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Olive Branch Aid official opening the primary food bank and advice centre of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Olive Branch Aid official opening The 11th May 2023 marked the inaugural launch of the new premises of Olive Branch Aid (OBA), the primary food bank and advice centre of...
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Islington Support Payment Scheme is open and has paid more than £1.5 million to people affected by abuse while placed by Islington Council in its children’s homes
The Islington Support Payment Scheme is open for applications and enquiries from people who experienced abuse while placed by Islington Council in its children’s homes....
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Book review: Maame by Jessica George
By Simon Demetriou Words make promises that we’re too often left scrambling to fulfil. In Jessica George’s debut novel, the word that’s dragged her protagonist,...
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Cyprus Bases take part in RoC multi-nation firefighting exercise ‘Pyrsos’
Pictured here is Exercise Pyrsos taken place in Pyrsos Cyprus on the 24th May 2023, involving the Cypriot Fire brigade from Limassol and Cypriot Police Department with...
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Barbecue warning
Having your first BBQ of the year this #BankHoliday weekend? We don’t want an invite – follow our advice
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Did the UK’s Braverman behave improperly?
The fuss in the British press over the interior minister was a storm in a teacup By Alper Ali Riza As every observer of corruption in public life knows, it is the...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Still striving to be an A-list international problem
ANGELA MERKEL was declared possible candidate for the role of special envoy of the EU by all the Cyprus and Greece news websites, after Prez Nik II’s visit to Germany and...
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Our View: We are dangerously close to returning to pre-bailout fiscal spending
Ten years have passed since the bailout, which devastated the economy, and seven have passed since the country exited the assistance programme that was imposed by the...
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Parliament passes bill criminalising conversion therapy
Parliament on Thursday passed a bill criminalising conversion therapy on LGBT persons, while also allowing for the continued provision of advice to homosexuals. The...
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British Bases in multination firefighting exercise
Bases firefighters and 84 Squadron participated in the Republic of Cyprus Fire Service-led Exercise Pyrsos as part of the annual joint fire safety training. The...
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Maria Symeou launches new book at the Dugdale Centre
UK Cypriot Maria Symeou launched her latest book in The Charlotte Learning Collection on Saturday 29 April 2023, at The Dugdale Arts Centre, in Enfield. The series follow...
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Celebrating Cyprus culture in Bath
University society seeks to help local students settle in and inform those from elsewhere about life on the island finds PAUL LAMBIS Aside from making long-term...
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‘Gender determined by body’s physiology’
Gender is determined by the body’s physiology, the Holy Synod said on Tuesday, calling on MPs to vote against a bill aiming to put an end to conversion therapies in...
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Cracking down on 'Conversion Therapies': Parties' positions and ethical concerns unveiled
Based on the voting patterns of the AKEL and DISY parliamentary groups thus far, it appears that the proposed law criminalizing "conversion therapies" will be presented...
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Advice issued to drivers following increase in vehicle thefts
Drivers are being advised to make sure their cars and vans are secure following an increase in vehicle thefts around the county. Thefts of vehicles have increased by...
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In defence of the right to die
The idea that assisting in the death of the terminally ill is tantamount to murder is morally repugnant Crime and punishment is about prohibited intentional...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Junior finds a new idol to worship
LAST Sunday’s Diko conference turned into a love-in, party leader Junior exercising zero restraint in his public adulation of his new political idol – Prez Nik II. “If...
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Our View: Is the audit office in charge of everything?
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides, last Wednesday, at the House legal affairs committee presented the bill on Legal Service of the Republic, which will give complete...
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Man jailed for multi-million pound fraud operation after Met-led multi-agency investigation
The man responsible for running the multi-million-pound fraud website iSpoof has been jailed for 13 years and 4 months. Tejay Fletcher, 35 (13.12.87), of Western...
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Henry Kissinger warns of looming peril: U.S.-China tensions and the AI arms race
Source: Fortune U.S.-China tensions have been called a repeat of Cold War-era dynamics. But a more apt comparison may be the years preceding World War I when...
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More women to file complaints against former bishop
More women have come forward with complaints of sexual misconduct against former Larnaca Bishop Chrysostomos after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage...
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Government to act swiftly over sanctions as new list awaited
The looming US and UK sanctions have cast a long shadow over Cyprus with the government on Friday vowing to act decisively but the impacted sectors appearing to be...
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Restaurant review: Honest Bread, Nicosia
We often get caught up in what we believe to be a good restaurant. But over recent years, the world has changed so much that the very definition of it has radically...
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Move it, fatso!
THE WAY THINGS ARE Weight is a constant in the lives of people who don’t conform to what experts and beauty addicts maintain is the correct number of kilos. Medical...
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Astrologer using esoteric craft to help others
As the world enters a ‘new age’ THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman who has helped the police locate missing people, predicted what will happen for the new government and views...