There are limits in Ukraine, and these limits have been already crossed by Russia, which could lead to a wider conflict, said visiting Slovenian President Borut Pahor. “There is a red line in which we will step into if the war (in Ukraine) goes on,” Pahor told the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol in
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Winter has not yet left Cyprus as the last cold snap before spring is coming, with temperatures to drop on Thursday with freezing conditions at the weekend on higher ground. According to weather experts, the island will be shivering under a cold front named Philippos, heading from Greece with lower temperatures and more snowfall. In
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The United States has banned imports of Russian oil, firing one of its biggest economic weapons against Moscow over the war in Ukraine where new humanitarian corridors were set to open Wednesday for civilians trying to escape besieged cities. Russia said the routes would open in five cities that its forces have been shelling, but
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Since Russia moved troops into Ukraine, the letter “Z” — emblazoned on Moscow’s advancing armoured vehicles — has gripped the country’s public consciousness on social media, in manicures and on an athlete’s uniform. There’s no consensus on what the letter actually signifies, but almost two weeks into Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine, it has become
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Cyprus reported five coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, all women, aged 78 to 87, as new daily cases leapt to 3,695, more than double Monday’s infections, with hospitalisations dropping to 120, of whom 23 are critical. The rapid rise in new infections, after three consecutive days of reporting less than 2,000 daily cases, was due mainly
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Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid (also known as NVX-CoV2373) is the latest jab available to adults in Cyprus on the vaccination portal, the Ministry of Health announced. Nuvaxovid contains a version of a protein found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 (the spike protein), which has been produced in the laboratory. Nuvaxovid is given as two injections,
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Cyprus’ first female parliamentary speaker, Annita Demetriou, has re-tabled a proposal to have the specific charge of femicide added to the criminal code and carry a life sentence for the perpetrators. After receiving feedback from her colleagues at the House Legal Committee on her original proposal tabled last November, she re-submitted it. According to the
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Cyprus on Tuesday shipped 14 containers of food and medical aid to Ukraine in what is described as the largest humanitarian aid drive to a third country organised on the island. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and Commissioner for the Citizen, Panayiotis Sentonas oversaw the final arrangements of the shipment loaded onto the Panama-flagged Lider Trabzon
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Motorists got a respite from rising fuel prices as the government stepped in to lower the consumer tax on petrol by eight cents per litre. The government’s decision came into effect Tuesday after receiving the necessary green light from the parliament last week. The reduction in consumer tax on fuels is in force until 1
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Putin is upping the ante as discussions rage within Western capitals to sanction Russia’s oil and gas sectors. Russia has even threatened to block the Nord-Stream I pipeline to Germany. US president Biden’s Administration is preparing a strategy to convince its backers and European partners to put this in place. The Russian economy is already
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