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Turkish Airlines and AJet sign deal to improve air links to Northern Cyprus
AeroTime News
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July 8, 2025
Inbound tourism to Northern Cyprus will be given a boost after the authorities in the Turkish-controlled section of the Mediterranean island signed a new deal with Turkish Airlines and its budget subsidiary, AJet (formerly known as Anadolu Jet)....
Common Greek and Cypriot front on the power link
Kathimerini
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Greece and Cyprus will seek to galvanize the European Commission to unblock the Cyprus-Crete electricity interconnection (GSI) in a common front to highlight the European dimension of the 1.9 billion-euro project, which is co-financed with €657...
Skyros taps Cyprus’ Zela Aviation to grow tourism sector
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Zela Aviation, the aviation company founded by Cypriot entrepreneur Andreas Christodoulides, has announced a strategic partnership with the municipality of Skyros. This new initiative is aimed at improving the island’s air connectivity and...
Hybrids and electric vehicles gain ground in Cyprus
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Electric and hybrid vehicles continued their upward trajectory in Cyprus during the first half of 2025, even though the overall motor vehicle market experienced a slight decline. According to a report released on Tuesday by the statistical...
Foreign Office issue warning to holidaymakers travelling to Cyprus this summer
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 8, 2025
Brits are being advised to be mindful ahead of travelling. UK holidaymakers heading to Cyprus this summer are being warned to travel with caution. The island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is popular with Brits, especially during the summer...
Cyprus ranks low in Europe for job satisfaction and leadership trust
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Cyprus ranks among the lowest in Europe for job satisfaction, workplace leadership and psychological safety, according to the European Workforce Study 2025. The survey, whose findings were shared by Philenews, was based on responses from 24,938...
Lebanese president to pay one-day visit to Cyprus
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Lebanese president Joeseph Aoun will visit Cyprus on Wednesday morning for a one-day visit to hold official talks with president Nikos Christodoulides. Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said that Christodoulides will welcome Aoun at...
Fidan meets Guterres ahead of New York Cyprus problem meeting
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday evening ahead of next week’s planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to take place in New York. The pair met on the sidelines...
President welcomes diaspora youth to Cyprus
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed children of the Greek diaspora from the US and Canada at the presidential palace on Tuesday. Welcoming the children, who were aged 14 to 17, Christodoulides said that “we are very happy to have you here”...
Founder of Cyprus Daily News arrested over defamation case
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Boris Demash, the founder, owner, and editor-in-chief of Cyprus Daily News and the associated websites Cyprus-Daily.News and Cynews.cc, has been arrested in Cyprus, it was announced today. An arrest warrant was issued by the Limassol District...
Disy defends officials as ECtHR verdict fuels resignation demands
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Disy issued a statement on Tuesday responding to Alma’s demands, sharply criticising auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who has been a vocal figure in the fallout of the ECtHR ruling. The party accused Michaelides of acting vindictively against...
ExxonMobil’s new gas discovery springs into view offshore Cyprus
Offshore Energy
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July 8, 2025
Two energy giants, U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil and Qatar’s QatarEnergy, have made a new gas find off the coast of Cyprus, using a drillship owned by Valaris, an offshore drilling contractor. Valaris DS-9 drillship; Source: ExxonMobil As...
Cyprus' family businesses are struggling to survive, experts warn
Knews Kathimerini
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Family-owned businesses, long considered the heart of the Cypriot economy, are facing a crisis of survival, with most unable to pass the baton to the next generation, according to business expert Evi Sereti of PwC Cyprus. “Small and family...
Cyprus airports set new June record
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Larnaca airport drives Cyprus June traffic to all-time high Passenger traffic at Cyprus’ two international airports reached a new peak in June 2025, according to figures released on Monday by Hermes Airports. Specifically, the company reported...
House rebuild in Woolwich among latest planning bids in the area
News Shopper
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July 7, 2025
The proposals relate to 2 Cleantus Road and form part of this week’s updates from Greenwich Council’s planning portal. An application for the site has been lodged under reference 25/1796/F. Elsewhere, 107 Wickham Lane in Plumstead has been put...
Cyprus farmers urged to adopt technology in €450m rural plan
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday said that the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027, with a budget of more than €450 million for rural development, is central to efforts to create “a sustainable,...
Cyprus rent and price hikes align with wider EU trend
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Cyprus recorded a 2 per cent rise in house prices in the first quarter of 2025 compared with a year earlier, while rents continued to increase across the island, Eurostat data showed. Across the European Union, property prices rose 5.7 per cent...
Cyprus is being bought, and the state doesn’t seem to know or care
Knews Kathimerini
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By Takis Hadjigeorgiou, former MEP About a year ago, I met with the top state official responsible for land and property issues in Cyprus. I won’t name names. My intention isn’t to target anyone personally, but I will say this: I spoke to the...
Free film screening in Nicosia old town
Cyprus Mail
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July 8, 2025
Kicking off the annual summer cinema of Faneromeni25 Art Festival is the beloved film Politiki Kouzina (A Touch of Spice) by director Tasos Boulemtis. Screening for free on Thursday at 8.30pm, the film will be in its original Greek (with dialogue...
Social influencer gangster attacked after filming video where Scottish mobsters died
Edinburgh Live
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July 7, 2025
A gangster was brutally attacked just days after making a video at the scene of the murders of two Scottish mob leaders. Self-styled social influencer Sam Walker – who has gathered a massive online following with reports on his criminal life – was...