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Anastasiades strongly condemns ‘heinous attacks’ in Vienna, FM speaks to Austrian counterpart

Source: Cyprus News AgencyNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyNovember 3, 2020November 3, 202001056

President Nicos Anastasiades has strongly condemned what he called the “heinous attacks in Vienna”. “Devastated and deeply shocked by the terrorist attack in #Vienna. We...

Europe

One shot dead in Vienna, ‘not terrorism-related’ (Update)

Reuters News ServiceDecember 21, 2018December 21, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 21, 2018December 21, 2018097

One person was killed and another injured in a shooting outside a popular schnitzel restaurant in central Vienna on Friday but police said the incident was not...

Cyprus

Austrian airline to start flights from Paphos to Vienna

Annette ChrysostomouMay 30, 2018May 30, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouMay 30, 2018May 30, 20182 125

Austrian airline Laudamotion is about to start flights from Vienna to Paphos, a move welcomed by the Paphos regional tourism board on Wednesday. According to...

Europe World

Attacker shot outside Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna

Reuters News ServiceMarch 12, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 12, 20180129

Heightened security measures have been ordered at embassies and other diplomatic buildings in Vienna after a soldier stationed outside the residence of the Iranian ambassador...

Europe World

King penguin chick shows up at Vienna zoo

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 22, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 22, 2016November 6, 20160147

A King penguin chick, hatched in Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo four weeks ago, has emerged from the folds of a protective parent’s body. The zoo published...

Europe Turkey World

Turkey summons Austria charge d’affaires over Vienna airport ticker on underage sexual abuse

Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2016November 7, 201649 165

Turkey summoned Austria’s charge d’affaires in Ankara late on Saturday over what it said was “indecent report” about Turkey on a news ticker at Vienna...

Europe World

Giant panda cub born in Vienna after zoo sets the right mood

Reuters News ServiceAugust 8, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 8, 2016November 7, 2016189

A naturally conceived giant panda cub has been born in Vienna, the city’s main zoo announced on Monday, a rare event that it said is...

Middle East World

Major powers fail to agree new date for Syria peace talks (Update 2)

FORMER STAFFMay 17, 2016November 9, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMay 17, 2016November 9, 20162 141

Major power foreign ministers failed to agree a new date to resume Syrian peace talks at a meeting on Tuesday, and the opposition said it...

World

Syrian opposition, rebels not invited to Vienna talks

FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 2015

By FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 20152 71

By Tom Perry and John Davison Syria’s main political opposition body and representatives of the armed opposition have not been invited to international talks on...

World

No breakthrough in talks between Iran and nuclear watchdog

FORMER STAFFJuly 3, 2015

By FORMER STAFFJuly 3, 20153 69

No breakthrough was reached between the UN nuclear watchdog and Iran on unresolved questions around Tehran’s nuclear programme, the head of the International Atomic Energy...

Cyprus

Cyprus selects Eurovision hopeful

Jean ChristouFebruary 2, 2015February 2, 2015

By Jean ChristouFebruary 2, 2015February 2, 201510 112

Twenty-year old singer Giannis Karagiannis will be representing Cyprus in the upcoming Eurovision contest, performing a song written by well-known composer Mike Konnaris called “One...

World

Viennese protest after cafe ejects lesbian couple

CyprusMailJanuary 17, 2015

By CyprusMailJanuary 17, 20150149

More than 1,000 people took to the streets on Friday to protest in front of a famous Viennese cafe after it ejected a lesbian couple...

Cyprus

No risk from suspected Ebola passenger, minister says

Jean ChristouJanuary 5, 2015

By Jean ChristouJanuary 5, 20150111

Passengers on a Larnaca bound flight, from Vienna, with a suspected case of Ebola, are in no danger, Minister of Health Philippos Patsalis has said,...

World

Iran, powers start talks on final nuclear deal

FORMER STAFFFebruary 18, 2014

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 18, 20141101

“What our officials started will continue. We will not renege. I have no opposition,” he told a crowd in the northern city of Tabriz on Monday to...

Business Cyprus

First NIKI flight welcomed at Larnaca (Full story)

Jean ChristouFebruary 1, 2014February 1, 2014

By Jean ChristouFebruary 1, 2014February 1, 20143 169

THE first scheduled NIKI service from Vienna to Larnaca airport touched down in Cyprus on Friday. The Austrian airline, part of the airberlin group, will...

Opinion

Diplomats behaving badly

FORMER STAFFJanuary 12, 2014January 11, 2014

By FORMER STAFFJanuary 12, 2014January 11, 20145 143

By Ian Buruma Diplomats, normally discreet figures who rarely court publicity, have been in the news a lot lately, for all the wrong reasons. Two...

Asia World

UN inspectors hold ‘very productive’ nuclear talks with Iran

CyprusMailOctober 29, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailOctober 29, 2013November 3, 20161171

By Fredrik Dahl The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran held “very productive” talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked investigation into Iranian atomic...

Asia World

Iran, UN nuclear agency to meet again after ‘constructive’ talks

CyprusMailSeptember 27, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailSeptember 27, 2013November 3, 2016187

By Fredrik Dahl Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency held “constructive” talks on Friday and made plans to meet again in one month, adding to...

Asia World

Iran hits out at ‘unfair’ UN nuclear agency ahead of talks

CyprusMailSeptember 26, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailSeptember 26, 2013November 3, 2016176

By Fredrik Dahl Iran has sharply criticized the U.N. nuclear watchdog over “baseless allegations” about its atomic activity, a document showed before talks between the...

Cyprus

Low-cost carrier Flyniki coming to Cyprus in 2014

Jean ChristouAugust 14, 2013

By Jean ChristouAugust 14, 20138 314

Low-cost airline Flyniki will begin flights from Larnaca to Vienna from January 2014, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday. The new route will be inaugurated on...