A boatload of 65 migrants, believed to be Syrian, arrived on Cyprus after President Nicos Anastasiades urged European leaders to do more as Nicosia struggles to cope with a spike in asylum claims. Police said a boat with 65 people on board – 23 men, 18 women and 24 children – were escorted to a
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. By Michael Doherty LACK of clarity about the terms of Brexit is causing huge concern to British industry, commerce and to the 1.3 million citizens of the United Kingdom living in Cyprus (80,000) and throughout the Europe Union. Their chief fear is that the UK will depart without a deal of any sort.
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Turkish Cypriots were hit with record-high prices at the pumps as petrol rocketed 17% in the north with some motorists now paying 6.01 TL (81-euro cents) for a litre. It is still cheaper than prices in the south of the island, but this did not stop a wave of panic buying and anger. The increase
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Greek Cypriots will be ready for the opening of two crossing points, at Dherynia and Lefka in the north, at the beginning of October, a well-informed source told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). They would be the first crossings to open to enable the free movement of Cypriots across the Green Line in eight years.
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Cyprus is ranked 7 in the world when measuring the number of tourists per local inhabitants with Iceland coming top using the same indicator. The holiday island made it in the top ten by receiving 3,000 tourists per 1,000 citizens – a 3:1 ratio where as Iceland notched up 6,600 visitors per 1,000 population. Another
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The EU must tackle the migration issue collectively while Turkey is not cooperating on readmission as Cyprus has reached its limits in managing asylum applications, President Nicos Anastasiades said in Salzburg. During his intervention at the informal working dinner of the 28 Heads of State and Government in Salzburg, Anastasiades said immigration "should be tackled
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Cyprus Casinos (C2) has announced 200 new job openings for staff recruitment at their satellite casinos in Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos, scheduled to operate later this year. Macau's Melco Group, the company behind City of Dreams Mediterranean, Europe’s first integrated casino resort in Limassol, has announced the new vacancies on Thursday. “Approximately 200 new positions
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Following proposals to create an Animal police department, Cyprus is also mulling a canine task force according to draft legislation being pushed forward by the Justice Ministry. Members of the newly established Canine Task Force will be appointed by the Chief of Police and will undergo special training to be the only ones permitted to
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A 35-year-old man on trial for the hit-and-run death of a British tourist in Peyia pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the charge of premeditated murder. The accused appeared before the criminal court in Paphos where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of premeditated murder of British tourist Robert Birch, 39 and the attempted
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A €1.5 bln Cyprus bond issue was the lowest reoffer yield that Nicosia has ever achieved in international capital markets for a benchmark size euro-denominated syndicated issuance and the largest ever transaction, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. According to the Public Debt Management Office the issuance closed Tuesday “with a final size of €5.675bn and
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