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CHILD AMONG RESCUED SYRIAN MIGRANTS HAS DIED

  • February 14, 2024
  • Current Events
  An official from the Cypriot forces has confirmed that one of the children found in the migrant boat has died. The child – one out of five – was hospitalized having been found in critical condition on the makeshift boat with sixty migrants on board. The migrants, all of whom are Syrian nationals, were […]

CYPRIOT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

  • February 11, 2024
  • Current Events
  Nikos Christodoulides, the President of Cyprus has completed his meeting with Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Topics discussed during the meeting were mainly about the following up to the Reykjavik Summit. It included matters such as rising to the needs and challenges of artificial intelligence, changing climatic situations, […]

CABINET SHAKE-UP; NEW DEFENSE MINISTER APPOINTED IN CYPRUS

  • February 7, 2024
  • Current Events
  The president of Cyprus has moved forward with his plan to shake-up his Cabinet. So far, the ministers of justice, defense, environment and health, along with deputy ministers of European affairs and digital policy have all been replaced. This development comes after only 10 months of the new president in power, and a week’s […]

ISRAEL GREEN LIGHTS CYPRUS BID TO SEND AID TO GAZA BY-SEA

  • February 5, 2024
  • Current Events
  The Foreign Ministry of Cyprus has announced that Cyprus has been given the greenlight by Israel to send necessities to the Gaza Strip via sea. The aim of the exercise, which is expected to last for a few months, and to help Gaza’s Palestinian civilians get the help they so desperately need. As of […]

CYPRIOT AUTHORITIES RESCUE MIGRANT BOAT CARRYING OVER SIXTY PEOPLE

  • February 2, 2024
  • Current Events
  The authorities in Cyprus executed a major rescue mission, and saved sixty 60 Syrian nationals, children included. According to them, they were all severely “distressed & dehydrated” having been afloat in the sea. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), which led the operation initially found the boat afloat over thirty nautical miles from the […]

YELLOW WARNING ISSUED FOR HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM

  • January 30, 2024
  • Current Events
  The Cypriot Meteorology Department has issued a yellow warning on account of potential hail and/or thunderstorms. The warning in question shall remain in effect for roughly 36 hours. The Meteorological Department further said that the isolated thunder shower may hit the western side of the island nation, then move across the rest of the […]

WOMAN WHO STOLE 22 EUROS HAS BEEN SENTENCED

  • January 26, 2024
  • Current Events
  The court in Cyprus has sentenced a woman who stole 22.41 Euros. The woman, Kadriye Denise Surucu, 29, had a prior criminal record for fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison. The woman started crying upon being given her verdict, complaining how two years was far too much for her much pettier […]

PAPHOS CAR FIRE DETERMINED TO BE INTENTIONAL

  • January 23, 2024
  • Current Events
  A car fire that took place in Paphos has been ruled as an intentional act by the authorities. The fire in question happened in a car in a parking lot outside the residence of the owner in Paphos’ Apostolos Pavlos area. Passersby and neighbors who then saw the major fire happening informed the police, […]

BODY FOUND NEAR HOSPITAL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED

  • January 20, 2024
  • Current Events
  The skeleton that was found near the General Hospital in Limassol has finally been identified. The body was identified via DNA analysis. This method helped find out the age, ethnic origin and gender of the victim – but was unhelpful in finding the cause of death on account of the level of deterioration of […]

POPULAR TRAIL CLOSED OVER SAFETY ISSUES

  • January 17, 2024
  • Current Events
  Akamas National Forest Park’s famed “Avakas Gorge” trail is now officially closed on account of safety issues. Cyprus’ Department of Forests has announced that the development comes after unfavorable observations such as slip-prone terrain, higher water levels and the gorge being vulnerable to falling pieces of soil and rocks. They have further stated that […]

