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November 21, 2018
GREEK PRESIDENT RECEIVES HIGHLY AWAITED “CYPRUS FILE”
Nikos Voutsis, Parliamentary President of Greece presented the first 4 volumes of the “Cyprus File” to Prokopios Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic. Prepared for over two years, the volumes contain all notes of the Special Examining Committee, which was set up over thirty-three years ago to investigate the turn of events that culminated […]November 17, 2018
CYPRUS LIKELY TO ESCAPE GREEK STORMS, SAYS THE MET
With the low-pressure system having wreaked havoc over Greece with constant storms, hail and lowering temperatures, Cypriot were fair to assume to have to face as similar fate. As it turns out, however, that all Cyprus may have to face is its temperature going down by a few degrees. According to Kleanthis Nicolaides, director, […]November 14, 2018
TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER “THREATENED” TO RESIGN OVER LATEST SOLUTION PROPOSAL
Mustafa Akinci, Turkish Cypriot leader had allegedly threatened to resign over the Cyprus issue, rather than taking another course that would help resolve and reunite the divided island nation. According to the daily Kibris Postasi, Mr. Akinci, who made the statement last April on a visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the […]November 10, 2018
TURKISH SURVEY VESSEL SPOTTED ON CYPRUS COAST
The Turkey-Cyprus-Ankara maritime relations are already very strained, and if the latest developments are anything to go by, they might not resolve as soon as expected. According to several sources, the Turkish survey ship Barbaros was spotted off of Cyprus’ western coast, post Ankara’s issuance of navigational telex which stated the country’s intention to […]November 7, 2018
ROBBERS ARRESTED AFTER OWNER ASKS THEM TO “COME LATER”
An armed robbery was completely foiled by it’s to-be victim store owner. The Belgian store owner, in a bid to save his store, asked the thieves to return later as there was no money in the till. The gang of thieves, quite surprisingly, did return later – to be unwittingly arrested by police officers […]November 4, 2018
MOTHER-DAUGHTER FROM SOMALIA REUNITE AFTER THREE YEARS
A 29-year-old Somali woman and asylee in Cyprus reunited with her six-year-old daughter after over three years of being separated. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 29-year-old Samia was reunited with her daughter, Manar at Larnaca airport where the girl arrived to meet and live with her mother. […]