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ARMENIAN PM AND CYRPUS PRESIDENT MEET

  • October 15, 2018
  • Current Events
  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus at United Nations Headquarters. The press service of the Armenian government has revealed that the meeting was pleasant, with PM Pashinyan attaching importance to the development of friendly relations between Armenia and Cyprus. He also expressed his happiness with the current situation […]

2ND CAPITAL LINK INVEST IN CYPRUS FORUM TO BE HELD IN NYC

  • October 12, 2018
  • Current Events
  Banking on the success of the 1st Capital Link Invest in Cyprus Forum, the 2nd edition of the same is all set to take place at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The 2nd Capital Link Invest in Cyprus Forum is a conference which aims to increase public awareness on how Cyprus can […]

NUMBER OF VISITORS IN THE NORTH DECREASING, SAYS REPORT

  • October 10, 2018
  • Current Events
  According to Halkin Sesi, a Turkish Cypriot daily, the number of visitors to northern Cyprus have continued to dwindle at an alarming rate, despite the authorities’ best efforts. According to Fikri Ataoglu, Turkish Cypriot ‘minister of tourism’, the main reason for this is the reluctance of foreign tourist to have to travel via Turkey. […]

ANOTHER MIGRANT BOAT REACHED CYPRUS

  • October 8, 2018
  • Current Events
  A boat carrying eighteen different migrants has been brought to land at Ayia Thekla, Sotira. The boat, which was in dire straits, carried a few women and children, and eleven men were brought to shore by the port authority police. Cypriot authorities have stated that the after being given medical checks, most of the […]

MAKARION STADIUM VANDALISED

  • October 6, 2018
  • Current Events
  Cyprus’ Makarion Stadium was ravaged by hooligans, who brutally vandalized the property and destroyed property extensively. According to Kleanthis Georgiades, Chairman, Cyprus Sports Organization, the vandals littered the pitch with nails, screws, and broken glass, and painted all the goal posts. This will – at least temporarily disrupt the upcoming game scheduled at the […]

US ENCOURAGED TO LIFT ARMS EXPORT BANS ON CYRPUS

  • October 3, 2018
  • Current Events
  The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) has openly criticized the ongoing ban on arms sales from the US to Cyprus. The statement was made by the AHI in a new briefing on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The ITAR, which was originally signed in 1985, prevents Washington from supplying any kind of weapons […]

CYRPUS EXTRADITED PLANE HIJACKER, SAYS EGYPT

  • September 30, 2018
  • Current Events
  According to Egypt’s chief prosecutor, Cyprus has extradited the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane which was diverted to the island country in 2016. Egypt’s chief prosecutor Nabil Sadek revealed the fact that that Egyptian police have found and taken custody of Seif Eddin Mustafa – the hijacker of the Egyptian plane – in Nicosia, […]

CYPRUS TOPS EUROPE IN BANK HOLIDAY LIST

  • September 28, 2018
  • Current Events
  In a surprising news for professionals and workers alike, a UK-based company’s survey has revealed that Cyprus stands at the top of EU countries as regards celebrating the number of bank holidays. According to an interactive map produced by mapping software developing company Esri UK, the island nation and Slovakia have 15 bank holidays […]

CYPRUS RATINGS – MARKING AN ERA OF POSITIVITY

  • September 25, 2018
  • Current Events
  If Fitch Ratings’ recent announcement is anything to go by, the pace of ratings for Western European countries seems to be going on the up and up. Fitch Ratings recently announced that all three of Cyprus, Greece and Andorra had upgrades in their ratings and that there have been no downgrades since April 2018. […]

CYPRUS SET TO RE-NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS FOR OFFSHORE GAS DEPOSITS

  • September 22, 2018
  • Current Events
  Georgios Lakkotrypis, the energy minister of Cyprus has said that the island nation will re-negotiate its contract’s financial terms of its contract with a consortium regarding the exploitation of a gas field off the Cypriot southern shore. Mr. Lakkotrypis announced the consortium, which has Royal Dutch Shell, Texas-based Noble Energy, and Israel’s Delek as […]

