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CYPRUS HONEY WINS ACCOLADES AT LONDON HONEY AWARDS

  • November 27, 2019
  • Current Events
  3 honey-producers from the country have won huge accolades at the London Honey Awards in 2019. Winner include – Ayii Anargyri’s Thyme Blossom Honey, which won the Gold Honey Award, and Mount Machairas and Thries Honey, which each won the Silver Award. Ayii Anargyri was founded in 1975, and besides the Thyme Blossom Honey, […]

12 MIGRANTS WERE PICKED UP IN PERISTERONA

  • November 24, 2019
  • Current Events
  The migrant crisis has been going on a head-to-head level, and circumstances do prove that there is very little to alleviate it. According to the Cyprus News Agency, 12 irregular migrants have been picked up wandering around in Peristerona early in the morning. The migrants – consisting of 10 grown men and 2 youths, […]

IRISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT CYPRUS

  • November 21, 2019
  • Current Events
  Michael Higgins, the President of Ireland will be visiting Cyprus in in response to an invitation from Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades. The first such visit in Cyprus by Irish president since 2006 following President Anastasiades’ official Ireland visit in 2016. Said visit will include the discussion of the issue of the violation of the […]

3 KILLED AND 2 INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN TURKISH CYPRUS

  • November 18, 2019
  • Current Events
  In the case of a tragic accident, three people were killed and two were injured in a massive traffic collision on Turkish Cyprus’ Strongilos-Marathovounos road. According to a statement from the Turkish Cypriot media, the accident involved a direct collision between two cars during the evening. One of these cars were carrying a family […]

FOUR SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED IN LARNACA ON SUSPICION OF A SHAM MARRIAGE

  • November 15, 2019
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  4 people were arrested in Larnaca for trying to orchestrate a false marriage. The four people in question include a 23-Year-Old woman and three men of ages 22, 23 and 41. They were arrested early morning right outside the municipality of Larnaca. According to the police, the 23-year-old woman had arrived in Cyprus for […]

DOCTORS FROM ISRAEL FLEW TO CYPRUS TO SAVE A WOMAN IN MEDICAL EMERGENCY

  • November 12, 2019
  • Current Events
A team of four doctors – heart specialists from Israel arrived at the Cypriot hospital with the technology to save a woman in medical distress. The patient in question was a 29-year-old woman resident of Nicosia who was suffering from childbirth-induced cardiac issues. With the lack of time and the appropriate technology to save her […]

THE MINISTER FOR EUROPE HAS MADE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO CYPRUS

  • November 9, 2019
  • Current Events
  Christopher Pincher, the Minister for Europe and the Americas has arrived in order to meet with the Foreign Minister and the President of Cyprus. Aside from meeting President Nicos Anastasiades, the Minister will be discussing Brexit will be welcoming the latter Government’s offer that will be guaranteeing UK nationals’ rights to live in Cyprus. […]

THE CYPRUS CANNABIS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

  • November 7, 2019
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Cannabis Association has been established with the blessings of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, popularly known as Keve. The first ever meeting of the newly minted organization was held at the Chamber’s offices, where the main aims were discussed. These were – representing the interested organizations and stakeholders which will […]

A LARNACA BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING

  • November 4, 2019
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  A British Airways airplane that had taken off from Larnaca in Cyprus made an emergency landing in Athens in Greece due to smoke being detected in its cabin. The media in Greece has reported that the flight, that was originally intended to land in London in the UK instead ending up making an emergency […]

PRESIDENT ANASTASIADES TO MEET WITH FINANCE MINISTERS OF CHINA AND RUSSIA IN NEW YORK

  • November 2, 2019
  • Current Events
  It has been found that Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is all set to meet with the finance ministers of China and Russia in New York. Arriving to New York to attend and address the UN General Assembly, President Anastasiades will be meeting with the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres on September 27, along with […]

CYPRUS HAS THE FIFTH LOWEST CIRCULARITY RATE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

  • October 30, 2019
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  The EU’s circularity rate in 2016 was 11.7% – therefore, 11.7% of materials used within the EU were sourced from recycled and recovered items, leaving behind a similar percentage of primary raw materials from being used. The circularity percentage of various countries varies from one to another –Cyprus, for example stood at the fifth […]

12 RESCUED FROM BOAT FROM LARNACA COAST

  • October 26, 2019
  • Current Events
  After a successful operation by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), over 10 people on a small boat off of the Cyprus coastline were rescued by a commercial ship nearby. According to the JRCC, a total of 12 people had been rescued – 10 of whom were on the boats and 2 of whom […]

CYPRUS HOME TO THE 3RD HIGHEST SHARE OF PART-TIME WORKERS

  • October 23, 2019
  • Current Events
  Cyprus has been found to have the 3rd highest share of workers who work part-time due to the unavailability of a full-time job. According to a study by Eurostat, over 70 percent of the 65 percent people of the total population who worked part time jobs was because they simply could not find a […]

MPs SEEKING HEALTH HAZARD REPORT BEFORE APPROVING 5G

  • October 20, 2019
  • Current Events
  Legislators all over the island nation have asked for an independent study to be made to research the potential health hazards of 5G before it is actually approved. Akel MP Adamos Adamou announced to reporters that before issuing 5G licenses, a thorough account of the health of people must be taken into account. He […]

YOUTH PROTEST AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE

  • October 16, 2019
  • Current Events
  The youth in Cyprus are set to gather outside the House of Representatives to demand active participation to combat climate change. According to the organizers of the event, the threat of climate change is no more a future one – rather it is as present as it can get. They emphasized on how scores […]

CYPRUS-TO-GREECE FERRY TO BE RELAUNCHED IN MAY 2020

  • October 13, 2019
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  Natasa Pilides, the Deputy Minister of Shipping of Cyprus, has announced to the parliament that the ferry link between Greece and the island nation is set to be reinstated with the help of a ferry service between the two countries that will reportedly begin in May 2020. With the establishment of this line, an […]

CYPRUS RECALLS ALL DRUGS CONTAINING RANITIDINE OVER POSSIBLE RISK OF CANCER

  • October 9, 2019
  • Current Events
  Cyprus’ pharmaceutical services have recalled all medications that contain ranitidine due to concerns that It has possible links with cancer. The measure has been taken in response to FDA’s announcement of the detection of low levels of NDMA – a carcinogen that is probably present in ranitidine. Tests done on animals have shown that […]

MASSIVE BLAST ON ARMY BASE LEAVES TOURISTS FLEEING

  • October 6, 2019
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  A series of explosions at an army ammunition depot in Cyprus left at least 12 injured and several fleeing to save their lives. Tourists described what seemed like “several fireballs rising” from the Turkish military base, where a fire has been determined as the cause for the blasts. According to several witnesses who were […]

EMPLOYERS SEEK 6 KINDS OF TAX RELIEFS

  • October 3, 2019
  • Current Events
  The  Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) General Director Michalis Antoniou has announced that the OEB has openly asked the government for six tax reliefs, that amount to €500 million annually combined. Speaking at a working breakfast, General Director Antoniou explained to journalists how said proposed tax reliefs will help increase state revenue by […]

ENI AND TOTAL DRILL FOR OFFSHORE GAS APPROVED BY CYPRUS

  • October 1, 2019
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  Both France’s Total and Italy’s ENI are now approved to legally explore Block 7 of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) – and legally conduct nine different drilling operations over the following two years. EEZ Block 7’s access, which is also claimed by Turkey was finalized in a cabinet meeting – the companies had originally […]
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