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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
  • Current Events
  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
  • Current Events
  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
  • Current Events
  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
  • Current Events
  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 […]

YAVUZ TO BEGIN DRILLING OFF OF CYPRUS COAST

  • September 26, 2019
  • Current Events
  A statement from Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez has revealed that that a second Turkish drillship – the Yavuz will be starting to drill for gas and oil off of Cyprus’ coast. The ship, which was sent by Turkey on the 20th of June, 2019 will be exploring up until the Karpasian peninsula. The Yavuz […]

WOMAN MURDERS HER CHILD AND THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

  • September 23, 2019
  • Current Events
  A woman stabbed her 12-year-old son to death and thereafter attempted to commit suicide. The act was discovered when the woman’s husband and child’s stepfather, a Greek Cypriot man of 52 years of age, could not enter his own flat on account of the locked door and no answers on knocking. A traffic policeman […]

CYPRUS TO NAME AN EXOPLANET

  • September 20, 2019
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered a very interesting development in the Cypriot community, Cyprus will be getting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name an exoplanet. Coming right after the accession of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization’s (CSEO) to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the process of naming will start with a crowd-based campaign. A press […]

MAN FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING AND DIES

  • September 17, 2019
  • Current Events
  In a tragic accident that has many in Cyprus in mourning a 62-year-old man has by falling from a scaffolding in an under-construction building. According to a statement from the labor inspection department, Demitris Georgiou fell from the scaffolding on the 4th floor – at a height of 10 meters from a building in […]

SUSPECT REMANDED FOR MURDER OF TURKISH BUSINESSMAN

  • September 13, 2019
  • Current Events
  Crime has been on the rise in Cyprus, but the latest development proves that so has the justice system. The suspect for the murder of 52-year-old Gökhan Naim has been remanded for three days by a court in North Cyprus. The suspect, İmran Arşad – a citizen of Pakistan, was transferred by the Greek […]

AERIAL PHOTOS PART OF NEW DEAL

  • September 9, 2019
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered a landmark move in the science and technology department, the Department of Land and Survey in Cyprus has partnered with signed an agreement with Erathosthenes SA from Greece and Sintegra SAS from France to take on a project taking aerial photos of Cyprus that are more enhanced and accurate. […]

2 MORE ARRESTED FOR BRAWL IN AYIA NAPA

  • September 5, 2019
  • Current Events
  In addition to the ten Kuwaitis arrested for the brawl at Ayia Napa, two additional arrests have been made. The two arrested are a 30-year-old UK national and a 37-year-old South African national. Both were in connection with the incident which left the victims seriously injured. The incident involved a group of people – […]

VAROSHA VISITED BY TURKISH JOURNALISTS

  • September 2, 2019
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered a new development in the process of reopening of the city of Varosha (Maraş), a group of journalists from Turkey have made a visit to the closed city. The visit to the city, which has been closed to outsiders since 1974, was organized by the Foreign Ministry as well […]

A 4TH RESEARCH VESSEL FOR TURKEY HAS SET SAIL FOR CYPRUS

  • August 29, 2019
  • Current Events
  In accordance with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s announcement, a fourth research vessel from Turkey – the Oruc Reis – has set sail towards Cyprus. The vessel, which started its journey from a port in Istanbul was reportedly on its way to another in Tasucu opposite to Cyprus’ northern coast, where it will be refueling […]
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