A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has occurred in the sea – between Turkey and the island nation of Cyprus.
The earthquake happened in the early hours of morning.
It was originally reported as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake by the European-Mediterranean seismological center (EMSC), but was later revised to 4.8.
Specifically, the earthquake happened over sixty kilometers off of the Turkish city of Alanya.
2 electronic store workers have been arrested for stealing cell phones worth over six thousand Euros.
The theft was originally reported by the manager of the store, who said 8 phones had disappeared.
Assistant Director of Operations of the Police, Michalis Nicolaou, said that the Police’s inquiry led them to arresting the store workers, aged 32 and 22.
The two men were found and arrested on separate days and in separate places.
They are under Police custody, as further investigation is underway.
Paris Demetriades of Kathmerini has reported that Limassol might be heading to a major housing problem, thanks to a sharp rise in the price of properties.
The report includes how the both house prices & rent have increased to up to two – and sometimes three times their value. Although this does not bother homeowners, it is a major pain for tenants and those who have been planning to buy a home.
These sharp increases in prices far surpass the growth in incomes, which makes people struggle to successfully maintain their expenses.
This disparity is only growing, and has given rise to people being concerned that in the near future, only the rich will be able to afford to live in the city.
Demetriades further reported that the situation makes the youth even more vulnerable and exposed to not having any growth.
This makes proper urban development the need of the hour to ensure that the urban center remains open and accessible to all.
A report by the Cyprus News Agency says that while Greek Cyprus has submitted their proposal to open fresh crossing points, their counterparts in Turkish Cyprus have not thus far.
The proposal in question discussed opening up crossing points at Kokkina & Pyroi-Athienou. It was officially submitted by Menelaos Menelaou, a negotiator for Greek Cyprus.
However, his Turkish counterpart Guner Onar – or anyone else for that matter has not responded at all.
Given the circumstances, President Christodoulides has said that he is ready to step in to speed discussions along.
So far, the only known factor is the Turkish Cypriot’s leader Ersin Tatar discussing the opinion difference between Turkish & Greek Cyprus with regards to the location of said crossing points. They also want to open more than just two of them.
A woman died only 2 days after she gave birth.
Stella Michael, aged 36, gave birth to her second child via C-section at the private nursing home. While the C-section itself was a success, she suddenly died – only two days after.
Due to the death being sudden, it is being investigated. While an autopsy was done, the results have been inconclusive so far.
A funeral for Stella shall be held at the Holy Church of St. Minas in Geri, with loved ones and several members of the community in attendance.
She worked at the Cyprus Presidency Secretariat of the EU Council – on secondment via the Department of Water Development.
Nikos Christodoulides, the President of Cyprus has expressed his discontentment at the attack made at the Christmas Market in Magdeburg, Germany.
The island nation’s president took to social media platform X (formerly, Twitter) where is wrote how he felt highly shocked & devastated” because of the attack.
The attack in question has left 2 killed and several injured.
The President further elaborated that he publicly condemns the act, and that his thoughts are with the families of the victims and the citizens of Germany at large.
Cyprus’ Meteorology Department has set out a yellow alert on account of upcoming thunderstorms.
The alert includes issuing an advisory that warned of high winds, dense rain and potential hail.
The Met Department said that while the storm (named Bora) has become weaker since hitting Greece, it can still cause isolated and localized disturbances.
The intensity of the rain is expected to lie somewhere between thirty-five & fifty-five mm per hour.
They might also be accompanied by gusts of harsh winds.
The public has been asked to be cautious, especially in the spaces that are vulnerable to winds, thunderstorms and floods.
Cyprus’ House of Representatives has approved a bill that was sent in by the country’s Education Ministry.
The bill in question was about introducing stricter provisions about operating and establishing foreign university branches on the island nation.
While establishing the branches themselves is allowed as of 2015, but the law that the bill shall enunciate how the branches will be established and run.
Peter Andre, most famous for his song, The ‘Mysterious Girl’ has said that he would like to retire on the island nation of Cyprus.
While the artist was born and raised in the UK, he is of Greek-Cypriot origin (both his parents are Cypriots) and even owns a house in Cyprus.
Andre says that he has taken quite a liking to Cyprus and might sell his UK house to spend his later years on the island nation.
His column in the OK! Magazine spoke about his house in Cyprus, and he could either move there if his family was alright with it, or use it as a suitable retirement destination.
Fow now, he is spending Christmas with his family the traditional way, but is also looking to visit Australia to see his mother, Thea. She suffers from Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s disease.
He plans to see both his parents and is traveling with his brother, Michael to spent time with their parents and their sister.
The remains of eleven different individuals, who went missing during 1963-64 and in 1974 have been successfully identified.
A dual communal organization dedicated to finding out what happened to Greek as well as Turkish Cypriots who went missing during these time periods when the island nation went through turbulent times.
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus’s representative Leonidas Pantelides presented the data pertaining to this matter – further clarifying that in that case all eleven were Greek Cypriots.
7 of these were found on the missing people’s lists, whereas 4 others are assumed to be fallen soldiers.
In 2024, the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus conducted diggings at one-hundred-and-two different locations.
The remains were found in the unexplored areas of Lapithos, Trachoni, Aroa, Bellapais and Karavas – this includes both military and civilian areas.
The CMP has so far identified one-thousand-and-fifty-one individuals out of over two thousand who had gone missing during the aforementioned periods.
Two-hundred-and-sixteen of these are not listed in an official capacity. Investigation for the remainder is currently underway at varying levels of success.