BARKER MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CYRPUS

  • September 19, 2018
  • Current Events
  A man has been arrested in north Cyprus in connection to the murder of George Barker, who was stabbed to death at a gym in Bexley around two years ago. The suspect, Charles Riddington, has been identified as the guilty party and is was on the police’s wanted list. Mr. Riddington is known to […]

CYRPUS CREATING TECH HUB FOR BLUE GROWTH

  • September 16, 2018
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered a great news for the Cypriot and the European tech scene, Natasa Pilides, Deputy Minister of Shipping has announced that the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) along with other projects that will form the groundwork for Larnaca Municipality’s Blue Growth. The projects will have experts from Massachusetts Institute […]

TURKISH CYPRIOTS HEAD TO SOUTH FOR BAYRAM AS LIRA DEVALUES

  • September 13, 2018
  • Current Events
  The constantly devaluing Turkish Lira has caused several Turkish Cypriots to spend their holidays celebrating the ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’ in government-controlled areas on the island nation. According to Havadis, a Turkish Cypriot daily, Nicosia’s Ayios Dhometios crossing was dotted with long lines consisting of several Turkish Cypriots observing Kurban Bayramı spending their time […]

BAKERY ROBBER REMANDED

  • September 10, 2018
  • Current Events
  A 20-year-old man has been remanded in connection to the trident bakery robbery. The man was remanded from Liopetri, Famagusta district on grounds of using a speargun trident to rob a prominent bakery. The suspect, who was arrested a few days prior to being remanded, confessed to conducting a robbery at around 4am the […]

SEVERAL DIE AS BOAT OFF NORTHERN CYPRUS COAST GETS CAPSIZED

  • September 4, 2018
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered a tragic accident Cyprus, 19 people have been reported dead after a boat had capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus. The Turkish coastguard has said that while rescue crews did save 103 people, 25 more are yet to be found. The coastguard also shared footage of helicopter and […]

LATE HOLIDAY BOOKINGS HIT BY WARM WEATHER

  • September 1, 2018
  • Current Events
  According to Thomas Cook Group, their annual profit will scale lower than their expectations, courtesy the adverse effect on late holiday bookings caused by the sudden surge in temperature weather all over Europe. The British travel company usually makes most of its profit during the summer, when its northern European customers (especially those from […]

CYPRUS SEEKS HELP TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF TURKISH CYPRIOT JOURNALISTS

  • August 29, 2018
  • Current Events
  In what is being considered an overarching action made by Cyprus, the island nation’s government has announced its plans to ask the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to help it defend the two Turkish Cypriot journalists who are being detained and investigated in Turkey over an article that is being considered […]

ROBERT BIRCH MURDER SUSPECT ACCUSED IN COURT

  • August 27, 2018
  • Current Events
  The man who was charged with the murder Robert Birch, the Welsh builder who was on holiday in Cyprus has been accused in court. The 35-year-old accused, who was arrested on charges of pre-meditated murder, will be entering plea the following month. A 23-year-old woman was also arrested but has been released without being […]

CYPRUS’ LONGEST SERVING CONVICT RELEASED

  • August 24, 2018
  • Current Events
  Panayiotis Kafkaris, the island nation’s longest-serving convict has been released. The 72-year-old, who had killed a man along with his two children, was released post the parole board’s approval of his repeated appeal requests. Kafkaris has served 31 years after being given three life sentences in 1987 in Limassol. The man he had murdered […]

ATTICS FIRE RELIEF RECEIVES €100,000 FROM CYPRUS HOTELIERS

  • August 21, 2018
  • Current Events
  Cyprus has always been keen on making the world a better place, and recent events have made this a bigger fact. In what is being a welcoming news for the philanthropic community, The Cyprus Hotel Association has announced a donation of €100,000 to aid those affected by the wildfire that took place in July […]
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