Cyprus
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Cyprus serial killer Nicos Metaxas’ investigation costs at €664,490
The cost of the investigation into Greek Cypriot army officer Nicos Metaxas’ killings is proving to be a headache for the government of Cyprus. The 25-year-old National Guard captain was …
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Athens responds to Ankara and Erdogan’s provocation
A stir was caused in the media after a photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the National Defense University in Istanbul standing in front of a map that …
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World War II veteran, 96, breaks own world record off coast of Cyprus as oldest active scuba diver
The holder of the Guiness World Record title as the world’s oldest active scuba diver, has broken his own record yet again, off the southern coast of Cyprus. British World …
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Turkey says it wants to open Varosha, but few Greek Cypriots really believe they’ll see their properties returned
Turkish Cypriot official Kudret Ozersay took a group of journalists last week into Varosha, once a wealthy Greek town bustling with tourists. These days deserted hotels lie in decay alongside …
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Israeli museum seeks Jews and Holocaust survivors deported to British camp on Cyprus in 1940s
The British government had deported 52,000 illegal Jewish immigrants, including numerous Holocaust survivors, to detention camps in Cyprus following World War II. The Jewish people, held for illegally trying to …
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British woman gang raped by Israeli teens was forced to retract allegations by Cyprus police, say family
The family of the 19-year-old British woman who retracted allegations that she had been gang raped by a group of Israeli teenagers say that she was pressured by Cyprus police …
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Greek Cypriots may have the option of renting their property in Varosha
Greek Cypriot owners of property built in the closed-off town of Varosha in Famagusta will be given the right to rent their own land. Turkish Islamic religious foundation head Ibrahim …
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British woman arrested for suspicion of false accusations of gang rape; seven Israeli teens go home
The British woman, 19, who claimed that 12 Israeli teens gang-raped her in her hotel room at an Ayia Napa resort in Cyprus has been arrested by police, according to …
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Cyprus police search for three additional Israeli suspects in gang rape of British girl at Aya Napa
Five of 12 Israeli teenagers arrested on suspicion of the gang rape of a 19-year-old British tourist in her room at a hotel in Ayia Napa have been released. The …
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Are Cypriot wine varieties the answer to Australia’s climate change crisis?
Clashing viewpoints show that climate change continues to be a contested issue among experts, politicians and the general public. But for those working across Australia whose livelihood depends on nature’s …