Cyprus shutters schools, locks down hospitals over coronavirus
by Charlie Charalambous NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- Cyprus said Tuesday it was closing schools in the capital, banning mass gatherings…
6 years ago
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Cyprus reports first 2 coronavirus cases, all EU states now hit
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- Cyprus on Monday reported its first two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, meaning that…
6 years ago
Cyprus court hands 7 life terms to ‘first serial killer’; four of seven victims were from PHL
A Greek Cypriot army captain who murdered five women and two girls was handed seven life sentences Monday in…
7 years ago
Cyprus racers show budget solar cars have a sunny future
by Isabelle WESSELINGH and Emily IRVING-SWIFT NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- Venetia Chrysostomide fastened her helmet and rolled her solar-powered car…
7 years ago
Cyprus’s emblematic wild sheep lock horns with mountain farmers
by Claire Gounon GERAKIES, Cyprus (AFP) -- Surveying his orchard in the Troodos Mountains, Cypriot farmer John Papadouris is convinced…
7 years ago
Cyprus justice minister resigns over public outcry on gov’t response to serial killings; victims included Filipina OFWs
by Charlie Charalambous Agence France Presse NICOSIA , Cyprus (AFP) -- Cyprus Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said he resigned…
7 years ago
Police in Cyprus continue search for 6-year old Filipino girl, other victims of serial killer as public outrage grows
Bodies of 3 Filipina domestic workers killed by Greek Cypriot officer already found A general view shows the Red Lake,…
7 years ago
3 Filipino women murdered in first recorded serial killing in Cyprus; killer confesses to 7 killings
Authorities in Cyprus on Thursday uncovered a body of a woman, the third Filipina murdered by a suspected serial killer…
7 years ago
Turkey condemns ‘unacceptable’ EU comments on Greece, Cyprus
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey on Friday condemned a statement by European Union leaders bitterly critical of Ankara's policies towards…
8 years ago
New party gives voice to Russian speakers in Cyprus
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AFP) - Muscovite pensioner Svetlana Bogomilova emerges from a Russian grocery store into the Mediterranean sunshine near the Limassol beachfront…
8 years ago
Cyprus struggles to tackle ‘industrial’ songbird poaching
Volunteers and police in Cyprus are struggling to tackle illegal songbird trapping operations that kill millions of birds a year…
9 years ago
Deal to unite Cyprus ‘close’: UN chief
by Ben Simon / Fulya Ozerkan Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - A deal to end decades of division in…
9 years ago
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