USS Oscar Austin destroyer returns to Cyprus
The United States navy’s destroyer ship the USS Oscar Austin returned to Cyprus on Tuesday, this time docking in Larnaca.
US ambassador in Nicosia Julie S Davis hailed the ...
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‘A matter of time’ until companies have enough airbags to complete replacements
It is “only a matter of time” before all the affected vehicle distributors in Cyprus have enough airbags to carry out the replacements required by the government’s recall decree, ...
European trophies to be displayed at Mall of Cyprus
The Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League trophies will both be on display in Cyprus on Thursday.
Greek gambling company Stoiximan, a sponsor of Uefa, announced that the trophies ...
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Agreements signed by Cyprus and Egypt over natural gas
Cyprus and Egypt on Monday signed two agreements concerning the exploitation of natural gas resources under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean.
The first agreement was a memorandum of understanding ...
CyBC workers to strike over pension dispute
Workers at public broadcaster CyBC are to strike on Wednesday, demanding a resolution to issues related to the payment of pensions.
It was not immediately clear what programmes will be ...
Tatar: region’s developments prove right a two-state Cyprus
Developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the wider region have “proven how correct” the idea of a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said ...
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Concerns over installations and electronics after Limassol fire
The electromechanical services department was on Monday working to determine whether a fire at a house in Limassol, in which a family of five died, was caused by a short ...
Akamas mayor asks for desalination plant to be moved away from tourist area
Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Monday said he had requested the water development department to move the mobile desalination plant which is planned to be placed near the Potima beach ...
Apoel team bus attacked after match
The bus transporting players and coaches from Apoel was attacked by people throwing rocks as it made its way back to Nicosia on Sunday night after the side’s 2-1 ...
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At least 14 donkeys shot dead in Karpasia
At least 14 wild donkeys were found to have been shot dead during fieldwork carried out by the Tashkent nature park in Karpasia on Sunday, the charity announced on Monday morning.
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Paramedics postpone industrial action pending cabinet approval of new bill
Paramedics have postponed their planned refusal to work overtime for two weeks until February 27, pending the approval of a bill to “protect” the profession by cabinet.
Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics ...
‘Emergency summit’ in Paris on Monday, Cyprus’ attendance unclear
French President Emmanuel Macron has invited European leaders to attend an “emergency summit” in Paris on Monday over European security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed on Sunday.
Barrot told ...
Placing defibrillators in remote villages ‘is now possible’
“It is now possible” to place defibrillators in remote villages, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Sunday.
In a social media post hailing the placement of a defibrillator in the ...
Larnaca district residents protest at ‘harmful’ Dhekelia power station
Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...
Cyprus’ disabled people are ‘invisible’ and ‘deprived of their basic human rights’
Disabled people in Cyprus are “invisible” and “deprived of their most basic human rights”, Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said on Sunday.
Speaking to newspaper Politis, ...
‘Invite women to the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to the army’
Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said.
She took to ...
‘We need to completely rethink our relationship with the environment’
Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday.
“If we want to achieve climate ...
Nicosia plans to build two new reservoirs
Plans are afoot to build two new reservoirs in Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Sunday.
Speaking to Tak, the north’s news agency, he said plans ...
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Elderly man arrested after being five times over alcohol limit in hit-and-run
A 70-year-old man was arrested on Saturday evening after being found to have been almost five times over the legal alcohol limit to drive after running a 62-year-old woman over ...
North told it has ‘no time to waste’ over Takata airbags
The north has “no time to waste” over the issue of faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Friday.
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Plans to develop Limni Bay ‘extremely alarming’
Plans to develop Limni Bay, to the northeast of Polis Chrysochous, are “extremely alarming”, Cyprus Ecological Movement secretary-general Efi Xanthou said on Friday.
She was speaking after it was reported ...
Pakistani national jailed for two years over north’s ‘fake diploma scandal’
A Pakistani national was sentenced to two years in prison in the north on Friday for his part in the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher ...
Al Jazeera ‘golden passports’ adjourned for ten days
The court case regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic ...
Six former public officials indicted over Isias hotel collapse
Six former public officials from the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman were on Thursday indicted for “causing death through negligence”, based on their role in the sequence of events which ...