JERUSALEM (AP) — The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.
Despite constant efforts to show it’s not a haven for the rich and criminals to hide their cash, Cyprus was once again rebuked for money laundering and financial interests, this time by the European Commission.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United Nations' refugee agency said Friday that Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn’t contravene international human rights laws or put passengers at risk.
It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Saturday it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon.
NICOSIA - The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) is getting backing from the International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) in a campaign highlighting complaints about low salaries and working conditions for them on the island.
NICOSIA - The Cyprus-Greece ferry link that proved popular when it began again in 2022 after a long hiatus will pick up service again on May 29, backed by subsidies from Cyprus to keep it going, benefiting those afraid to fly or wanting to take a vehicle to Greece.
NICOSIA - Humanitarian aid being shipped from Cyprus to Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s hunt for Hamas terrorists will pick up again after an airstrike there killed seven workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — World Central Kitchen is calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli strikes that killed seven of its aid workers in Gaza.
NICOSIA — An official in Cyprus says aid ships that arrived in Gaza this week will return with some 240 tons of undelivered aid after a deadly strike killed 7 aid workers.
NICOSIA - The advent of warmer weather often bringing more refugees and migrants crossing the sea, Cyprus’ Coast Guard and fishing boats had to rescue 270 people on five overcrowded boats off the island’s east coast, the highest in months.
LARNACA -A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus March 30 with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar, the island becoming a conduit for getting food and other essentials to Palestinians.
NICOSIA - Just in time for spring and with the summer beach season on the horizon is the kind of news Cyprus doesn’t want as it awaits more tourists: a team of researchers said a water bug that can reach 12 centimeters (4.
LONDON - An anonymous Middle East billionaire bought Cyprus’ former London Embassy in an exclusive area for the equivalent of $32 million, who wanted a luxury residence for his family, said the listing agency Wetherell.
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