STUDENT INJURED IN VIOLENT INCIDENT AT SCHOOL

  • January 14, 2024
  • Current Events
  A violent incident in a school gym led to a student sustaining injuries and losing consciousness. Local news platform Phileleftheros has reported that a group of 3 students picked up and threw him up, which led to him collapsing on the floor. The victim in question lost his consciousness the moment of the impact. […]

POLICE CHARGE DRUNK DRIVER CAUGHT IN PAPHOS

  • January 11, 2024
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police have charged the man they caught for driving under the influence of alcohol. The man, who underwent a breathalyzer test ended up testing six times more than the permissible limit. Specifically, the police said that the man registered 138 mg on the alcohol test, as opposed to the 22 mg maximum. […]

MODERATE TEMPERATURE AND CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED

  • January 9, 2024
  • Current Events
  The meteorological department of Cyprus has announced its predictions of moderate temperatures and cloudy skies. They have said that Sunday will expectedly be normal with cloudiness and potential cases of rain showers, fog or mist – especially in the eastern regions. Winds shall flow towards the north-east, and is expected to be variable. They […]

CYPRUS INTRODUCING FLIGHTS FROM LARNACA TO DUBROVNIK IN 2024

  • January 6, 2024
  • Current Events
  In the latest developments, Cyprus Airways is launching direct flights from Larnaca to Dubrovnik in Croatia. The news comes after Cyprus Airways revealed their flight schedule for summer 2024. The direct flights will run for two days a week – on Fridays and Mondays from the 1st of July to the 6th of September. […]

Most Students in Cyprus have Insufficient Reading Proficiency, says OECD

  • January 3, 2024
  • Current Events
  OECD’s PISA test results have revealed that a major percentage of Cypriot students lack even the basic required proficiency in reading. According to PISA international assessments, over sixty one percent of children of 15 years of age are insufficient at reading. In the same age bracket, fifty two percent of students had subpar skills […]

AKAMAS REMAINS DETERMINED TO BELONG TO THE MISSING BRITISH NATIONAL

  • December 30, 2023
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  The Cyprus Police have determined the clothes and human remains found in Akamas to be of a British man. The man was 69 when he went missing in the month of April in 2023. A police officer on off-duty-time found the remains while on a hunting trip with friends. According to Michalis Nicolaou, the […]

FIRE IN THE GROUND FLOOR IN LIMASSOL PUT OUT

  • December 27, 2023
  • Current Events
  A fire that broke out at a sauna station on the ground floor of a building has been put out with the combined power of 3 fire engines. The fire was reported by the Moutayiaka house’s owners, who reported the outbreak to the fire department. After firefighters reached the scene, they took some time […]

CYPRUS BOX OFFICE RECORDS SET FRESH WITH SALES OF ED SHEERAN TICKETS

  • December 23, 2023
  • Current Events
  Over twenty thousand Ed Sheeran concert tickets were sold within the span of 24 hours for his upcoming Larnaca concert. Roughly ten thousand people visited Cyprus’ Ticketmaster website the moment the tickets became available to the public, which was roughly at 10am in the morning. A total of 21,863 tickets were sold within 24 […]

FIRE DESTROYS OVER A HUNDRED BALES OF HAY

  • December 21, 2023
  • Current Events
  A fire has destroyed over a hundred hay bales and a tractor in an agricultural region near Paphos. Michalis Nicolaou, the spokesperson for the police in Paphos declared that the fire in question broke out at around 4 am in the morning in Neo Chorio’s neighboring area of Kokkinogremos. According to Nicolaou, the tractor […]

CYPRUS HAS REPATRIATED UNLAWFUL MIGRANTS

  • December 18, 2023
  • Current Events
  A major operation led by European border protection agency FRONTEX in collaboration with the Cyprus Police has sent back 14 individuals from foreign nations who were illegally residing in Cyprus. This is the eleventh such operation, which will now have sent over one-hundred-and-seven individuals back to their nations of origin. The current set of […]
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