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1921. Police raid Nicosia race club

Immigration police and state veterinary officials raided Nicosia’s race club on Thursday in a massive sweep operation...

1922. Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys

1923. Bosnian man to be extradited to Belgium

Cyprus police arrested a foreign national on Wednesday as part of a secret international operation against fraud and match-fixing in European football...

1924. With Israel in Washington

1925. Turkey renews threats against Cyprus over gas exploration

1926. Autopsy shows German tourist drowned in Peyia

The death of a 67-year-old German tourist in Peyia earlier this week was caused by drowning, an autopsy showed on Wednesday....

1927. Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to scientists who harnessed the power of evolution

1928. Physics Nobel prize winners include first female laureate in 55 years

1929. President Anastasiades determined for resumption of Cyprus talks

1930. Driver killed in Paralimni collision

A driver was killed Friday afternoon in a road collision in Paralimni, while the driver of the other vehicle suffered multiple injuries...

1931. Macheras forest fire under control

1932. Avramopoulos: Cyprus is not alone on Migration

1933. US warns Moscow is trying to buy off individuals and spread disinformation

1934. Team launches world’s first ocean cleanup system

A first trial of a massive cleanup of plastic in the ocean, an effort that has been in the works for five years, was launched in San Francisco on Saturday...

1935. Bank of Cyprus adds 24300 new retail accounts in August

1936. Trump warns Syria, Russia and Iran not to attack Idlib

1937. Cabinet meets to address teacher crisis

The Cabinet is holding an emergency session Tuesday at noon to discuss the teacher crisis, with a whole host of problems in the backdrop including a slowdown by the unions...

1938. Teachers 'go slow' to show dissent

State teachers in public schools will take industrial action by ‘going slow’ in the first few days back to school, as unions seek a stronger mandate from members by asking them to approve a general strike...

1939. North arrests local man on espionage charges

A Turkish Cypriot has been arrested in the north on espionage charges, with police saying he was taking photos of military installations with the intention of handing them over to a Greek Cypriot contact...

1940. Teacher demo forces eleventh hour debate

The government is contemplating a suggestion that would allow proposed education measures to take hold but only through the end of the calendar year, in exchange of labour peace and talks with the teachers unions...

1941. More Turkish violations of Greek air space

With Greece reeling on Tuesday from the death of a Hellenic Air Force pilot during a training flight, six Turkish fighter jets violated Greek national air space a total of 47 times over the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea....

1942. Air force pilot dies after plane crashes

The captain of a Hellenic Air Force training aircraft who died in a plane crash during a training flight on Tuesday has been named....

1943. Cyprus picks up the pace in search of missing

More exhumations are in the works by the Committee of Missing Persons, starting on Monday on both sides of the island, including areas inside military zones in the north...

1944. President makes final offer to teachers

President Nicos Anastasiades has weighed in on the ongoing debacle between state educators and the government, drawing up a final offer to teachers and expecting an answer before the weekend is out...

1945. Amid aid delays to fire victims, ND leader visits Mati

A month after the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica that claimed the lives of 96 people and destroyed dozens of homes and thousands of hectares of land, the government approved additional aid for victims, as Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis conducted separate visits to Mati, the coastal settlement east of the capital where dozens died....

1946. Remains of seven people identified in Athalassa

The Republic of Cyprus has identified seven bodies that were buried in 1974 and recently unearthed during excavations of human remains at Nicosia’s Athalassa hospital...

1947. Tourist dies during boat outing in Protaras

Authorities are puzzled over the death and identity of a 28-year-old British tourist, who lost consciousness during a boat outing in Konnos bay...

1948. Kids become archaeologists for a day at Ancient Corinth

A colorful and joyful gaggle of 31 kids head down a narrow footpath to an excavation site at Ancient Corinth. They are all carrying backpacks and wearing identical green hats to protect them from the hot sun. ...

1949. Runner’s death caused by heart attack

An autopsy showed that a Nicosia runner, who was vacationing with his family in Paphos, died from acute myocardial infarction Thursday morning...

1950. Runner dies after collapsing in Paphos

A 38-year-old runner from Nicosia, who was vacationing with his family in Chloraka, died Thursday morning near Coral Bay during his morning run...