The Cypress Observer
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The Cypress Observer is your online news source for current events across the country of Cyprus. We strive to bring you the latest news, updates and current events from across the region with a major focus on politics and business.
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March 21, 2019
MAN REMANDED IN CONNECTION TO INVESTIGATION ON GOALKEEPER’S ELIGIBILITY
A court in Cyprus has ordered that a 42-year-old man be detained in police custody for three days for the purpose of facilitating an investigation into a complaint that goalkeeper Francis Odinaka Uzoho was unfit and ineligible to play for Anorthosis Famagusta. In a statement to The Associated Press, Stelios Stylianou, spokesman for the […]March 18, 2019
RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN CYPRYS URGE CHURCH RESTORATION
Most Muslim and Christian in Cyprus have actively begun are urging to have the 15th century partially collapsed church speedily repaired. The Church, which is housed inside a United Nations-controlled buffer zone, cuts across the capital city of Nicosia. Religious leaders, which include Mufti Talip Atalay, Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II, as well as the […]March 16, 2019
MEN WHO CRASHED INTO ATM MACHINE ARRESTED
Two men of Syrian origin have been in Paphos in connection of an ATM machine that was attempted to be robbed by someone crashing into it with a truck (which itself was stolen). On 19th February, a pickup truck was crashed into an ATM on the main Kissonerga -Paphos road, with the intention to […]March 13, 2019
TURKISH FORCES ACCUSED OF BORDER VIOLATION
The country’s foreign ministry has accused the Turkish forces of creating fresh troubles for Greek Cypriots who have been residing in a village that abuts a British military base. According to the foreign ministry, the new fence that has been erected a rural road in Strovilia, prevents farmers from making it to their own […]March 10, 2019
ANASTASIADES LEAVING FOR EGYPT FOR MAIDEN EU-ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT
Greek-Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has left for Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt in order to attend the first ever edition of the EU-Arab League Summit. The leaders expects to have bilateral meetings with various heads of states in the region within the event and hopes to adequately to promote Cyprus’ bid to play a more […]March 7, 2019
OVER 3K HECATRES OF FRUIT TREES ARE IN CYPRUS, SAYS STUDY
According to the results a study conducted by Eurostat, Cyprus has 3,286 hectares (ha) of land covered with fruit trees. Most of said fruit vegetation consist of orange trees, which take up 1109 ha of space, followed by 377 ha of apple trees, of 933 ha mandarin trees, 312 ha of lemon trees, 299 […]