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‘Safe System’ could save lives on Cyprus roads, says expert
Cyprus Mail
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August 3, 2025
Cyprus must act fast to tackle a worrying rise in road deaths, especially among young men, motorcyclists and elderly pedestrians, transport engineer Neophytos Zavrides has said. Zavrides explained that recent fatal crashes highlight the urgent...
Greece Rules Out Sending Peacekeeping Troops to Ukraine
To Vima
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August 20, 2025
Greece has ruled out sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine as part of European security guarantees, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking in a television interview, Marinakis underlined that “there are no plans at...
British Wave Boosts Cyprus Tourism, UK Visitors Pack Beaches
The National Herald
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August 3, 2025
Boosted by Britons – the island is a former United Kingdom colony – Cyprus has taken in some $428 million in the tourism sector and the summer season is barely more than half over, and continued big inflows expected. They’re also spending big,...
Türkiye, TRNC deepen cooperation in security, digital governance
Sabah
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August 3, 2025
Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) explore ways to enhance cooperation on the 51st anniversary of a key Turkish operation to protect Turkish Cypriots against Greek Cypriot attacks. Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz on...
UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on returning Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN
The National News
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World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....
President Pellegrini welcomes new ambassadors of Georgia and Spain
Radio Slovakia International
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President Peter Pellegrini received the new ambassadors of Georgia and Spain—Konstantin Kvachakidze and Sofia Ruiz del Arbol Moro—at an introductory audience at the Presidential Palace on Thursday. Both diplomats presented their letters of...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on African Union, Khmer Kingdom and more (Week 121)
The Indian Express
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August 3, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
Greece Wants American Military on Some Islands, But, U.S. Balking
The National Herald
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August 3, 2025
Greece and the United States are renegotiating terms of their Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) to add new American military facilities while removing others and Greece pushing for their presence on strategic islands. Greece reportedly...
Public discourse still imagines Cyprus as frozen in 1960
Cyprus Mail
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August 3, 2025
But both sides are now multi-cultural and it’s time we realised it Every year, on “national” days of celebration and remembrance, marked separately in the northern and southern Cyprus, politicians regurgitate dusty old speeches that portray the...
‘I believe the Cyprus problem can be solved’
Cyprus Mail
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August 3, 2025
Despite not seeing any real negotiating framework develop in the four years he has been on the island, departing UN envoy Colin Stewart on Sunday said he thought the Cyrus problem could be solved. “If the Cyprus problem is a big mountain that...
Justice for Cyprus Requires Uniform Policy and Synchronization
The National Herald
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August 3, 2025
The tragedy of the illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus by Turkey has entered its 51st year. The fact that an EU member state suffers under the Turkish yoke is an embarrassment to Europe, but also a colossal failure by the West to maintain...
Cyprus advises citizens to avoid all travel near Thai-Cambodian border
Cyprus Mail
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July 25, 2025
The Cypriot government on Friday evening issued an advisory warning people to avoid all travel to the border between Thailand and Cambodia, with an armed conflict between the two countries igniting this week. It added that Cypriots in both...
Palestinian Ambassador meets Cyprus Foreign Minister to discuss Gaza crisis and support
Knews Kathimerini
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Palestinian Ambassador to Cyprus Abdallah Attari met Friday with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and seek support from the island nation. In a written statement, Attari said he briefed Kombos...
Cyprus fires: Woman shows horror aftermath after home gutted by ferocious blaze
The Mirror
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July 25, 2025
After a wildfire wreaked destruction across Cyprus, a local woman has shed light on the devastating impact the catastrophe has had on those who continue to suffer through it. Yesterday, occupants of a dozen hillside villages on the southern flank...
Obituary: Lillian Nicosia Galello
Montclair Local News - New Jersey
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August 3, 2025
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EIB supports €100 million initiative to improve Cyprus’s road network
The European Sting
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August 1, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB funds Cypriot government €100 million to make road travel easier and safer The financial agreement is second tranche of €200m total funding to...
Lafayette expands inclusive recreation opportunities at Girard Park
The Daily Advertiser - Louisiana
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Lafayette's PARC Department offers free therapeutic recreation programs for adults with disabilities at Girard Park. Activities include walking, fitness classes, arts and crafts, and bingo. Programs run from August through May, with modified...
Rick Stein says 'this is the way to cook halloumi'
Liverpool Echo
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August 20, 2025
Halloumi has shot up in popularity in recent years. However, celebrity chef Rick Stein has revealed "the way" to cook the Cypriot cheese. Sharing his recipe for halloumi saganaki on the BBC Food website, he said: "This is the way to cook halloumi....
Minister: No one died in fires except for those who did
Cyprus Mail
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July 25, 2025
By Tom Cleaver Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday said that “we had absolutely no loss of life” in the wildfire which has been raging in the Limassol district since Wednesday, except for the two people who did die. “Indeed, some...
Millmoor to host friendly match with German team
Rotherham Advertiser
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August 20, 2025
A LONG-LOST chapter of Rotherham’s football history will stir back to life this month when a German amateur side stages a one-off friendly at Millmoor. PSV Braunschweig, a team of groundhopping enthusiasts from Lower Saxony, will face 'Dog Daisy...