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1621. Ireland contributes 25,000 euros to Committee of Missing Persons

The Republic of Ireland donated 25,000 euros to the Committee on Missing Persons on Novemeber 8th, bringing the country's total contributions to the committee to 375,000 euros since 2006, CMP announced today....

1622. Man of the year awards tonight at 830pm

The annual Man of the Year Awards Ceremony is being held today, November 8, for the 20th year in a row....

1623. Another gun emerges in convoluted Azeri case

Police have reportedly found a third gun in connection with a thwarted alleged plot against Israeli businessmen in Cyprus, while the prime suspect’s lawyer is resorting to the Constitution and crying foul over consecutive remand renewal tactics against his client...

1624. 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....

1625. COVID vaccine in a patch

1626. Police looking for suspected human smuggler

Police in Cyprus believe that a wanted man in Larnaca is involved in a human smuggling network, following the arrests of his wife and others last week near the buffer zone...

1627. Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year

Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died....

1628. Legal doubts over detentions in Cyprus’ Azeri case

The legality of arrests of four Pakistani men, who were identified by Cyprus police as suspects based on phone records in connection with an alleged plot against Israelis, will be reexamined after the Supreme Court ruled that a law allowing indiscriminate data retention on all citizens violated European human rights...

1629. Council of Europe: Government in Cyprus ‘too centralized’

Cyprus remains a “very centralized country”, according to a report from the Associated Press. ...

1630. United States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender marker

The United States has issued its first gender neutral passport with an 'X' designated under the gender category, making it one of just over a dozen countries to identify intersex individuals....

1631. Supreme Court slams unwarranted access to phone data

The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has found that a law allowing indiscriminate phone data retention for police purposes violates EU rights to privacy, with experts describing the decision as a major upset in ongoing criminal cases built on private information...

1632. 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...

1633. The cost of Erdogan’s behavior

Driven by arrogance and his neo-Ottoman ambitions, Recep Tayyip Erdogan behaves as if Turkey is some sort of unbound superpower which is immune to criticism...

1634. New measures to attract new businesses and property purchases

The day before yesterday, YPOIK announced a new support package aimed at attracting foreign companies to operate in Cyprus....

1635. New types of COVID vaccines and alternative therapies

It's only a matter of time before Cyprus finalizes orders of new COVID vaccines and therapies. ...

1636. Cyprus airs migration grievances at divided Europe

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris wants strong EU awareness on external borders to be shown in Cyprus as well, in remarks he made near the buffer zone on Sunday, just two days after the European Commission president signaled there would be no funding for barbed wire and walls...

1637. 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...

1638. Mistrust results in a rise in COVID cases in Eastern Europe

Latvia imposed a new lockdown on Thursday, with hospitals in Bulgaria and Romania struggling to cope with an increase in patients with covid-19, while Poland is selling extra doses of vaccine....

1639. Cyprus aims for Mars with X-Ray rock dating instrument

Cyprus aims to join the global space exploration drive by developing a compact, X-Ray instrument capable of dating Martian soil and rock samples...

1640. Social media enabling destruction of democracy

“It’s the enabler of the destruction of democracy. It’s the enabler of the destruction of the facts,” says the Filipino Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa...

1641. 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....

1642. Confession app highlights how AI could render white collar jobs obsolete

Technology is an integral part of the daily life of many people, both personally and professionally....

1643. EU issues yet another damning report on Turkey

An EU enlargement report calls on Turkey to tone down actions and threats against member states including the Republic of Cyprus, while Ankara accuses the European Commission of adopting Greek and Greek Cypriot biases...

1644. '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,...

1645. 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". ...

1646. NGO says refugee woman misled by agents

A pro-migrant group in Cyprus is accusing officials of using dubious methods to pressure a Syrian woman refugee to withdraw her asylum application, including hiding a recent development that could reunite her family on the island more quickly...

1647. 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. ...

1648. Medochemie: Timeless Sponsor of World Heart Day Awareness campaign

For yet another year, Medochemie was the main sponsor of the Pancyprian Awareness Campaign for World Heard day....

1649. US Embassy requests proposals for counter-trafficking programs

Worldwide, more than 25 million victims of human trafficking are enslaved for the commercial gain of others....

1650. Turkey asks US to buy 40 F-16 jets to upgrade Air Force, sources say

Turkey has made a request to the US to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes,...