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Greece Braces for "Climate Crisis" as Record Heatwave Sparks Wildfire Fears
Greek Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane over a fire in northern Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece.
GFDL / Eusebius
2024-06-14, Greek City Times
ATHENS, Greece A scorching heatwave, potentially the earliest ever recorded in Greece, has gripped the nation, sending temperatures soaring towards 45°C (113°F) and...
Greece tries to evacuate 11 Afghans who worked as interpreters
FILE - in this Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, Internally displaced boys play outside their temporary home in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
AP / Rahmat Gul, File
2021-08-17, Greek City Times
Another person has been added to the group of Afghanis and their families who work for Greece as interpreters, bringing the total number of people which the GreekEmbassy...
British woman dies after having AstraZeneca vaccine in Cyprus
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2021) A nurse with Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 12, 2021.
USMC / Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee
2021-05-24, The National
A British woman has died in a Cypriot hospital after suffering a blood clotting incident just days after she received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official...
Investigation into neurolysis scandal claims, actions ‘if necessary’2024-12-21
CyprusMail: The state health organisation said it would be looking into Friday’s reports regarding the embezzlement of more than €30 million for neurolysis treatments and would take action “if deemed necessary”. Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos who made the allegations in a...
Fire dept responds to 35 calls in 24 hours2024-12-21
CyprusMail: The FireDepartment responded to a total of 35 calls since Friday, 20 of which were fires. At 11.52pm on Friday,...
Cypriot fairy tales on the stage2024-12-21
CyprusMail: Dragons, princes and princesses of Cypriot fairy tales arrive at the NicosiaMunicipalTheatre this Christmas Eve, coming to life in a unique performance. Up next at the 5th Nicosia International Festival is the performance Once Upon a Time, which features...
Cyprus Business Now: GDP forecast, bank measures, CBC restructure, EIB2024-12-21
CyprusMail: Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic Bank on Friday announced a new raft of measures aimed at supporting vulnerable borrowers. The developments come after meetings at the presidential palace earlier in the week between the CEOs of the banks with PresidentNikos...
‘We’re in our fifties — we’re not ready for a Saga holiday just yet’2024-12-21
The Times/The Sunday Times: ✉ We’re a family group of nine celebrating three of our sons and stepsons turning 30 next October, and are looking for a week somewhere in Europe with good travel links, a beach, sea warm enough to swim in, and some culture and history. We have a budget for a...
Paphos is heading towards year-round tourism, Deputy Minister of Tourism says2024-12-20
CNA: Deputy Minister of TourismKostas Koumis said that, despite challenges,...
Alexia in Christmas concert2024-12-20
CyprusMail: In a special Christmas concert, Cypriot singer Alexia shares the stage with 120 children and young musicians from local schools. December 23’s concert is organised by Paphos municipality and the Paphos Music School as part of their...
Israelis are increasingly heading to Cyprus — and not just for vacation or to get married2024-12-20
Jewish Telegraph Agency: LARNACA, Cyprus — Galia Sopher and her two young daughters had spent the night of Oct. 6, 2023, camping in the fields near their home in Kibbutz Mefalsim on the Gaza border when, at 6:30 the next morning, air-raid sirens woke them and rockets began raining...
Education ministry approves school air-conditioning funding2024-12-20
CyprusMail: The second wave of air-conditioning for schools has been approved by the education ministry, as well as the...
Passenger traffic exceeds 12 million, historic milestone, Hermes says2024-12-20
Stockwatch: This year's passenger traffic at Larnaka and Paphos airports has exceeded 12 million people, Hermes Airports said Friday in a press release. "A new historical milestone has been achieved for the international...
Paphos mayor reports €30m neurolysis embezzlement2024-12-20
CyprusMail: A new health scandal surfaced on Friday regarding the embezzlement of more than €30 million for neurolysis over a period of two years, with treatments allegedly skyrocketing from 100 per year before Gesy to 4,500 after the national health...
Omonia-Paphos and APOEL-Celje for the knockout of Conference League2024-12-20
CNA: Omonia of Nicosia will face Paphos FC and...
New sales office for Ayia Napa Marina in Limassol2024-12-20
Stockwatch: Ayia NapaMarina, the ultimate entertainment and luxury living destination on the island, has inaugurated its sales office at Limassol Molos, with the aim of better serving clients and associates in the Limassol and Paphos...
Limassol tourism rebounds despite loss of key market2024-12-20
CyprusMail: Tourist arrivals in Limassol are rising, offsetting the loss of the Russian market, according to Anthi Theocharous, VP of Tourism at the Limassol Chamber of Commerce (Evel). “Limassol absorbed a large percentage of the approximately 800,000 Russian arrivals...