Shireen Gaza flotilla boat to leave Cyprus on Saturday
The second Gaza Sumud flotilla boat which arrived in Cyprus in the space of 24 hours on Friday is to depart from Cyprus on Saturday, according to a representative of the ...
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List of available Turkish Cypriot properties in western Limassol to be published in January
The list of unused Turkish Cypriot properties in the western Limassol village cluster which will be available for use will be published on January 2, the House refugees committee stated on ...
Second Gaza Sumud flotilla boat with 10 on board docks in Paphos
A second boat, part of the Gaza Sumud flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, docked in Paphos on Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed to the Cyprus News ...
Key Tatar supporter says bringing Ozil to boost campaign was a ‘stupid choice’
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli, one of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s key supporters as he vies for re-election to the role on October 19, on Friday described ...
Karousos: Water losses cost Cypriot consumers €13m per year
Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos on Friday said that water which is unaccounted for is costing consumers in Cyprus €13 million per year.
This figure, he said, is based on the ...
Drug syndicate trial postponed until November
The trial of seven people accused of forming an alleged criminal syndicate engaged in drug trafficking, running a protection racket, and illegal gambling was on Friday postponed until November 21.
It ...
Takata airbag caused death of 26-year-old in north this week
A faulty airbag manufactured by Japanese company Takata was the cause of the death of 26-year-old Turkish national Ali Osman Bayram, who died in a car crash in the north, ...
Drug syndicate trial postponed until November
The trial of seven people accused of forming an alleged criminal syndicate engaged in drug trafficking, running a protection racket, and illegal gambling was on Friday postponed until November 21.
It ...
Anger brews over police response to Gaza protest
Anger brewed on Friday over the police’s heavy-handed response to a protest outside the foreign ministry in response to Israel’s interception of boats sailing towards Gaza as part ...
50 people, including mayor, gather to welcome flotilla ship to Larnaca
Around 50 people, including mayor Andreas Vyras, gathered at the Larnaca port to welcome one of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla to the island on Thursday night.
Vyras ...
First cars immobilised after airbag recalls
The first immobilisations of cars subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata and have not had their airbags replaced began ...
Gaza flotilla boat docks in Cyprus
One of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla, a group of more than 50 boats which attempted to break the State of Israel’s naval blockade and provide humanitarian ...
Police recommend criminal prosecution over fatal Aglandjia car crash
The police have recommended to attorney-general George Savvides that the 24-year-old man who was involved in a road accident which resulted in the death of 20-year-old Kyriacos Antoniou in July ...
Erhurman leads by 10 per cent in latest Turkish Cypriot election poll
Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman holds a lead of just shy of 10 per cent over incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, according to a poll released by ...
Govt to repeal law which allowed ‘golden passports’ scheme
Cabinet has approved a motion to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions which allowed for the country’s ‘...
Christodoulides: Turkey must meet conditions to join EU’s Safe programme
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said it is “up to Turkey” to meet the conditions set out om the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme.
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UN budget cuts spark fears of job losses in Cyprus
Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday.
UN ...
Tatar raises concerns after National Guard adds new Serbian rocket launchers to its arsenal
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has raised concerns after the National Guard utilised Wednesday’s independence day parade to unveil newly acquired LRSVM Tamnava rocket launchers.
He said the Greek ...
Cars recalled due to airbags to be immobilised from Friday
Cars which were subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata will begin to be immobilised from Friday if they have ...
Cypriot Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza
Cypriot Palestinian journalist Yahia Barzaq was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, local media confirmed on Wednesday night.
Barzaq worked as a freelance journalist in the strip, with his ...
Pafos FC hammered 5-1 by Bayern in home Champions League debut
Cypriot champions Pafos FC were hammered 5-1 by German juggernaut Bayern Munich in their first ever Champions League home match at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol on Tuesday night.
While ...
Many dams in Cyprus ‘old and in need of immediate maintenance’
Many dams in Cyprus are “old and in need of immediate reassessment and maintenance”, according to a report on the state of the management of the island’s water resources ...
‘Certain things’ must be implemented before GSI payment made, Christodoulides says
“Certain things” must be implemented before Cyprus makes its planned €25 million payment to Greece’s independent power transmission system operator Admie as part of its obligations regarding the Great Sea ...
Christodoulides annoyed that ‘some choose to believe Tatar over president of Cyprus’
By Tom Cleaver
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed annoyance that some “on the Greek Cypriot side consciously choose to believe Tatar and not the president of the Republic of ...