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British tourists flock to Cyprus as June arrivals hit half a million
Cyprus Mail
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July 17, 2025
Germany and Denmark boost Cyprus tourist numbers Tourism in Cyprus continued to strengthen in June 2025, with tourist arrivals rising 3.4 per cent year-on-year to reach 498,527, compared to 482,261 in June 2024, according to the state statistical...
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...
Muted hopes in informal New York Cyprus meeting
Kathimerini
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July 17, 2025
With low expectations for substantive progress on the Cyprus issue but a belief that dialogue is better than stagnation, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis arrived in New York for an informal five-party meeting on Thursday. A dinner gathering on...
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...
Seven cars burnt in Nicosia arson
Cyprus Mail
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July 17, 2025
A fire broke out early on Thursday morning in Tseri, destroying seven parked cars outside a residential building. Police confirmed that the fire is being treated as arson, with investigators from the Nicosia criminal investigation department (CID)...
‘An interesting discussion’: Cyprus problem meeting begins
Cyprus Mail
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July 17, 2025
The second enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem of the year began in New York in the early hours of Thursday morning. The two-day conference, which is being attended by delegations from the island’s two sides, its three guarantor powers, Greece,...
Cyprus slips in EU innovation rankings
Cyprus Mail
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July 15, 2025
Cyprus has recorded a sharp drop in its innovation performance for 2025, the European Innovation Scoreboard announced on Tuesday. According to the report, Cyprus fell by 14.6 points compared with 2024. Its score now stands at 84.1, placing it in...
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...
Ready to drive? Be ready to wait
Knews Kathimerini
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Aspiring drivers in Cyprus are facing extensive delays in obtaining their licenses, with waiting times stretching to over a year in some districts, according to the head of the Pancyprian Federation of Driving School Owners (POIEO). Panicos...
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...
Cyprus gaming firm GDEV outperforms many industry peers
Cyprus Mail
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July 15, 2025
Global gaming stocks surge 28 per cent Cyprus-based game developer and publisher GDEV was included in the latest Drake Star Global Gaming Report for the second quarter of 2025, with valuation metrics that signal stability and strong fundamentals...
Cyprus Stock Exchange reclassifies Unifast Finance shares
Cyprus Mail
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July 15, 2025
The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced the reinstatement of Unifast Finance & Investments Public Company Ltd shares from the Surveillance Market to the Alternative Market. The decision was made following the publication of the company’s...
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...
Cyprus hoteliers call for market diversification
Cyprus Mail
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July 15, 2025
Thanos Michaelides, president of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe), called for a stronger push into new tourism markets, as the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland together accounted for 53 per cent of all arrivals in 2024. Presenting data from the...
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,...
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...
40 per cent of university graduates report overqualified for their job
Cyprus Mail
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July 19, 2025
The overwhelming majority of graduates in Cyprus are employed in a field which does not meet their qualifications, a study carried out by the education ministry published on Saturday showed. The study also showed that graduates felt their studies...
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...
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...