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Cyprus Football Association suspend soccer fixtures
The Cypriot football referees declared an indefinite strike on Monday after arsonists set on fire a car belonging to the mother of a referee earlier in the day, the Cyprus Referees...
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Easy win for Spain at home to Cyprus
Spain enjoyed a comfortable 6-0 win at home to Cyprus on Tuesday to strengthen their claim for a place in next summer’s European Championships. The game was resolved by the 33rd...
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Cyprus, Israel, Greece boost cooperation on energy corridor
(File: Famagusta Gazette) Cyprus, Greece and Israel this week agreed to intensify cooperation on an energy corridor from the Eastern Mediterranean to Europe, leaders of the three...
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Cyprus: To save money on flights, locals opt for Paphos Airport
Once considered a small provincial airstrip, Paphos airport on the west coast of Cyprus has quickly become one of the busiest hubs in the Eastern Mediterranean. And after years of...
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Packed with tourists, Cyprus records bumper holiday revenues
(File: Famagusta Gazette) Tourism revenues in Cyprus topped €1,090 million in the first half of this year, providing a huge boost to the island’s economy. The figure marks an...
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UK concern over anti-migrant riots in Cyprus
The United Kingdom has expressed concern over the ‘escalating tension’ after anti-migrant demonstrations in Cyprus. On Friday, a violent protest gathered some 500 people and caused...
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FULL TEXT: Joint Statement by Cyprus, Greece, Israel after the 9th Trilateral Summit
We, Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of...
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Cyprus: Five Israeli men accused of gang-raping British tourist
Five Israeli tourists have been arrested in Ayia Napa after a 20-year-old woman alleged they had raped her at a hotel in the resort. The woman, believed to be a British tourist, is...
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Bygones 1958: Curfew on all Greek Cypriot men underway
1958: A curfew on all Greek Cypriot men born between November 1933 and November 1943 (aged 15 to 25) came into force at 4.30am today in the Nicosia Police Division—that is the walled...
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A run of strong data buoys Cyprus economy
Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has placed the economy of Cyprus as being ‘positive,’ it had formally been ‘stable’. The agency said 10 years after the financial crisis on the...
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Israeli tycoon Steinmetz arrested in Cyprus
Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz has been arrested in Cyprus, according to the Times of Israel . An article posted on the news site on Sunday says the businessman is wanted in Romania...
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Netanyahu jets into Cyprus ahead of trilateral summit
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Cyprus to meet with President Nikos Christodouides. The two leaders will discuss developments in Cyprus-Israel bilateral relations,...
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Violent anti-migrant protests rock Cyprus
(File: Famagusta Gazette) At least 13 people were detained following an anti-immigrant riot in the southern city of Limassol overnight on Friday, in which five people were injured in...
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Egypt’s Mediterranean city gains global fame in shipbuilding
In Egypt’s northern coastal city of Ezbet al-Borg, where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea, dozens of workers were busy putting the final touches on a luxurious tourist boat...
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Technical glitch delays Cyprus Airways flight
Illustration Plane and Airport A technical problem caused to 170 passengers to spend the night in Italy after a Cyprus Airways flight from Fiumicino Airport in Rome to Larnaca was put...
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Cyprus: Plaque laid to remember record breaking diver
Ray Woolley (Nathan Morley / Famagusta Gazette) A well-known British diver has been remembered with a special plaque at the Zenobia wreck site off the coast of Larnaca in Cyprus....
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Cyprus: Anti-migrant protests rock Paphos suburb, 20 arrests
(File: Famagusta Gazette) Protestors have returned to the streets of Chlorakas, near Paphos in western Cyprus, in a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. In disturbing...
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UN seeks resumption of Cyprus peace talks ‘for the benefit of all people’
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca (R, Front) arrives to meet with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Aug. 28,...
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Cyprus: Situation in UN buffer zone remains quiet
Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. The UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has said that the situation near a village of the...
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COVID-19 cases see ‘remarkable increase’ in Lebanon
Firass Abiad Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad has warned that COVID-19 cases have seen a remarkable increase in Lebanon recently, calling on citizens to take proper...
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UN condemns assaults against peacekeepers in Cyprus
(File: Famagusta Gazette) The UN Security Council on Monday condemned the assaults against UN peacekeepers and damage to UN vehicles in Cyprus by Turkish Cypriot personnel. In a...
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Egypt calls for calm in Cyprus after UN incident
Famagusta Gazette Egypt on Sunday called for calm in Cyprus after the recent attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in the east Mediterranean island. In a statement, the Egyptian...
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Cyprus: ‘Assaults against UN peacekeepers’ shocks island
The UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on Friday condemned “the assaults against UN peacekeepers and damage to UN vehicles by personnel from the Turkish Cypriot side.” In a...
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Press statement: UNFICYP CONDEMNS ASSAULTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS
Famagusta Gazette The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) condemns the assaults against UN peacekeepers and damage to UN vehicles by personnel from the Turkish Cypriot...
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Cyprus: Bird Trapping Numbers remain low on British bases
With one month to go until the so-called illegal bird trapping season begins, the SBA Police has said more investment in detection technology is on its way to reduce the number of...