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• Full moon seen in Cyprus

  2 days ago Famagusta Gazette

    A full moon is seen in the sky over Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by George Christophorou/Xinhua)...

• Cyprus: Public debt stands higher than the pre-pandemic level

  2 days ago Famagusta Gazette

  Cyprus’ public debt in June dropped 3.1 percent year-on-year to 24.18 billion euros (24.9 billion U.S. dollars), the lowest level since the...

• Tourism arrivals in Cyprus pick up, numbers ‘satisfactory’

  6 days ago Famagusta Gazette

  The number of tourists visiting Cyprus in the first six months of 2022 was 75 percent of the figure for the same period in 2019, Chairman of...

• Cyprus confirms first case of monkeypox, 40-year-old man

  1 week ago Famagusta Gazette

   Cyprus confirmed its first case of monkeypox on Tuesday, a health ministry spokesman said. The patient is a 40-year-old man with...

• British teen signs with Cyprus Division 1 side, Apollon FC

  2 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  St John’s School student Oliver Robinson is on the verge of fulfilling his childhood dream after signing his first professional football...

• Cyprus central bank turns down economic forcast

  2 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said on Wednesday it has turned down its forecast for this year’s GDP growth by 0.9 percentage points due to...

• Cyprus heatwave: New yellow warning comes into force tonight

  3 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  High temperatures will continue across Cyprus until Monday. Earlier, a new yellow warning was issued by the Department of Meteorology....

• Cyprus: British bases employee charged with corruption

  3 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  The Sovereign Base Areas Police can confirm today that following an ongoing SBA police investigation, an employee of the Sovereign Base...

• Melani, a rare black female flamingo, returns to Cyprus

  3 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  Melani, a rare black female flamingo has returned to the Akrotiri Salt Lake for the fifth time in seven years. The flamingo, which suffers...

• Cyprus: President Anastasiades tests positive for COVID-19

  3 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades has tested positive for COVID-19, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday. Pelekanos said...

• Cyprus: TUS Airways announces latest addition to its growing fleet

  3 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  TUS Airways has announced the latest addition to its growing aircraft fleet with the arrival of its newest Airbus A320 aircraft at Larnaca...

• Cyprus: SBA police nab man for possession of 125 grams of cannabis

  4 weeks ago Famagusta Gazette

  A 31-year-old Greek National was arrested on July 12 for the possession of 125 grams of cannabis with a street value of €1,500. The arrest...

• European Commission cuts economic growth forecasts

  15-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  The European Commission cut its economic growth forecasts for the European Union (EU) and the eurozone for 2022 and 2023 and revised up its...

• Party in the Park – Bringing Cyprus’ Communities Together

  14-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  On Saturday 28th May, International Communities Organisation’s newly established bi-communal partner, Cyprus Peace and Dialogue Centre...

• Cyprus President: Salute to US independence

  13-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Address by the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, at the reception of the USA Ambassador to Cyprus on the occasion of the 246th...

• Ancient Orthodox icon looted from north Cyprus repatriated

  12-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  A Medieval Orthodox icon  looted from a church in Kyrenia, northern Cyprus has returned to the island. According to the Independent ,...

• Australia’s most wanted man deported from Cyprus

  12-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Fugitive Comanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle has been deported to Turkey where he’s expected to be processed and handed over to Australian...

• Cyprus President signs book of condolences for Shinzo Abe

  12-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades signed today the book of condolences opened at the Embassy of Japan for the death of former Prime...

• Cyprus: Police warning to drink and drug drivers

  12-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  The Sovereign Base Area Police in Akrotiri has revealed an increase in the number of people driving whilst under the influence of alcohol...

• EU to invest over 1 bln euros in Cyprus in 2021-2027

  9-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Cyprus and the European Commission on Friday signed agreements in the context of the European Cohesion Fund worth 1.8 billion euros (1.83...

• Cyprus airline increases Paris flights

  8-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  TUS Airways, Cyprus’ largest airline, has increased its flight frequency for August from two to three weekly flights on its Larnaca – Paris...

• African desert warbler sighted for first time in Cyprus

  5-7-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  A new species of the warbler family of birds, the African desert warbler (Curruca deserti), has been spotted for the first time ever in...

• Cyprus to buy 6 Airbus light attack helicopters

  25-6-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Cyprus is purchasing six Airbus light attack helicopters with a view to replacing its aging Russian fleet of armament, a Defense Ministry...

• EU might convene extraordinary summit on energy: Italian PM

  25-6-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Friday that the European Union (EU) would hold an extraordinary energy summit if natural gas...

• Two Israeli airplanes join firefighting efforts in Turkish controlled part of Cyprus

  23-6-2022 Famagusta Gazette

  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...