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July Busiest Month Ever for Cypriot Airports, Tourists Arrivals
The National Herald
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August 13, 2025
NICOSIA – Cyprus continues to enjoy growing tourism with the country’s two international airports reporting record numbers for July during the peak season with 1,653,880 passengers coming through Larnaka and Pafos airports. Between January and...
Why was the 2nd Operation carried out in Cyprus?
Sabah
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August 13, 2025
In my latest article for Daily Sabah, published on July 20, I explored the reasons behind Türkiye’s Peace Operation on Cyprus on July 20, 1974, providing the historical context leading up to the event. In this second part, I will delve into the...
Bossier Parish Police Jury Public Legal Notices
Bossier Press-Tribune - Louisiana
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August 13, 2025
3 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the Receptionist in the Bossier Parish Police Jury Office, 204 Burt Boulevard, Benton, LA, until the hour of 2:00 P.M., September 11, 2025, at which time bids will be opened and read aloud...
Political tug-of-war in Nicosia over €25M power cable payment
Knews Kathimerini
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A brewing dispute within Cyprus’ government over the Cyprus-Crete electricity interconnection project is turning into a serious political headache just as €25 million is due for disbursement to Greece’s ADMIE, the project operator. According to...
Government aims for swift return of fire-hit areas to tourism
Cyprus Mail
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August 11, 2025
The biggest challenge facing the government after the Limassol wildfires is “to bring the areas affected back to tourism as soon as possible,” deputy minister of tourism Costas Koumis said on Monday. Koumis spoke after visiting Omodos, one of the...
US report cites ongoing human rights concerns in Cyprus
Cyprus Mail
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August 13, 2025
Significant human rights issues, including cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, persisted in the Republic of Cyprus in 2024, according to a US State Department report released on Wednesday. While the government took steps to punish...
President’s office praises ‘self-sacrifice and bravery’ of Isaac and Solomou
Cyprus Mail
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August 11, 2025
The office of the president on Monday praised the “self-sacrifice, bravery and selflessness” of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were killed during two separate demonstrations in the buffer zone near Dherynia in August 1996. In a post on...
Cyprus marks one year of interbank ESG assessment for businesses
Cyprus Mail
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August 11, 2025
One year has passed since the launch of the interbank ESG assessment project for Cypriot businesses, implemented by Artemis Credit Bureau through the Synesgy platform. According to a statement by the Association of Banks of Cyprus, this project...
Cyprus tax reform misses mark on boosting stock market growth, exchange says
Cyprus Mail
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August 11, 2025
CSE demands vision-driven approach to market growth The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) Council on Monday expressed “deep concern and disappointment” over what it deems to be “the exclusion of meaningful incentives for the capital market” in the...
Cyprus’ strong performance at FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship
Knews Kathimerini
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From 2-7 August 2025, Cyprus’s school team, representing The Grammar School, Limassol, competed at the FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship, hosted at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Among 55 teams from around the globe,...
Cyprus news roundup: Fires, finance and fiery wage demands
Knews Kathimerini
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From forest fire probes to banking battles, here’s a look at the week’s biggest developments in Cyprus. Hotel industry crisis averted, for now With talks still ongoing at one large hotel group and labor disputes settled at three others, a broader...
Cyprus’ ghost story is suffocating its future
Knews Kathimerini
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Twenty-two years ago, in April 2003, I crossed a checkpoint for the first time with my mother and grandmother to see their old home in Famagusta. By then, nearly three decades after the coup and the Turkish invasion, the national narrative we had...
Cyprus Drivers Can Check Traffic Camera Fines Online
Famagusta Gazette
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August 11, 2025
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – Drivers in Cyprus can now check and pay traffic camera fines online, streamlining a process that previously relied on postal notifications. The system allows vehicle owners to search for pending violations by entering their...
Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'
LAD Bible
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Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...
Cyprus nets €257.9m from EU e-commerce VAT schemes
Cyprus Mail
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August 11, 2025
VAT revenues from the EU’s e-commerce systems brought €257.9 million into Cyprus’ coffers in 2024, according to tax commissioner Sotiris Markides. Through the One Stop Shop (OSS) and Import One Stop Shop (IOSS), businesses can declare and pay VAT...
American lawyer calls Samvel Karapetyan case a "political show"
ARKA
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NEWS » Politics » American lawyer calls Samvel Karapetyan case a "political show" Renowned American lawyer Robert Amsterdam said that the case of Tashir Group President Samvel Karapetyan is clearly a political show and an act of revenge, which...
Cyprus police find suitcase stuffed with cannabis at airport
Famagusta Gazette
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August 11, 2025
Home Cyprus Cyprus police find suitcase stuffed with cannabis at airport FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE — Authorities in Cyprus have seized 24 kilograms of cannabis from the luggage of a 25-year-old woman who arrived Sunday afternoon at Paphos International...
Cyprus plans major upgrades to air and naval bases with U.S. and EU cooperation
Famagusta Gazette
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August 11, 2025
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – American defense experts have visited the Andreas Papandreou Air Base in Paphos twice in recent months as part of plans to upgrade the facility. The project, coordinated with Cypriot authorities, includes expanding the runway,...
Troodos tenants’ reckless fires raise questions about state oversight
Knews Kathimerini
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The recent devastating wildfire in the mountainous region of Limassol, which caused both human and material losses, has exposed gaps, oversights, and serious questions about the readiness of state services in preventing and combating fires. One...
Etoro And Emirati-Founded Sahab School Partner To Advance Financial Skills In The UAE
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 18, 2025: eToro , the trading and investing platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sahab School, an Emirati-owned financial education institution based in Dubai, to...