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Erdogan: Turkey to re-inforce military presence in occupied northern Cyprus
Turkey will re-inforce its military presence in occupied northern Cyprus after the United States lifted defence trade restrictions on Cyprus, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on...
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Cypriot firms expect to stay profitable
Businesses in Cyprus are expecting a further increase in energy and raw material costs in the next six months, factors already ranked by companies as the most important problem they are...
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Turkey urges ‘common sense’ to supporters of Greek positions
Ankara has called on countries supporting Greece’s actions in the Aegean Sea to “adopt common sense,” the National Security Council (MGK) meeting statement said Wednesday. The...
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Spanish vultures released in Cyprus to replenish population
Some 15 griffon vultures from Spain have been released into the wild in Cyprus to help revive the east Mediterranean island’s population that’s dropped to just 8-10 birds because of...
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Nicosia may block bid for Bank of Cyprus
Private equity firm Lone Star has until Friday to submit a binding offer to buy the Bank of Cyprus, but the island’s largest financial institution could be out of reach as the Parliament...
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Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker ‘avalanche’
Cyprus is seeking help from the United Nations to stem an “avalanche” of migrants who make their way from the ethnically divided island’s breakaway north across a UN-controlled buffer zone...
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Cyprus LGBT+ pride marchers seek equal family rights
Hundreds of activists turned streets of the Cypriot capital into a sea of rainbows on Sunday on a pride march in a push for equal rights irrespective of sexual orientation....
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Innovation leaps ahead in Cyprus
Cyprus has achieved the biggest improvement in the field of innovation at the European level since 2015, per the annual report of the European Commission’s Innovation Scoreboard for the...
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Cyprus’ TUS Airways adding Larnaca-Iraklio route
For the first time in its history, Cypriot carrier TUS Airways will start offering direct flights from Larnaca to Iraklio, Crete. The route starts on December 16, with...
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Lone Star makes €700 mln offer for Bank of Cyprus
US fund Lone Star’s roughly 700-million-euro offer for Bank of Cyprus shows that the sector in Europe may have reached the point where, when prices are low enough, the numbers can work....
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Cyprus extends reduced fuel taxation
The Cypriot government extended the reduced excise duties on fuel until January 15, 2023, on Friday, in a bid to alleviate the effects of soaring inflation fueled by the war in Ukraine,...
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Anastasiades describes Erdogan’s comments to UN as ‘ironic’
President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiades has spoken of his “deep disappointment” upon hearing the Turkish president claim that he wants “issues in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern...
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Cypriot growth to reach 5.5% this year
Cyprus’ economy is forecast to grow by 5.5% in 2022 on better-than-expected tourism arrivals, although the outlook is tempered by energy market turbulence which will sap demand later in...
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More foreign firms set up shop in Cyprus
The adoption of the New Strategy for Attracting Business and Talent has led to an impressive increase in the number of foreign companies interested in establishing a presence in Cyprus,...
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Erdogan says discussed with Putin flights to breakaway northern Cyprus
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by broadcaster NTV on Thursday as saying that he discussed the start of direct flights from Russia to northern Cyprus with his Russian...
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Cyprus ban on plastics from Oct 1bbc reeel
Cyprus will take action and reduce the use of plastic, according to a law that comes into force on October 1. Consequently, from the following weekend, products such as plastic cotton...
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Russia denies reports of flights to occupied Cyprus
The Russian Embassy in Nicosia has refuted a story in Turkish newspaper Milliyet that direct flights from Russia to occupied northern Cyprus will commence, according to RIA Novosti....
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Hellenic Bank sees profits jump
Hellenic Bank, Cyprus’ second largest lender, reported a profit of 55.4 million euros for the first half of 2022, compared to a profit of €21 million in the corresponding half of 2021....
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Cyprus and Israel close to agreement
A note of optimism for a resolution of the Cyprus-Israel dispute over the Aphrodite deposit is being sounded following contacts between the two sides at the level of energy ministers in...
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Report points to direct flights between Russia and Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus
Turkish media are reporting that Turkish Cypriots could be closer to getting direct flights between Russia and north Nicosia, an otherwise politically unworkable task due to the division...
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AHI hails US decision to lift Cyprus arms embargo
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) “applauds” a decision by the Department of State to lift an arms embargo on Cyprus in 2023, saying that it “demonstrates the evolving geostrategic...
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Dendias thanks US officials for Cyprus arms embargo lift
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias thanked US Secretary Antony Blinken and Senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio Monday for helping lift the embargo on arms sales to Cyprus. I...
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Cyprus, Israel pledge quick deal in gas field dispute
Israel and Cyprus said Monday that they have made “significant” headway in resolving a long-running dispute over an offshore natural gas deposit and say they are committed to quickly...
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Greece welcomes lifting of US arms embargo on Cyprus
Greece welcomed on Saturday a decision by the United States to lift a decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus, saying it constitutes a “political landmark” in relations between Washington and...
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Cyprus hails US decision to fully lift weapons embargo
Cyprus on Saturday hailed the full lifting of a US arms embargo on the ethnically divided island nation as a milestone reaffirming increasingly tighter bilateral bonds that serve to...