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2641. Case against artist George Gabriel dropped

The Cabinet today authorized the Minister of Education to call on the Attorney General to drop disciplinary proceedings against George Gabriel....

2642. Around 50 people forced their way into the Social Welfare Office

About 50 immigrants forced their way into the Social Welfare Services office in Nicosia this morning....

2643. Cyprus flights increasing but still down by 24% compared to 2019

Flights to and from Cyprus are increasing but still down by 24% compared to 2019...

2644. Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: Is a booster shot necessary?

The New York Times answers questions about J&J booster shots...

2645. President Anastasiades begins official meetings in Bahrain

He arrived yesterday in Manama, the nation’s capital, and was greeted by Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani....

2646. September 11: Twenty years since the day that changed the world

Twenty years have passed since the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York...

2647. Christos Stylianides sworn in as Minister

Greek Cypriot Christos Stylianides was sworn in today as the new Minister for Climate Change in Greece....

2648. Police seized thousands of items believed to be counterfeit

Police and customs officials in Larnaca have confiscated thousands of items believed to be counterfeit....

2649. Shocking details emerge after pushback in Cyprus

More shocking details have emerged about a Syrian refugee’s ordeal in Cyprus, with police saying they were unaware last month they were separating a pregnant woman from her family during a pushback while some members of a House committee told a different story...

2650. Military police track down animal cruelty suspect

A young soldier was picked up by military police on Wednesday morning after local media said he was wanted in connection with the shooting of two dogs a day earlier...

2651. President Anastasiades is ready for a solution

President Nicos Anastasiades, sent a letter last week to UN S.G. Antonio Guterres underlining his readiness for a solution to the Cyprus problem....

2652. Number of jobless persons in Cyprus declines

The number of registered unemployed for August 2021 decreased to 19,669 persons in comparison to 21,613 in the previous month....

2653. EY and IIF survey shows climate change top concern for banks

2654. Are COVID boosters needed?

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are expected to discuss whether boosters will help....

2655. Syrian mom with newborn beats Cyprus pushback

A pregnant woman who reached Cyprus on a refugee boat last month has given birth to a boy, while the rest of her family and other passengers who were pushed back to Lebanon were said to be facing deportation to Syria...

2656. Cypriot experts on board with third dose

The Cypriot government will take a political decision this week on a proposal to start administering third COVID-19 vaccine doses ahead of the flu season in response to the Delta variant threat that emerged sooner than expected during the summer...

2657. Divided Cyprus braces for oil spill from Syria

Cypriot authorities went on alert Tuesday after a fuel oil leak in Syria was proven to be bigger than expected, with local media saying a visible slick had come close to the northeastern tip of the divided island...

2658. Hospitalizations down but deaths still up

There has been a drop in hospitalizations in Cyprus but deaths attributed to Covid-19 were still high, along with post-recovery patients no longer infected but still intubated in state hospitals...

2659. K. Treppides & Co Ltd: Cryptocurrency

If you do a quick search on the internet on how many people have become “Bitcoin Millionaires” you will be inundated with stories of young individuals who invested their pennies some years ago and have now struck it rich. Currently there are over 100,000 accounts that hold US1,000,000 or more in Bitcoin....

2660. Cops up their game in safe pass checks

Police officers in the Republic of Cyprus have been instructed to examine Safe Pass documents more closely if they suspect a document might be fake, while violators could face up to three years in prison...

2661. Chaos as Biden defends withdrawal

Thousands of people desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul's airport on Monday after the Taliban seized the capital, prompting the United States to pause evacuations, as President Joe Biden confronted mounting criticism over the US withdrawal...

2662. Police investigate ‘dirty cop’ threatening messages

Police say they were shocked after two special officers in custody were being accused of launching death threats against their director in Paphos, with local reports saying some of the messages were deeply disturbing...

2663. Taliban says ‘war is over in Afghanistan’

The spokesman for the Taliban's political office on Sunday declared the war was over in Afghanistan and called for peaceful relations with the international community...

2664. Passenger with cigarette gives version of events

A male passenger accused of slapping a female airline employee has filed a complaint with police, saying he was the one struck in the face and not the other way around, adding the incident was misinterpreted by local media...

2665. Rival football violence shakes Limassol

Battlefield scenes of urban warfare erupted in downtown Limassol Thursday evening after football fans from rival teams resorted to violence following an initial encounter that led to full-fledged war...

2666. Geri man shot dead over parking dispute

A young man was fatally wounded and his father injured in a southern suburb of Nicosia on Wednesday, with reports saying a neighbor pulled the trigger following a parking dispute...

2667. Nicosia reacts to new Al Jazeera video

Nicosia has refuted allegations concerning a Cypriot minister and his trips to London, in reaction to an Al Jazeera secret investigation into how convicted criminals could take on new identities and launder money through ownership of English football clubs by deceiving authorities...

2668. Al Jazeera publishes prequel to The Cyprus Papers

A new documentary by Al Jazeera on football corruption in Britain includes allegations that a Cypriot minister flew to London to arrange paperwork at a consular office for a Russian national who was wanted by Interpol and unable to travel under his real name...

2669. Cyprus jails captain for docking in the north

The captain of a Ukraine-bound oil tanker was sentenced to prison on Tuesday in the Republic of Cyprus, two days after he was arrested in the south for docking his ship in the north last year...

2670. NSO denies knowledge of hacked list in Cyprus

Israel-based NSO Group is pointing the finger at customers who may misuse its Pegasus surveillance software, following reports that a list hacked in Cyprus contained thousands of mobile phone numbers believed to have been be targeted by the proprietary malware to spy on journalists and activists around the globe...