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RyanAir expected to slash prices
RESIDENTS of Cyprus could be in for cheaper airfares as the price of tickets on low cost carrier Ryanair may fall by 7% this year. The...
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Online tickets overtake high street sales
THE DAYS of booking air tickets through traditional high street travel agents in Cyprus appear to be ending. New data shows that 67.1% of air...
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New marinas for Paphos and Paralimni
The brand new marina in Paphos is getting closer to reality after the Poseidon Grand Marina of Paphos consortium was awarded the tender for...
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Expats want to remain in EU, new survey says
British expats are set to vote overwhelmingly in favour of staying in the EU with nearly three quarters in support of the ‘Stay’ campaign,...
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28 miners go on hunger strike in northern Turkey over salary
Twenty-eight miners on a hunger strike inside a mine in Turkey’s northern province of Zonguldak over unpaid salaries have blocked...
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Cyprus ready for ‘best ever’ tourist season
TOURISM MINISTER George Lakkotrypis has said 2016 will be a bumper year for tourism in Cyprus – both in arrivals and revenues. “It...
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Ayia Napa to get wi-fi on beaches
YOU CAN now literally surf day and night on the beaches of Ayia Napa – but only online. The eastern resort is in the process of installing...
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Putin in Greece
Russia n President Vladimir Putin arrived in Greece on Friday for a two- day working visit which both sides have welcomed as another step...
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Last Concorde to return to Bristol
The last ever supersonic passenger jet to fly, the Concorde, is to form the centerpiece at a new 22 million U.S. dollars aviation heritage...
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Cyprus talks set to resume
The stalled Cyprus peace talks will resume after the UN offered explanations about a protocol slip that implied recognition of a breakaway...
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Russia conduct huge Syria aid drop
Russia n aircraft have delivered about 40 tons of UN food products to Syria ‘s eastern city of Deir ez-Zor besieged by IS militants,...
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300,000 people in England diagnosed with cancer in 2014
Almost 300,000 people in England were diagnosed with cancer in 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a new report Friday....
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UN talks on hold, Eide does not know when they will restart
The UN Special Advisor in Cyprus Espen Barth Eide remains in the dark as to when Cyprus talks will resume, after he was publicly snubbed by...
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UN ‘messed up’ in Istanbul, says Cyprus FM Kasoulides
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has pointed the finger of blame for the debacle in Turkey at the United Nations. Speaking on CyBC,...
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Body found in burnt out car
A body has been found inside a burnt-out car in Larnaca. The body has yet to be identified and the cause of the blaze remains unknown. State...
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Anastasiades and Pavlopoulos meet in Athens
GREEK PRESIDENT Prokopis Pavlopoulos has said that Greece and Cyprus share the same position as regards the Cyprus problem. Pavlopoulos...
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Eide accused of playing ‘sensitive diplomatic game’ in Cyprus
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades has called off two-separate meetings with UN Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide this week after ‘unacceptable...
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Polling stations open as Cyprus votes for new Parliament
Polling stations 7am without any glitches being reported, and Cypriots have begun voting to elect the 56 members of the House of...
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Russia fears over NATO expansion
Russia has expressed concern again over the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), one day after the military...
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Smoke reported inside doomed EgyptAir cabin
French Aviation Agency said on Saturday that the EgyptAir MS804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board, had...