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751. Throwing light on 'A Dark Room'

"For real? Did the Turks leave for Cyprus? " asked the dictator Dimitris Ioannidis while looking puzzled. ...

752. Immigration: Anastasiades' five requests to the EU

"The country is in a state of emergency in terms of migration flows, and there is absolutely no chance of accommodating more migrants,"...

753. Pope's agenda for his scheduled visit to Cyprus announced

Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos briefed the media today on the visit of Pope Francis to Cyprus at the Presidential Palace....

754. The face that became the symbol for refugees around the world

She was a symbol for refugees and her face became one of the most powerful images in recent decades. ...

755. Nightclub video tells story before Manigault attack

Bouncers inside a Nicosia nightclub got physical with Corey Manigault moments before a vicious attack took place outside, with video footage suggesting the incident was fueled after the basketball player was asked to leave following a quarrel he had with his girlfriend who appeared to be tipsy...

756. 35,000 protesters demonstrated against COVID measures in Austria

Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain the country’s skyrocketing coronavirus infections....

757. Cyprus’ giant Noble Peasant in the works

A controversial giant statue proposed to be built on the northern foothills of Kyrenia’s mountain range was back in the headlines on Friday, with a local newspaper saying The Noble Peasant was in the works...

758. Cypriot students demand Turkish troops leave island

Holding banners reading ‘I don’t forget’ and ‘200,000 refugees,’ Cypriot university students demonstrated in the northern port city of Thessaloniki,...

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

760. 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...

761. Mandatory vaccination of NHS workers in England from spring

The British government is expected to announce later in the day that front-line staff of the NHS National Health Service in England will be required to have been vaccinated against coronavirus by April....

762. Tatar puts up new fight for squeaky cheese

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is taking to task European Union decisions on halloumi/hellim, the island’s famous cheese, saying they favor Greek Cypriots and leave their counterparts in the north at the mercy of inspectors approved by the south...

763. Cypriot ‘superminister’ accused of obstructing sea rescues

Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has slammed a report about him calling the shots to hinder sea rescues of refugees, accusing a journalist of pushing an 'extremely dangerous' open doors agenda while the local newspaper is hitting back with a little-known 'embarrassing' incident...

764. Afghanistan: Selling their daughters to avoid starvation

When her husband told her that they would have to sell their two little girls so that their family would not starve to death after being displaced by the drought in western Afghanistan, Fahima "cried a lot"....

765. Trick or treat!

Ghouls and gobblins, spooks galore, scary witches at your door. Jack-O-Lanterns smiling bright, wishing you a haunting night!...

766. 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,...

767. Doubts raised in another suicide case in Cyprus

An investigative TV show is raising questions over the death of a Greek commissioned officer in Cyprus, a case initially treated as suicide but experts believe police glossed over facts that could point to a premeditated crime...

768. YouTuber mafia boss shakes politics in the north

The Turkish Cypriot political landscape has been shaken to the core after an ex-con mafia boss turned YouTube sensation threatened to release videos starring prominent politicians in private sex encounters...

769. 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...

770. Extra 4 weeks maternity leave approved by Cabinet

The Cabinet today approved a bill increasing the period of paid maternity leave from 18 weeks to 22 weeks....

771. Lebanon: Explosions and shootings in Beirut with dead and wounded

At least two large explosions were heard Thursday morning in the Lebanese capital Beirut,...

772. ‘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....

773. Second suspect arrested in alleged plot against Israelis

Cyprus police have arrested another man in connection with an investigation into an alleged assassination plot against Israeli businessmen, while lawyers representing the main suspect say lack of a public hearing is not fair to their client...

774. Drone-spotted firestarter has change of heart

A man in rural Nicosia who tried to burn a patch of reeds over the weekend went back moments later and put the flames out after being chased by drone as he was trying to leave the area...

775. Coronavirus: What are the main symptoms of long Covid?

All citizens, young and old, should be vaccinated, scientists say, as studies show that asymptomatic patients - in the first phase - developed long Covid symptoms after months....

776. Azeri’s defense signals hell of a fight in court

The defense team of an Azeri man in Cyprus, suspected in an alleged plot to assassinate Israelis on the island, has invoked its client’s right to a public trial, arguing it would be unfair to him and the court to allow insinuations of terrorism fueling a media frenzy...

777. Paphos police stand down in missing child scare

Police in Paphos are filing charges against a father following a missing child scare, but sources say he was the one who reported the girl missing after coming back from a trip to the hospital for alcohol-related treatment...

778. Israel stays firm on Iran behind plot in Cyprus

Businessman Teddy Sagi says Cypriot police never warned him to leave, with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisting a thwarted alleged assassination plot was a much larger effort by Iran to kill Israelis in Cyprus and his defense minister backing the claim alluding to intelligence sources...

779. Cyprus holds military parade to mark independence

The Republic of Cyprus celebrated on Friday its independence with a military parade in Nicosia, marking mark 61 years since the island gained sovereignty from the British...

780. Ring in the holiday with good food and live music

The 1st of October is just around the corner and you're surely thinking about how to spend 3 glorious days of vacay. ...