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6 days ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
The significantly reduced irregular flows and high rates of migrant returns confirm that the state’s policy is correct, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday night. Speaking at a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the asylum services’ office in Nicosia, Christodoulides said that other EU states were emulating Cyprus’ approach. European Commission feedback had commended the country’s migration policy as “exemplary,” the president said.
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6 days ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
The strange incident of the butchering of a kangaroo in a parking lot in Dherynia is being clarified, authorities said on Friday. It has now been confirmed that the animal had been procured from an animal facility in the vicinity and that it was slaughtered at the scene.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
Cyprus has set in motion a complete plan for the reclamation of waste management operations and facilities and is optimistic that an EU fine can be averted, director of the Environment Department, Theodoros Mesimeris said on Thursday.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
Police on Thursday reported the arrest of a man caught cutting up a kangaroo in Famagusta. According to the police, the case came to light after a tip-off lead officers to the parking lot of an apartment building, where two people with knives were cutting up an animal. When officers from the Deryneia police station arrived, one of the two individuals fled, while the second, a 36-year-old man, remained at the scene.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
Police on Thursday are investigating a fatal work accident which resulted in the death of a 34-year-old construction worker in Peyia. The man, named as Aldahdouh Housain from Syria, a permanent resident of Paphos, died on Wednesday afternoon, after being crushed by falling timber from a forklift. According to police, the incident happened at 4.30pm in the parking lot of the Church of St. George.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
The Larnaca self-governance organisation (EOA) announced strict controls on Wednesday, in a bid to curb wasteful use of water. “As of this week, the agency is proceeding with the imposition of a fine in the event of using a hose to wash sidewalks, roads, terraces, railings and cars,” the statement from the Larnaca water and sanitation authority said. The agency’s action is backed by special water saving legislation (Law 1/1991), in view of the prolonged drought conditions.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
A deadline of May 15 has been set for hospital dispensaries to process specialised drug prescriptions not registered in the Gesy online system. Up until now doctors could issue these prescriptions on paper, but the health insurance organisation (HIO), since November 2024, had pushed for doctors whose patients received approval for the medications through the health ministry, to log them into the Gesy platform.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
A 19-year-old man from Larnaca was arrested overnight for allegedly assaulting a police officer following a traffic accident. He is set to appear before the district court on Wednesday. According to Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos, the suspect was arrested shortly before 11pm on Tuesday on a court warrant and is expected to be remanded in custody.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
The relationship between the Netherlands and Cyprus is “broad and multifaceted,” with notable cooperation in the agricultural sector, Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Plomp noted that it is a little-known fact that potatoes exported from Cyprus to various countries are actually grown from seed potatoes imported from the Netherlands.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Alix Norman |Tom Cleaver |Iole Damaskinos
Paphos residents will receive their water bills during the first ten days of May, head of the Paphos EOA Charlambos Pittokopitis said on Wednesday, adding that bills have already been sent to other municipalities.
