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DOG SHOOTER RELEASED

  • January 29, 2019
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  The 62-year-old man who was arrested on Sunday for shooting a dog dead has been released after being charged. The man was arrested following a complaint from the owner of the dog, another 53-year-old from Paphos, who had seen the older man shooting both his dogs in his own front yard, one of whom […]

MAN DRIVING TWO TIMES THE SPEED LIMIT ARRESTED

  • January 27, 2019
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  In a spree of traffic arrests made by the police, a 28-year-old man who was driving on a speed that was twice of the prescribed limit was stopped near Latsia. The man was seen to have been driving on the Limassol Nicosia highway at a speed of 214km/hour, which is more than twice the […]

LARNACA AIRPORT SEES THE LAUNCH OF LATEST CASINO

  • January 26, 2019
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  After the launch of casinos in Nicosia and Limassol, Larnaca sees the launch of its first casino. The casino, which is launched by Cyprus Casinos (C2), is located at the Larnaca airport, features forty-two high-end slot machines that stand across in two separate spaces within the airport terminal. The first of these terminals is […]

AGE OF MARRIAGE HAS SHIFTED IN CYPRUS, SAYS STUDY

  • January 25, 2019
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  According to a study conducted by the national agency for demographic and family policy, the average age for marriage in the island country has shifted to 30 years old. Statistics have revealed that men in Cyprus enter their first marriage at age of 31.2 years on an average whereas women do so at around […]

CYPRUS VOTED BEST DESTINATION FOR BRITONS IN 2019

  • January 23, 2019
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  According to a survey, Cyprus has been found as the best and most popular winter destination for Britons in 2019, followed by Canary Islands Lanzarote and Tenerife. The research, which was conducted by the UK Post Office’s Travel Money team, considered factors such as the cost of a one-week holiday package and the cost […]

AT LEAST FIVE INJURED FROM TANKER EXPLOSION OFF CYPRUS

  • January 21, 2019
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  An explosion on a product tanker off Cyprus’ southern coast had started a massive fire that has at least five crewmembers injured. The explosion took place on Athlos, a 7,000 dwt product tanker that has left the port of Larnaca on a ballast voyage. The blast happened sometime during amidships and had 5 crew […]

FIRST EVER TOURISM MINISTER APPOINTED IN CYPRUS

  • January 17, 2019
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  In a move that will serve to bring in more economic revenue to Cyprus, the island nation has appointed its first ever tourism minister. Savvas Perdios, former hotel executive is all set to be sworn in as the first ever deputy minister for tourism. The move is part of its strategy to help develop […]

PIZZA DELIVERY MAN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED

  • January 15, 2019
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  A 27-year-old pizza delivery man was physically assaulted in Limassol as he was delivering pizza. The robbery took place at 7.30pm in Limassol’s Neapolis area as three men surrounded the delivery worker and stole €300 worth of restaurant takings from him. They also stole the pizza that was on his way to deliver. The […]

AN AVERAGE CYRPIOT’S EARNS 1,827 EUROS, SAYS STATISTICS

  • January 11, 2019
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  An eye-opening statistic on the earning trends in Cyprus has revealed that the average Cypriot employee earns 1,827 euros every month. According to provisional statistics put forward by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), the figure has increased by over 3.1 percent from last year’s 1,772 euros. According to Cystat, the data used to calculate […]

CYPRUS TO BREAK TOURIST ARRIVAL RECORDS

  • January 8, 2019
  • Current Events
  Cyprus has always been a well-known and popular tourist spot, and in the last two years has managed to secure a record number of tourist visits. The island nation is yet again on its way to break records as official figures have revealed that the number of tourists coming to it has surpassed a […]

US DIPLOMATS WORK ACTIVELY TO IMPROVE US-MEDITERRANEAN RELATIONS

  • January 4, 2019
  • Current Events
  Kathleen Doherty, the US ambassador in Cyprus, has visited the ExxonMobil drilling site in Cyprus’s EEZ. The high-ranking diplomat was flown to the area by helicopter along with Cypriot ministers of energy and foreign affairs, Giorgos Lakkotrypis and Nikos Christodoulides respectively. Also present in the helicopter was Exxon vice president Tristan Asprey. In the […]

UK ALLOWS CYPRUS REFUGEES ENTRY AFTER 20 YEARS

  • December 31, 2018
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  The refugees, who included over 75 people from Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Ethiopia, had previously abruptly landed in Cyprus after the boat they were traveling to (with Italy as their intended destination) capsized in 1998. While these individuals were recognized as refugees, they were barred from entering Britain by the then interior minister Theresa […]

‘SAY NO TO PLASTIC STRAWS’ TV SPOT LAUNCHED

  • December 26, 2018
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  In a bid to join the global battle against plastic use and subsequent pollution, a TV slot for ‘Cyprus says no to plastic straws’ has been launched. Said slot featured ‘Salina the flamingo,’ who symbolizes the animals whose existence has been threatened by the use of plastic drinking straws. The students of Ayios Spiridonas, […]

RUSSIA WARNS CYPRUS ON INCREASING RELATIONS BETWEEN ITSELF AND THE US

  • December 22, 2018
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  The increasing level of cooperation between Cyprus and the United States has several countries in doubt, Russia being one of them. The country’s capital recently warned Nicosia, saying that the increasing military cooperation between the island nation and the US to keep away from Russian influence might just backfire and end up with destabilizing […]

4 KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED IN CYRPUS FLOODS

  • December 19, 2018
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  According to the Turkish Cypriot media, the floods happened due to uninterrupted rain that went on for days. Some resident even went on to claim it as the heaviest they had seen in years. At least 4 lives were claimed by an accident caused the rains. Said accident occurred when a car carrying 4 […]

BLACK FRIDAY TRADITION TAKING OVER CYPRUS

  • December 16, 2018
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  The previously American-wide tradition-gone-global, which first came to significance in Cyprus around three years ago, was seen being observed with great pomp in the island nation. Black Friday refers to the day after Thanksgiving and since 1952 has been known to mark the first day of USA’s shopping season. The holiday is known for […]

PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS APOLOGIZES FOR SEX OFFENDER PARDON

  • December 13, 2018
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  Nicos Anastasiades, the President of Cyprus has publicly apologized for the pardon and subsequent early release of a man, who was previously convicted on grounds of sexually exploiting a minor. Speaking at an event on fighting sexual abuse against minors, the Cypriot President went off-script and admitted that the decision was indeed hushed and […]

CYPRUS MUST BE INVADED AGAIN, SAYS TURKISH OPPOSITION

  • December 10, 2018
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  A leading figure from the section has apparently caused widespread alarm by calling another Cyprus invasion, more than forty-four years after the painful partition of the Mediterranean island nation. According to Meral Aksener’s speech in the Ankara’s parliament, Cyprus has been and shall remain Turkish, and that anything else being said is inaccurate. She […]

60% OF FEMALE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IN CYPRUS DO NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT, SAYS STUDY

  • December 8, 2018
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  According to a shocking new statistic revealed as part of a result of a study conducted ibn Cyprus, almost 60 percent of female violence victims never report the incident to anyone. Cyprus-based Advisory Committee on Prevention and Combating Violence in the Family, which conducted the study – the first of its kind on the […]

HISTORIC CHURCH LOCATED IN TURKISH CYPRUS RESTORED

  • December 4, 2018
  • Current Events
  According to a news report by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), The Church of Saint Anne in Famagusta has been restored to its former glory. Dated from the 4th century, the restoration was done by a team of experts with members from Greek as well as Turkish Cypriot communities. Said community, called the “Technical […]
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