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4411. Fears that Erdogan is controlling migrant flows to raise pressure

Tensions have peaked in the Aegean in recent weeks with a spike in Turkish violations of Greek airspace and disputes at sea...

4412. Putin hopes chemical watchdog meeting can end Skripal row

At Moscow’s request, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will hold a special session on the Salisbury poisoning...

4413. Turkey will get Russian S-400 missiles next year

The deal worth some $2.5 billion has worried the West because the system cannot be integrated into NATO’s military architecture...

4414. Greek community of Alexandria to return for ceremony

The event will be attended by President Nicos Anastasiades, President of Egypt Abdel Fatah al Sisi and President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos...

4415.  MEPs will get sense of urgency on missing persons

So far 856 missing persons from both communities have been identified and returned to the families for a dignified burial...

4416. Migrant caravan heading to US puts Mexico in tough spot

So far the Mexican federal government has provided little guidance on how to handle the migrants...

4417. Cypriot jihadist does not expect fair trial

Two members of the “Beatles of ISIS” squad, one of them of Cypriot origin, say they don’t expect to get a fair trial after being stripped of their British citizenship. ...

4418. A majority of young Cypriots work weekends

Recession-hit Greece had the highest figure with almost half of young employed Greeks (47%) reported working on weekends...

4419. Only 5% of Cypriots train to improve their hobbies

Training related to hobbies includes non-formal learning activities, which improve knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal or social reasons...

4420. China hammers US goods with tariffs

Eight other products, including pork and scrap aluminium, will now be subject to additional tariffs of 25 percent...

4421. Netanyahu calls Erdogan an occupier of Cyprus

4422. Cypriot leaders agree to informal meeting

It will be the first time Anastasiades and Akinci have met since the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland...

4423. Nine Conservatives demand vote on Britain leaving EU customs union

The changes drawn up include one giving parliament a vote on staying in a customs union “which is almost certain to pass”...

4424. Organ donation in Cyprus among lowest in EU

According to a survey, only 32% knew that relatives of the deceased need to give their consent for an organ to be transplanted...

4425. On the European Path

Turkey might push things to the extremes because it has entered a phase of instability...

4426. Famagusta mayor pushing for return of town

Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos receives reassurances by MEP Kati Piri that a call for the return of the town will be part of her annual report, due out later this year....

4427. Cabbies call off strike at Larnaca airport

The taxi drivers strike at Larnaca airport is being suspended hours after it was launched, following an attack incident and an invitation by the transport minister to meet representatives Thursday afternoon. ...

4428. Cyprus has fourth lowest fertility rate in the EU

The highest shares of births of a first child to teenage mothers were recorded in Romania (14.2%)...

4429. Cabbies block one lane at LCA

Police are making their presence known outside the Larnaca airport, where taxi drivers are currently on an open-ended strike to demonstrate what they see as “unfair treatment and indifference” by the Transport Department....

4430. Russian spy poisoned by nerve agent outside home

Russia has denied any involvement in the attack and has said it suspects the British secret services of using the Novichok nerve agent...

4431. Dust clears as cranky weather sets in

Rain and cooler weather are speeding up the departure of dust over Cyprus, after what has been a week of high concentration of particles and a lot of confusion among officials and members of the public. ...

4432. Taxi drivers to strike at Larnaca airport

4433. China says North Korea committed to denuclearization

North Korea is willing to talk with the United States and hold a summit between the two countries...

4434. Some 68% of young unemployed Cypriots are unwilling to move for a job

Out of the employed population, aged 20-34, in Cyprus in 2016, 87% did not move at all to get a job...

4435. Cyprus and Turkey before the Grand Chamber

An unsolved murder case is going before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, with Cyprus and Turkey being accused of refusing to cooperate to solve the crime, despite both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots carrying out separate investigations. ...

4436. US gifts customs equipment to Cyprus

The US donates detection equipment to the Cyprus Customs Department in a move described as helping combat illicit trade, especially narcotics, and illegal weapons transfer....

4437. Ayia Napa moves ahead with golf course

The construction of a golf course in Ayia Napa is moving ahead, trying to raise the profile of a resort town desperately trying to rebrand its tourist product. ...

4438. Ankara told to improve relations with Cyprus

European Council President Donald Tusk expressed concerns about Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean...

4439. Nicosia will not follow EU and expel Russians

Cyprus is among the 14 EU countries that will not take such measures...

4440. EU membership remains strategic goal for Ankara

The EU largely depends on Turkey to curtail the flow of migrants into Europe...