Arid Cyprus Gets Major Boost from Recent Rainfall
- Cyprus News Agency
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- February 02, 2012
This winter’s rainfall is a “huge injection” to the island’s reservoirs, Director of the Water Development Department (WDD), Kyriacos Kyrou, has said, adding that water reserves in the country’s dams ...
Cyprus FA Postpones Match Over Betting Concerns
- The Associated Press
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- January 21, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cyprus Football Association on Saturday took the highly unusual move of indefinitely postponing a first division match after judging there was "unreasonably excessive" betti...
Recent Rainfall Fills over 50% of Cyprus Reservoirs
- Cyprus News Agency
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- January 17, 2012
Total inflow of water in Cyprus’ dams in the past three days has reached 5.056 million cubic meters, according to data of the Department of Water Development. In statements to CNA, Director of the Dep...
Attorney General to Appeal HELIOS Ruling Next Week
- Cyprus News Agency
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- December 31, 2011
The Attorney General has announced that by Wednesday he will appeal against a Court ruling which acquitted all five defendants in the case of a fatal air crash in 2005 in which 121 persons died. Speak...
Cyprus Court Acquits 4 in Helios Plane Crash
- Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press
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- December 21, 2011
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has acquitted four former airline officials of manslaughter charges in the crash of a Cypriot airliner six years ago that killed 121 passengers.
In a majority ...
Strike Shuts Down Cyprus Airports, Gov't Offices
- Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press
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- December 15, 2011
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' airports and government offices shut down Thursday in a daylong strike by civil servants and air traffic controllers to protest a wage freeze and other austerity measure...
Ship Runs Aground on Cyprus Beach Amid Bad Weather
- The Associated Press
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- December 08, 2011
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say a cargo ship has run aground amid rough weather on the island's coast.
Police said the Sierra Leone-flagged Edro III departed the Cypriot port of Limassol f...
Testimony on Cyprus Explosion Continues
- Cyprus News Agency
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- September 02, 2011
Former Chief of Staff of National Guard Constantinos Bisbikas on Friday appeared before the single-member commission of inquiry that investigates the circumstances that have led to last month’s massiv...
Cyprus Ranks Among Lowest in AIDS Epidemic
- Cyprus News Agency
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- June 20, 2011
Cyprus Permanent Representative to the UN Minas Hadjimichael has said that HIV/AIDS affects 0.1% of the population in Cyprus, which therefore is classified among the countries with the lowest disease ...
Cyprus President Speak Out on Sports Violence
- Cyprus News Agency
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- May 20, 2011
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias said on Thursday that sports are culture and called on the police to find those guilty of causing incidents before and after Wednesday`s Football Cup final, and t...
Three Get Jail in Cyprus President Corpse Snatch
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus jailed three men for up to 20 months on Monday for snatching the remains of late Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave.
The defendants, two Gree...
3 Men Guilty in Theft of Cyprus Ex-leader's Corpse
- The Associated Press
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- April 04, 2011
A Cyprus court has found a jailed murderer, his brother and another man guilty of unlawfully exhuming the body of the island's former president.
The body of Tassos Papadopoulos was snatched from a ...
Majority of Cypriots Content - EuroPoll
- Cyprus News Agency
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- March 15, 2011
Cypriots in their majority appear satisfied with their life on the whole, according to the regular Eurobarometer 74, which was carried out from mid-November to early December 2010 across Cyprus.
A...
Turkey Builds Water Pipeline to Occupied Part of Cyprus
- The Associated Press
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- March 08, 2011
Turkey says it will provide fresh water to the northern part of Cyprus via a pipeline from the Turkish mainland.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Mediterranean pipeline will carry 75 mi...
APOEL Fans Attack Turkish Basketball Team
- The Associated Press
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- December 22, 2010
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say fans of local Greek Cypriot team APOEL attacked Turkish team Pinar Karsiyaka after a game in the Cypriot capital.
Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said...
Cypriots Kill Record 1.4 Million Migratory Birds
NICOSIA — A record 1.4 million migratory birds were killed over the key autumn season to feed an illicit Cypriot taste for the delicacy, a conservationist group said on Friday.
A survey by Birdlife...
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