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WATER DUCT BREAKAGE LEADS TO FLOODING IN TURTLE BEACH

  • August 2, 2021
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  Limni beach, Cyprus’ one and only beach for turtles has been completely flooded. The flooding has happened due to water emptied from a duct by the Water Development Department (TAY). This has surprised members of the government and the public alike, who are wondering how the TAY did not realize about the number of […]

PLAYERS OF THE ANORTHOSIS FOOTBALL CLUB GET COVID VACCINE

  • July 30, 2021
  • Current Events
  Players of the Anorthosis football team got their jab of the COVID-19 vaccine before their participation in the European fixtures. According to a statement from Demetris Christoforou, a spokesman for the club, the team decided to green light the vaccination in order for them to be eligible for the green pass required to travel […]

CYPRUS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER 2021

  • July 26, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Institute (CyI) is all set to hold its 2nd International Conference on Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East on the 13th and 14th of October 13. These dates come just before the 2021 edition of COP 26, the global climate to be held in Glasgow in November. The Cyl […]

WOMAN KILLED ON HIGHWAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED

  • July 23, 2021
  • Current Events
  A woman who had been killed while walking along a highway has been identified. The Cyprus Police revealed in a statement that the deceased woman was a 52-year-old Bulgarian national, who lived and worked in Cyprus. The claim comes after the police’s public request to help identify the woman. She was killed by a […]

HOUSING IS CHEAPER BUT FOOD IS COSTLIER THAT EU AVERAGE IN CYPRUS

  • July 21, 2021
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  A study has revealed that despite being a relatively cheaper country to live in, Cyprus has costlier prices when it comes to furnishings, food and, communication. The study conducted by Eurostat, which compared the prices of over ten categories of products in an interactive graph, showed the differences in prices between a country and […]

MAN TO STAND TRIAL FOR RAPE

  • July 18, 2021
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  The Cyprus News Agency has reported that the man will be standing trail for raping a woman. The man, 24, will be standing trial at the criminal court in Paphos. Until his court appearance, he will stay in police custody. The man was arrested after his victim, a 24-year-old female had filed a complaint […]

SOUTH AFRICAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED

  • July 15, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police has arrested a criminal fugitive from South Africa. The man, 57, who has been on the South African authorities’ wanted list for theft and fraud, was arrested in Larnaca. Found in his home in Larnaca, the man is currently being detained at the police station’s holiding cell. He will soon be […]

CYPRUS ELECTS ITS FIRST EVER WOMAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER

  • July 12, 2021
  • Current Events
  The island nation has elected its first ever female speaker. Annita Demetriou, 35, a member of the ruling conservative Democratic Rally party shall be presiding over the parliament as speaker. Backed by the far-right party ELAM, the Democratic Front, and of course, her own party, she will serve as the second highest in hierarchy […]

TOP UN OPERATIONS OFFICIAL TO VISIT CYPRUS

  • July 10, 2021
  • Current Events
  Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations’ head of Peace Operations will be paying four-day-long visit to Cyprus. The announcement was made at the UN Headquarters during their routine international briefing, where Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric communicated the news to the spectators and the public. Lacroix main mission in Cyprus would be to oversee the UN […]

CYPRUS BANS ALLOWING TRAVELLERS WITH HISTORY OF VISITING INDIA

  • July 6, 2021
  • Current Events
  In its bid to keep COVID-19 out from its shores, Cyprus has banned travelers with a recent history of visiting India. The logic behind the step is to keep away and be safe from the B.1.617 variant – a new and deadlier variant of COVID-19 that originated in India and predominantly circulates there. The […]

MAN ARRESTED FOR OVERSTAYING HIS VISA

  • July 3, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police has arrested a 29-year-old man for unlawfully staying in Cyprus. The man – an Indian national, was arrested from the Paphos airport after being flagged by immigration authorities for overstaying his visa permit period. Upon further checking, it was found that the man was staying in the island nation as an […]

9 MORE PEOPLE FINED IN VIOLATION OF COVID CURFEWS

  • June 30, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyrpus Police announced the fining of 9 persons after checking over 3,000 persons for violation of the Covid curfew. The check, carried out on a series of 3 days, led to 9 people being fined in total – 5 on the first day, 3 on the second and 1 on the third. The […]

CYRPUS TO SHUT ITS AIRSPACE TO FLIGHTS AND AIRLINERS FROM BELARUS

  • June 27, 2021
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  In response to a forced passenger jet landing, the government of Cyprus has banned all incoming flights from the country of Belarus. Cyprus has joined the long line of EU countries that has previously imposed the same restriction. According to a statement by the Cypriot ministry of transport, the island nation has prohibited by […]

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL STAY IN CYPRUS

  • June 24, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police recently arrested a middle-aged woman for illegally staying on the island nation. According to a statement from the police, the arrest was made after the woman was discovered in a block of apartments in Paphos’s Tafoi Vasileon Avenue. The woman, an asylum seeker had submitted a request for it in the […]

CYPRUS POLICE INVESTIGATING A CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER

  • June 21, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Criminal Investigative Department of Paphos police are investigating a case of attempted murder, which was sparked off from a an argument in a parking lot. The argument began when a 43-year-old man visiting relatives in an apartment building in According to the police, a man, 43, who had visited relatives at an apartment […]

MOTHER CAUGHT TRYING TO PASS EXAM WITH DAUGHTER’S IDENTITY PAPERS

  • June 18, 2021
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  An elderly woman was caught trying to take an exam while posing as her daughter. The woman, 67, had showed up to take what would be her daughter’s state university entry exams using the ID papers belonging to her daughter, 25. The arrest was made after the police received a complaint from someone at […]

TURMOIL CYPRUS HAS HIRED A BUNKER TRADER

  • June 15, 2021
  • Current Events
  Turmoil, the marine fuel supplier company has hired a new bunker trader. The hired bunker trader is none other than Dmitry Gruzintsev, who joined the company on June 1st, 2020. According to a statement by the company, Dmitry is clearly the best choice for the position, having extensive experience in the Russian Far East, […]

RUSSIAN CITIZEN REPORTEDLY MISSING IN CYPRUS

  • June 12, 2021
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police is on the lookout for a 56-year-old woman, who has reportedly been missing since Saturday. The woman, a Russian citizen, was last seen by passers-by on the day she was to leave the island nation. She has been described as Ekaterina Romanova – a Russian woman – 1.75 meters tall and […]

BRITISH WOMAN DIES AFTER ALLEGED REACTION TO COVID VACCINE

  • June 10, 2021
  • Current Events
  A 39-year-old woman has died after a blood clotting incident, allegedly from complications arising after taking the COVID-19 vaccine. The woman, a citizen of the UK, who was under treatment in the ICU section of the Nicosia General Hospital, had received the AstraZeneca jab’s first dose. Her symptoms began days after this development. Eventually, […]

LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS EASED IN CYRPUS

  • June 6, 2021
  • Current Events
  The lockdown restrictions are being eased in view of the decrease in novel coronavirus cases. For starters, the limits to gatherings have been increased to 20 – minors and permanent residents included. Furthermore, the maximum capacity in indoor public spaces (such as casinos, fairs, places of worship, performing arts centers and theaters) has been […]
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