
Famagusta Gazette
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African desert warbler sighted for first time in Cyprus
A new species of the warbler family of birds, the African desert warbler (Curruca deserti), has been spotted for the first time ever in...
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Cyprus to buy 6 Airbus light attack helicopters
Cyprus is purchasing six Airbus light attack helicopters with a view to replacing its aging Russian fleet of armament, a Defense Ministry...
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EU might convene extraordinary summit on energy: Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Friday that the European Union (EU) would hold an extraordinary energy summit if natural gas...
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Two Israeli airplanes join firefighting efforts in Turkish controlled part of Cyprus
Israel has sent two firefighting airplanes at the request of the Cypriot government to help put out a fire raging for a third day in the...
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Multiple drugs arrests by Bases Police in Cyprus
Ormideia is a village in Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus.It is one of the four exclaves surrounded by the Eastern Sovereign Base Area...
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Countries from Mediterranean region agree to cooperate to tackle food challenges
The Italian capital on Wednesday hosted the first-ever Mediterranean Ministerial Dialogue on the Food Security Crisis, which ended with an...
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Cyprus reports surge in illegal migration
The authorities in Cyprus reported on Monday a recent surge of refugees, with three boatloads of clandestine migrants arriving on the...
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Cyprus, Israel kick off joint military exercise
Cyprus and Israel have kicked-off their “biggest ever” joint military exercise in the Cypriot air, sea and land territory, a Defense...
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Eurozone inflation hits record 8.1 pct in May: Eurostat
Inflation in the eurozone in May reached its highest annual level since the creation of the common currency, with consumer prices rising a...
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New natural gas drilling begins in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone
A new exploratory drilling for natural gas has begun in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, the country’s Ministry of Energy, Commerce and...
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Cyprus seeks to ease spike in fuel and commodity prices
Cyprus will introduce a series of measures to counter the spike in fuel and commodity prices caused by the crisis in Ukraine. Speaking after...
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Press Statement: UNFICYP Cyprus condemns attack against UN patrol vehicle
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) condemns an attack by unidentified perpetrators against a UN patrol vehicle on the...
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Press Release: CABS call for immediate removal of deadly ground nets and for a zero tolerance approach towards their use in Cyprus
In Cyprus, farmers and landowners use ground nets as a method to keep snakes away from their property: They lay out fishing nets on the...
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Multinational civil-military exercise starts in Cyprus
A civil-military exercise in which seven countries are participating started in Cyprus on Monday, the Cypriot Defense Ministry said in a...
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Cyprus’s parliamentary committee seeks EU exemptions from Russia sanctions
Cyprus’s commerce parliamentary committee called on the government on Tuesday to ask the European Union (EU) for exemptions from some of its...
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Cyprus: New Land Planning Regime Opens Door to Development in Bases
Bases Administrator speaks to President Anastasiades at the Presidential Palace By Major General Robert J. Thompson, Commander British...
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Cyprus, China sign MoU on higher education
Cyprus and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in higher education and scientific research, Cyprus’ education...
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New planning system for development on British bases in Cyprus
The Sovereign Base Areas Administration has announced that a new planning system to allow the development of property and land in the...
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Greek,Turkish Cypriot trade unionists jointly celebrate Labor Day in split capital
Greek and Turkish Cypriot trade unionists joined forces on Sunday in celebrating Labor Day for the first time after two years of coronavirus...
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Russia quits international tourism organisation, UNWTO
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has confirmed that Russia had announced its intention to withdraw from the organization....
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EU calls on member states to remain vigilant while entering new phase of COVID-19 pandemic
Despite most COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in the European Union (EU), the bloc’s member states should remain vigilant and increase...
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Asylum seekers make up 5 pct of Cyprus’ population, says government
Asylum seekers make up five percent of Cyprus’ population, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday. Pelekanos was speaking...
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Cyprus eases COVID-19 rules, abolishing most travel restrictions
Cyprus abolished most travel restrictions on Monday and a further relaxation of domestic COVID-19 measures will be decided later this week,...
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Press Release: Statement by the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus
The Technical Committee on Health considers that in view of the epidemiological situation on the island, it is justified to remove all...
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FMs of Cyprus, Lebanon discuss energy cooperation, bilateral relations
Lebanon is considering new proposals for the demarcation of its maritime borders with Israel, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib...