The four-country naval and aerial exercise Eunomia wrapped up this week, with its final stage in the sea area east of Limassol with the defence forces of France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. The executed scenarios included dealing with asymmetric threats and Search and Rescue operations under the coordination of the Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center.
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Omonia gave Premier League superstars Manchester United a fright, needing super-sub Marcus Rashford to spark a comeback to avoid a shock defeat in Nicosia in the Europa League. Manchester United avoided an embarrassing defeat to Omonia Nicosia courtesy of a second-half recovery to win 3-2 after being behind at the break. Former Celtic boss Neil
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The UK government’s humiliating U-turn on the higher tax rate reforms will not be enough to calm turbulent financial markets, the CEO of a leading financial advisory and fintech has warned, as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng plans to bring forward his medium-term fiscal plan announcement to this month. “Mr Kwarteng’s bringing forward of the plan to
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Limassol will host Maritime Cyprus 2022 from October 9 -12, with the participation of 900 delegates from 35 countries, Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades said. He said the 17th Maritime Cyprus conference, and the first one after the pandemic, will see the European Commissioner for Transport attend the event for the first time. Liana Charalambous Tanou,
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By Craig Erlam Equity markets have erased early gains to trade in the red on Thursday, as investors take a cautious approach ahead of Friday’s jobs report. The narrative in recent days of weaker data being positive as it could be a precursor to slower tightening, didn’t seem sustainable and it’s already proving to be
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Omonia Nicosia announced that tickets for Thursday night’s much-anticipated European tie against Premier League juggernaut Manchester United is sold out. The GSP stadium, with a capacity of 22,859, will be packed, generating serious cash for the Nicosia side. With the cheapest ticket for the Europa League game costing €55, Omonia is set to earn €1.3
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The second debate between the three major presidential candidates, Averof Neophytou, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nikos Christodoulides, took place with no clear winner. CyBC reporter Andreas Kimitris questioned the candidates while they were also called to answer questions posed by the public stopped on the street by CyBC earlier in the week. People appeared more concerned
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Data collected by the Long Covid Cyprus network of patient associations from the Health Insurance Organisation showed that 29,377 people suffered from long covid symptoms. The evidence is based on two questionnaires sent to patients who indicated a great need for psychosocial support and medical care. Long covid is a multisystemic inflammatory condition which affects
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Paphos police are now investigating a murder case after a Syrian man who was brutally beaten by home intruders last week succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday night. The man, identified as 36-year-old Mohammed Ashar Ali, died late Wednesday at the Intensive care unit of Nicosia General, where he was intubated. Ali was attacked on
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Greece’s Energean announced its Hermes exploration well offshore Israel had made a commercial natural gas discovery of between 7 and 15 bcm, with Cyprus a potential export market. And the Stena IceMax drilling rig has moved to block 12 to drill in the Zeus structure. Preliminary estimates indicate that Hermes contains 7 – 15 bcm
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