invitation from the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emanuel Macron....

786. Minutes shed light on Turkish intransigence at Crans-Montana Cyprus talks

The official minutes of a meeting between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on July 6, 2017,...

787. Cyprus grabs a seat at the Libya conference table

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has a seat waiting for him at the Libya conference in Paris on Friday, the first time ever for the east Mediterranean island to officially state its views on the war-torn country proxied by power struggles in the region...

788. Greek PM defends migration policy in heated exchange with journalist (video)

Mitsotakis, whose center-right New Democracy party came to power in 2019, defended his government’s migration policy, calling it “tough but fair”, and said Greece was rescuing hundreds of people at sea since 2015 when it was on the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis....

789. Cyprus is expected to be more affected by climate change in the coming decades

Cyprus is expected to be much more affected by climate change in the coming decades, said today the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis,...

790. The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative

The Department of Digital Innovation and the Institute For the Future (IFF) of the University of Nicosia (UNIC) are happy to announce the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative, a new comprehensive initiative focused on the academic, research and policy issues relating to the metaverse, with a particular emphasis on open public systems and standards....

791. Over 500 million euros from Cyprus by 2026

In a speech to world leaders today at COP26, President Anastasiades said that Cyprus seeks to strengthen regional cooperation through coordinated synergies and exchange of best practices...

792. Erdogan: Turkey to snub Libya conference if Greece, Cyprus or Israel participate

Turkey will not attend an international conference on Libya in Paris on November 12 if Greece, Israel or Cyprus are invited, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, according to Turkish media....

793. President Anastasiades attends COP26

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, along with 130 world leaders, is attending the COP26 climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland....

794. Cypriot banks to reduce costs

The President of the European Banking Authority speaks to "K"...

795. Facebook company changes name to Meta

Facebook Inc is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on building the "metaverse," a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet...

796. WWF documentary ‘Blue Future’ to premiere on Sunday

The world premiere this Sunday of “Blue Future,” a documentary by the World Wildlife Fund, will coincide with the start of the crucial United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26)....

797. Cyprus dips toe into euthanasia debate

Euthanasia in the Republic of Cyprus is forbidden by law but two women in parliament are more than ready to discuss the taboo of painless killing, a practice viewed by the Church as suicide or even murder...

798. The mysterious world of the 'metaverse'

Last Sunday, Facebook announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs in the European Union over the next five years to build products that will serve the metaverse...

799. Limbo in a blue tent: African asylum-seekers stuck on Cyprus

It seems a strange place to pitch a tent. Plump in the middle of the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that has divided Cyprus along ethnic lines since 1974,...

800. One quarter of the population on the verge of poverty

According to a statement by Cypriot Network Against Poverty, 24% of the population of Cyprus is on the verge of poverty, which means 200 citizens will soon cross the poverty line....

801. 'The Day After' - Digital Agenda Cyprus starts tomorrow

Technology has always had a big impact on our lives. It is the driving force behind modernization and efficiency. And nowhere has it been the most prevalent than during the pandemic,...

802. Tatar speaks to Kathimerini: No ground for starting talks

A year after he became the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Ersin Tatar gives a full interview to "K". ...

803. The largest tech conference in the region begins Tuesday in Cyprus

Speakers from around the world are gathering in Nicosia for the largest tech event in the region. ...

804. ‘A Dark Room’: excerpts from Alexis Papachelas’ forthcoming book

“The nut, he went and did what we didn’t,” said Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos the morning of July 15, 1974 after he found out that Dimitris Ioannidis, the junta’s military police chief, had orchestrated a coup to overthrow Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios....

805. Man shoots people with bow and arrow in Norway

A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others on Wednesday in Kongsberg, southwestern Norway, before being arrested....

806. Thousands of property assets in Greece are up for auction

The Greek property market is about to welcome a host of new offerings as the companies that manage loans secured on properties either for banks or the funds that have acquired them are resuming online auctions in large numbers....

807. Winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia, both journalists by profession, are the winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize....

808. Explosive report shows thousands of paedophiles active in the French Catholic church since 1950

An independent commission investigating child sexual abuse in the French Catholic church, headed by Jean-Marc Sauve, submitted their findings today to the president of the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF)....

809. EY presents the 17th CFO Management Forum and the CFO Awards 2021

EY has proudly sponsored the 17th CFO Management Forum and 5th CFO Awards, which were held on Tuesday, September 28th at the Nicosia Hilton....

810. 3,000 barrel oil spill off the coast of Southern California

A large oil spill off southern California has left behind dead fish, contaminated wetlands and birds stuck in the oil, with local officials talking about an environmental disaster....