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1051. Cairo summit underway

A summit held between Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt was taking place Tuesday in Cairo, with President Anastasiades drawing attention to international law amidst challenges posed by Turkish drilling off the island’s southern coast...

1052. Turkish ships disturb Cypriot waters

Nicosia and Athens are calling on Turkey to back off following Ankara’s decision to send more ships off the southern coast of Cyprus...

1053. Yavuz on its way to a new well

Turkey is sending an oil and gas drilling ship to waters off southern Cyprus where Greek Cypriot authorities have already awarded exploration rights to Italian and French companies, according to Turkish statements on Thursday....

1054. UNFICYP makes case for more women peacekeepers

A female lieutenant with UNFICYP says local concerns are consistently heard and addressed with more women peacekeepers on the ground...

1055. President flies back amid criticism

The president of the Republic of Cyprus flew back to Larnaca on Monday following a private plane incident in New York, while political opponents are seeking clarification over his travel arrangements...

1056. Syrian-Cypriot freed from Hungarian prison

A Syrian-born Cypriot who was jailed four years ago in Hungary on terrorism charges has been reunited with his family in Cyprus according to Amnesty International that mounted a campaign for his release...

1057. Trump impeachment inquiry begins

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, accusing him of seeking foreign help to smear Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of next year’s election...

1058. Giuliani implicates Cyprus in Biden claim

President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has implicated Cyprus in Ukrainian money laundering assertions he has made regarding Joe Biden’s son Hunter...

1059. Cypriot FM crashes Turkish FM’s interview

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, had a two-minute exchange with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in front of cameras, highlighting their different approaches to the current peace talks...

1060. Israel's Netanyahu fights for record fifth term

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics. ...

1061. Man charged over Ioli’s death

Australian police have arrested a 34-year-old local man on murder charges in the death of Ioli Hadjilyra, whose body was found in a Brisbane park last week...

1062. Kyriakides up to the task for EU health

Cyprus’ EU Commissioner-designate, Stella Kyriakides, who has been selected as the new EU Health Commissioner, says she is ready for the challenge...

1063. Man being questioned in Ioli’s death

A man is being questioned by Australian police in connection with the death of Ioli Hadjilyra, whose body was found in a Brisbane park last week...

1064. Singer-songwriter Lavrentis Machairitsas dies aged 63

After becoming involved in music at an early age and forming his first band, P.L.J., at the age of 20, Machairitsas started songwriting in his early 30s. Since then he collaborated with most of Greece's top artists including Maria Farantouri, Giorgos Dalaras, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Dimitra Galani, Dimitris Mitropanis, Vassilis Papakonstantinou and Eleftheria Arvanitaki. ...

1065. Leaders to meet

The UN Secretary General's special envoy Jane Holl Lute will hold new meetings on Friday morning with Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, and with the Turkish Cypiot leader, Mustafa Akinci, as efforts continue to formulate the terms of reference, that will pave the way for the resumption of the Cyprus talks. ...

1066. Johnson's brother quits parliament, torn between family loyalty and national interest

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing a conflict between family loyalty and the national interest...

1067. UN caution against hunting in the buffer zone

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus says hunting in the buffer zone is a security risk and strictly prohibited....

1068. Local nun dies after car plunges off cliff

A local nun was killed in a road accident on Wednesday and her biological sister was critically wounded after their vehicle veered off the road and plunged off a cliff in rural Nicosia...

1069. Donmez visits drill ship Yavuz

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez visited on Tuesday the Turkish drill ship Yavuz...

1070. British Airways flights disrupted by IT failures

Problems with British Airways’ IT systems left thousands of passengers facing flight cancellations, delays and long queues at airports in the airline’s third major computer failure in a little more than two years. ...

1071. Trump hits China with more tariffs, sharply escalating trade dispute

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1, sharply escalating a bruising trade war between the world’s largest economies and jolting financial markets. ...

1072. Boris Johnson named British PM

Boris Johnson has been elected as a leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the next prime minister, tasked with following through on his “do or die” pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time....

1073. Anastasiades congratulates new EU boss

President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated Ursula von der Leyen on becoming the European Commission’s next president, narrowly winning election in the European Parliament...

1074. Six killed as severe weather hits Greece

1075. President congratulates new Greek prime minister

President Nicos Anastasiades, who was released from hospital on Sunday evening, tweeted a congratulatory message to center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis who won the elections in Greece...

1076. Marcos Baghdatis bows out

A trailblazing career comes to an end. Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis bows out from professional tennis following his second round defeat to Matteo Berrettini at Wimbledon...

1077. Two women at the top of EU decision making

Under the deal, Ursula von der Leyen, a close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, will replace Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm...

1078. 'No reason to panic' over stray missile

Turkish Cypriot officials confirmed Monday that they believe a part of a Russian-made S200 missile reached Cyprus early morning and caused multiple explosions, while a team of Turkish experts is traveling to the island to conduct tests...

1079. Late night explosion shocks Cyprus

A very loud explosion was heard Sunday night in the north, just after midnight, with authorities scrambling to deal with an ensuing fire and speculation running rampant on social media...

1080. Former President Demetris Christofias dies at 72

Former President Demetris Christofias passed away on Friday, following his hospitalization due to a respiratory illness...