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1. Explosion rattles Pyla hotel under construction

An explosion rocked a hotel under renovation in Pyla early Monday, April 15th....

2. Rhodes island initiates special visa for Turkish tourists

Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes opened a new vacation visa terminal for Turkish visitors Monday as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions between the two countries. ...

3. Handmade 100-Euro bills flood European cities

A group of counterfeiters which had been producing 100-euro bills was busted in a joint police operation involving Europol and police forces in four countries, including Greece....

4. Macan sets new standards: the first all-electric SUV from Porsche

5. Can mobile cameras monitor traffic from both directions?

The Cyprus Traffic Police issued a statement addressing recent concerns about the directional functionality of speed cameras, emphasizing that the capability to monitor both directions has been in effect since the system's initiation...

6. Greek tanker hijacked in Persian Gulf, heads towards Iranian port

In a concerning development, shipping sources and the British Maritime Safety and Security Office (UKMTO) report the hijacking of a ship of Greek interests in the Persian Gulf, ...

7. Cold spell expected to hit Greece by Saturday

With low temperatures on Wednesday, a new cold spell will peak on Saturday without many extreme phenomena, according to meteorologists. ...

8. Cyprus and the porn industry: High-tech hub exposed

For many years, the Republic of Cyprus, due to its art visa law, served as a hub for white flesh trafficking....

9. Erdogan's historic visit to Athens signals potential thaw in relations

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit Athens, accompanied by a ministerial delegation, for crucial talks with Greek counterparts in a bid to enhance relations between the historically at-odds neighbors....

10. ''We are a banana republic'' -Glafkos Clerides

A citizen chased and recorded with his mobile phone a mobile camera driver who was speeding over 140 km/h....

11. JetBlue challenges KLM's JFK presence over Amsterdam flight reductions

JetBlue has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to remove KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from John F. Kennedy International Airport after the Dutch government announced plans to reduce flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport....

12. Over 400 pets rescued in Spain's anti-trafficking sting

A troubling incident unfolded on Wednesday morning when a 24-year-old foreigner, who had been seeking asylum in Cyprus, resorted to self-immolation in front of the Immigration and Aliens Service in Larnaca....

13. Stockholm takes bold move by banning petrol and diesel cars in city center

Stockholm has announced plans to become the first big capital city to ban petrol and diesel cars from its center, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise....

14. Maria Ressa's Nobel-worthy legal triumph

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of her final tax evasion charge in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison over cases that she has previously described as part of a pattern of harassment....

15. Over 220,000 victims trafficked for Southeast Asia's online fraud schemes

A new UN report estimates that hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have been trafficked to Southeast Asia to run online scams....

16. UK air traffic system issue causes ongoing turbulence

Disruption to air travel continued into Tuesday after the UK's air traffic control systems suffered a "technical fault" on Monday morning....

17. Cyprus celebrates Dormition of the Virgin Mary amidst heatwave

Cyprus celebrates on Tuesday the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, a religious and bank holiday, amidst a heatwave, with many flocking to the beach or mountain resorts, and with authorities issuing warnings about increased traffic in some areas, and overcrowded picnic sites....

18. Ayia Napa pushes for ban on four & three-wheeled vehicles

The Municipality of Ayia Napa is urging the government to implement a ban on four and three-wheeled vehicles from July 19 to August 20, between 21:00 and 07:00. ...

19. Court goes out with a bang in sex client case

The curtains were drawn on a Nicosia criminal court this week after its last act included sentencing a man for buying sexual services, the first ever explicit client conviction on the island, but questions remains over the long and protracted case where a young female prostitute was described as a trafficking victim...

20. Nicosia attracts millions in investment opportunities

A new investment exceeding 60 million euros is currently in the study phase, focusing on the development of a strategically positioned plot in Nicosia. ...

21. Ex ‘superminister’ defends proposal after boat disaster

A Cypriot former minister known for his tough stance on migration wants a yay or nay on his proposal where asylum applications could be filed abroad, a measure not supported by some capitals including Berlin, which may be having second thoughts in the aftermath of a boat disaster in Greece...

22. JPMorgan chase settles $290M lawsuit with Epstein victims

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reached a tentative $290 million settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, one of two lawsuits alleging the nation's largest bank ignored warnings about its longtime client and facilitated his alleged sex trafficking....

23. Deutsche Bank agrees to $75M settlement in Epstein abuse lawsuit

Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and accused the German bank of facilitating his sex trafficking....

24. Murdered sex worker from Ukraine still unnamed

More details have emerged in the brutal murder of a woman from Ukraine, with Cypriot police focusing primarily on a single male suspect while also arresting her female friend, a key witness who says she had booked an extended paid sex appointment for the victim on the night she was killed...

25. Cops boost sex trafficking ops days after Limassol murder

Cyprus Police arrested a man in Limassol on Tuesday during a sex trafficking operation, but officials declined to comment whether the investigation was linked to the murder of an unnamed woman from Ukraine over the weekend...

26. Updated traffic schedule eases burden, but requires motivation and deterrents

The flexible working hours in the public service, which were passed by Parliament on Thursday and will come into effect from May 1, are expected to provide some relief to Nicosia's traffic problem....

27. Questions emerge in delivery driver deadly crash

New information and some unknowns have emerged in Thursday’s deadly collision in downtown Nicosia, where a delivery driver from Bangladesh was killed when his path was blocked by a turning vehicle...

28. Delivery driver killed in Nicosia downtown crash

A young delivery driver was killed in a road accident after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Thursday night in downtown Nicosia...

29. Protests continue as Macron stands firm on pension reform

French workers angry with President Emmanuel Macron and his plan to raise the pension age blocked access to a terminal at Paris' main airport on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protests, forcing some travelers to get there on foot....

30. US report: Harsh conditions in Cyprus prisons

The US State Department's Human Rights in Cyprus 2022 report highlights significant human rights issues in Cyprus. The report states that there were credible reports of harsh conditions in prisons and detention centers, particularly for asylum seekers....