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Israel avoids snap elections, as the Knesset approves the budget with razo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], November 8 (ANI): In a marathon session the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) approved in the early hours on Thursday with a razor-thin majority of 61 in favor to 59 against Israel's budget for 2021, avoiding in this way a fifth election in three years.
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UN hopes new Special Representative to visit Cyprus soon
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations will focus on getting the newly-appointed Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Colin Stewart of Canada to visit the island as soon as possible, UN Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-
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Pope Francis to visit Cyprus, Greece in early December
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Pope Francis will pay visits to Cyprus and Greece from December 2-6 at the invitation of the countries' governments and clergies, the Holy See said on Friday.
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Defying strong criticism from the US and EU, Israel plans to build 3130 ho
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], November 1 (ANI): On October 27 the Israeli government announced plans to build 3,130 homes for Jewish settlers deep inside the occupied West Bank, defying the strongest criticism to date of such projects from the administration of US President Joe Biden as well as from
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Over 1,800 illegal migrants arrive in Cyprus in Oct, most through Green Li
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of illegal migrants coming to the Republic of Cyprus has been increasing, with over 1,800 migrants recorded in October, most of which arrived though the "green line" that separates the Turkish-controlled northern part of the island from
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Ignoring diplomats, Erdogan charts a risky one-man show foreign policy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 25 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to achieve positive results in his two latest trips to the United States and Russia. This may be attributed to the fact that the autocratic Turkish leader has become overconfident, thinks that he can play
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Sectarian militias clash in Beirut raising fears of repetition of 15-year
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 18 (ANI): While Lebanon is facing unprecedented economic meltdown, the consequences of the huge explosion in Beirut port and the spread of Covid -19 pandemic, last Thursday unidentified snipers started firing at protesters in the Tayouneh area of capital Beirut, kil
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Turkey and Russia: Are they rivals or cooperating competitors?
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 11 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 29 discussed the situation in northwestern Syria, where the two sides support opposing camps, as well as ways of deepening the cooperation between their defence indust
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Turkey condemns French-Greek arms deal as 'a threat to regional peace'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] October 4 (ANI): A French-Greek deal signed in Paris last Tuesday by which Greece will buy three state-of-the-art frigates and provides for France's immediate military assistance to Greece and vice versa, in the event of a third country attacking, even if that country is par
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Jaishankar congratulates Cypriot counterpart on Cyprus's Independence Day
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday congratulated his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides and the people of Cyprus on their Independence Day.
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Will Mikati's government stop Lebanon's economic and political paralysis?
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 27 (ANI): Last Monday, Lebanese billionaire Najib Mikati, succeeded in winning in parliament a vote of confidence for his 24-member government.
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Will the grey wolves- Erdogan's long arm in the world-end up on EU and US
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 20 (ANI): Last week US Representative (D. Nevada) Dina Titus proposed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defence Authorization Act to ban the Turkish ultranationalist group known as the Grey Wolves.
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