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Danger! Mines!Society
Top story of the day

Danger! Mines!

More than 7000 mines, which are spread around the area of 2 million sq.km, still remain in Cyprus. According to the UN peacekeeping troops, the majority of the mines were made in the US…

April 6, 2016
Revelations by the OCCRPEconomy

Revelations by the OCCRP

German Gref denies the involvement of the Sberbank in the offshore schemes. He has announced that Sberbank has…

April 6, 2016
Limassol Marathon- Registration has finishedSports

Limassol Marathon- Registration has finished

The Registration for the Limassol marathon which will take place on the 10th of April has ended today.…

April 6, 2016
New oil and gas tender has startedEconomy

New oil and gas tender has started

The Cyprus authorities begun to accept applications for the participation in tender to develop the three off-shore areas…

April 5, 2016
Electricity prices decrease even furtherSociety

Electricity prices decrease even further

The Electricity authority of Cyprus announced that the prices for electricity supply in March have decreased by 8%…

April 5, 2016
British Airways doubles the number of flightsTourism

British Airways doubles the number of flights

British Airways announced that they are doubling the number of daily flights from Larnaka to Heathrow. The key…

April 5, 2016
Cyprus – the most popular holiday destination in RussiaTourism

Cyprus – the most popular holiday destination in Russia

The RossTour in its press-release reports that Cyprus is the most popular destination among the Russian tourist for…

April 5, 2016
New security measures proposed by the G7World

New security measures proposed by the G7

The authorities of G7 are planning to force the airline companies to provide the lists of arriving passengers…

April 4, 2016
27 people saved in the sea near AkamasIncidents

27 people saved in the sea near Akamas

On Friday night the Coast Guard service of Cyprus has saved 27 migrants who got themselves into trouble…

April 4, 2016
Privatization of the Limassol PortEconomy

Privatization of the Limassol Port

After the careful consideration of the details of the deal, the Parliament has agreed to the commercialization of…

April 4, 2016
No more stuffed post boxes!Politics

No more stuffed post boxes!

The chaotic distribution of the flyers and promotional materials through the post boxes will be regulated by the…

April 4, 2016