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Cyprus Rugby Achieves Important Win Over Bulgaria in Final Match of the Season

Cyprus 35 – 17 Bulgaria

This weekend saw the host nation Cyprus take on Bulgaria for the final game of the 2022/23 season in the Rugby Europe Conference 1 South division.

The game started off at an electric pace with …

Cllr Buxton becomes youngest Mayor in Haringey’s history

Cllrs Lester Buxton and Ajda Ovat accepted their appointments as the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Haringey during the Full Council meeting at Tottenham Town Hall on Monday (15 May 2023).

A councillor for the Crouch End ward, Cllr Buxton

Turkey faces runoff election with Erdogan leading

Turkey headed for a runoff vote after President Tayyip Erdogan led over his opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s election but fell short of an outright majority to extend his 20-year rule of the NATO-member country.

Neither Erdogan nor Kilicdaroglu …

We need a positive agenda for the Cyprus problem

Statements by the General Secretary of AKEL:

We need a positive agenda for the Cyprus problem

12 May 2023, ‘Astra’ radio

A positive agenda is needed for the Cyprus problem, the General Secretary of AKEL pointed out.

Speaking to the …

Eurovision final draws largest UK TV audience in its history – BBC

The final of the Eurovision song contest drew the largest British television audience in the history of the event with a peak of 11 million viewers, the BBC said in a statement on Sunday.

Sweden’s Loreen won Eurovision 2023, on …

Turkey election rivals both claim early lead but runoff likely

Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election with the parties of Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu each claiming the lead but sources in both camps admitting they may not clear the 50% threshold to win outright.

Early …

Student Visas Issued by Breakaway North Used to Seek Asylum in Cyprus

Some 70% of migrants arriving in ethnically divided Cyprus this year have used a student visa they were issued by breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities before seeking asylum in the internationally recognized south, the country’s interior minister said Thursday.

Minister Constantinos …

For fear of being hit by a missile: British Airways Boeing 787-9 diverts to Larnaca, Cyprus

On Wednesday 10 May, a British Airways Boeing 787-9 (registered G-ZBKD) operated flight BA165 between London Heathrow, United Kingdom and Tel Aviv, Israel. The aircraft diverted to Larnaca, Cyprus after the pilot announced that the decision was made out of …

Cyprus murder trial: Killed wife ‘might not have been terminally ill

A woman whose husband has said her death was assisted suicide might not have had a terminal illness, a court in Cyprus has heard.

Janice Hunter, 74, died in December 2021 at home near Paphos.

Her 75-year-old husband David, a …

We will always advocate for Bizonal Bicommunal Federation in Cyprus, says British Minister

We will always advocate for Bizonal Bicommunal Federation, says British Minister

We will always advocate for a bizonal bicommunal federation along UN principles, UK Minister for Europe and North America, Leo Docherty, said on Wednesday after having been received by …