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Cyprus sees sharp drop in asylum applications, ranks 8th in EU for reduction
Knews Kathimerini
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Cyprus recorded a 42% decline in asylum applications in 2024, receiving 6,750 claims, according to the European Migration Network’s Annual Report on Asylum and Migration. This placed Cyprus eighth among EU countries for the largest annual...
Greece, Croatia, Malta And Cyprus Hold Finance Talks
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Statistical Office of Cyprus (CYSTAT) organised a high-level meeting on National Accounts and Government Finance Statistics, which took place on 7 and 8 July 2025 in Nicosia. This event is a continuation of the...
Seeds of resistance: Cyprus seed bank battles agribusiness monopolies
People's World
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July 16, 2025
The Community Bank of Cypriot Traditional Seeds is run by the Farmers Union of Cyprus. It exists in order to preserve seeds native to Cyprus, with the goal of maintaining the nation’s cultural connection to its food and agriculture. | People's...
U.S. lawmakers push bill to extend Cyprus arms embargo waiver
Knews Kathimerini
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced the “End the Cyprus Embargo Act,” aiming to extend the arms embargo waiver on Cyprus from an annual renewal to a five-year period. The bill, led by members of the Greek Affairs Caucus including...
Dad who plunged from Cyprus hotel balcony left unable to walk
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 16, 2025
A holidaymaker has been left unable to walk after suffering a horror fall from a hotel balcony in Cyprus. Sam Hudson was staying at the Anmaria Beach Hotel in Ayia Napa with his step-brother when he fell from the second floor on June 15. The dad,...
Cyprus banks grow assets to €66 billion despite profit fall — NPL ratio drops
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
The Cypriot banking sector experienced a decline in profitability, an increase in total assets, and a further strengthening of capital adequacy, according to a report from the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). Specifically, the CBC reported on...
Cyprus-Crete cable remains tangled
Kathimerini
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July 16, 2025
Clouds are thickening again over the Crete-Cyprus electricity interconnection (GSI), with the regulatory impasse six months after its settlement through the Greece-Cyprus intergovernmental agreement returning with more urgency, as the crucial...
Brit tourist plunges from Cyprus hotel balcony and can't walk after holiday 'nightmare'
The Mirror
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July 16, 2025
A British holidaymaker is haunted by "nightmares" after a terrifying plunge from a hotel balcony in Cyprus left him unable to walk. Sam Hudson, from Lincoln, was staying at the Anmaria Beach Hotel in Ayia Napa with his step-brother on June 15 when...
Cyprus industrial production flat while EU output climbs in May
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
Cyprus’ industrial production showed no change in May 2025 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the latest data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This came after several months of positive momentum,...
Cyprus report finds failures in Takata airbag recall, flags possible criminal and political liability
Knews Kathimerini
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The Attorney General of Cyprus, George Savvides, has released a report from a Three-Member Investigative Committee examining the distribution and recall of vehicles equipped with defective Takata airbags in Cyprus. The report, covering 2013 to...
Cyprus businesses brace as EU plans tariff fight with U.S.
Knews Kathimerini
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The European Union is getting ready to slap tariffs on more than $100 billion worth of American goods, including planes, cars, bourbon and even medical devices, if trade talks with Donald Trump fall apart. But for now, Brussels says it’s hoping...
Vacancy: Group Director of Manning Agencies, Columbia Shipmanagement, Limassol, Cyprus
MaritimeCyprus
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July 16, 2025
Columbia Shipmanagement is hiring. The Group Director of Manning Agencies holds a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing the global operations, performance and development of the manning agencies. This position plays a critical role...
Congressmen seek to improve terms of lifting of Cyprus arms embargo
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
US members of Congress are attempting to scrap the annual process of renewing the waiver for the embargo on selling arms to Cyprus. On Tuesday, representatives Chris Pappas, Gus Bilirakis, Dina Titus and Nicole Malliotakis, co-chairs and vice...
Digital Agenda Cyprus Summit 2025: Beyond AI
Knews Kathimerini
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In a world that's constantly evolving, knowledge, and the ability to adapt and shape emerging realities, has never been more important. The Digital Agenda Cyprus Summit 2025, now firmly established as a major annual event, returns on October 9...
Epic's parent company honored for investment in Cyprus at international awards
Knews Kathimerini
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Monaco Telecom, the sole shareholder of Cyprus-based telecom provider Epic, was recognized at the 13th Invest Cyprus International Investment Awards for its substantial contribution to the Cypriot economy through continued investment in the...
FM Fidan to attend informal meeting on Cyprus in New York
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend an informal meeting on Cyprus with the leaders of the divided island and guarantor powers in New York. The leaders of Turkish Cyprus and Greek Cyprus, as well as guarantor states Türkiye, Greece and...
UN hosts ''unofficial express'' Cyprus conference in New York
Knews Kathimerini
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Seasoned observers are calling it an “informal express” gathering, the two-day international conference on the Cyprus problem that kicks off today at United Nations headquarters in New York. The July 16–17 meeting is not expected to relaunch...
Bank of Cyprus: Enhancing accessibility for an inclusive society
Knews Kathimerini
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Bank of Cyprus is taking dynamic steps to ensure equal access for all citizens to its services, regardless of disability. With the goal of creating a society without exclusions, the Bank is implementing a comprehensive accessibility program across...
Ministry cites revised EU criteria for drop in Cyprus’ innovation score
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
Cyprus has been classed as a moderate innovator in the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2025, recording a 17.6 per cent improvement since 2018, the fourth highest growth in the EU over the past seven years. However, Cyprus fell by 14.6 points...
Prosecutors’ arrogance fuels public outrage in Cyprus
Knews Kathimerini
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Something deeper, and far more troubling, than whether Savvas Angelides would resign or not was revealed in the press conference he held last Tuesday as Deputy Attorney General. It wasn’t just the communication disaster that unfolded during the...