53 h. ago Doubtful waste management: is Cyprus doing enough to fight illegal landfills?

Doubtful waste management: is Cyprus doing enough to fight illegal landfills?  Euronews.com

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7 d. ago Cyprus, FAO boost cooperation on food security and climate resilience

Cyprus on Friday agreed to expand its cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), focusing on food waste, water resource management, and food security. The decision came during an official meeting in Nicosia between Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou and FAO director-general Qu Dongyu, who is on a two-day visit to the island. […]

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8 d. ago Vyras slams ‘catastrophic’ plan to make district govts responsible for waste management

Union of Cyprus municipalities chairman Andreas Vyras on Thursday warned that plans to transfer responsibility for waste management are “completely catastrophic”. In a letter to the House interior committee, he said the move would place a “huge financial burden” on municipalities. “It would leave them shouldering the financial burden of waste collection, without having the […]

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1 week ago EAM Jaishankar talks to Cyprus counterpart, appreciates support for backing India's fight against terrorism

EAM Jaishankar talks to Cyprus counterpart, appreciates support for backing India's fight against terrorism  IANS LIVE

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2 w. ago Cyprus, Greece step up fight against money laundering with new MoU

In a new push against financial crime, Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday, providing for the exchange of information in matters of money laundering and financing terrorism. “The initiative to sign the MoU constitutes the beginning of new cooperation prospects between the two units, such as undertaking joint strategic analyses over […]

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3 w. ago Cyprus estate agents fight proposed legal monopoly on property contracts

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Monday again voiced concerns over a proposed law that would require all rental and sale contracts for real estate to be drawn up exclusively by lawyers. The proposal, which is currently before the House legal affairs committee, has been met with strong opposition from the council, which […]

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3 w. ago President says prevention important in fight against cancer at walk for Europa Uomo

Prevention is the most important factor in fighting cancer, was the main message sent on Sunday by President Nikos Christodoulides, who emphasised that prostate cancer has a 90 per cent cure rate. In the courtyard of the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, in Nicosia, people gathered sent a strong message for life, prevention, and solidarity […]

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3 w. ago Trapped buyers unprotected, banks fight to keep courts at bay

As threatening bank letters are sent to borrowers who cannot obtain title deeds to their properties, the realisation is setting in that decades of diligently paying loans may in the end mean nothing, while the government is accused of looking on idly. For years, so-called trapped buyers have been promised schemes, special courts, support and […]

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4 w. ago Real Madrid fight back to beat Mallorca and put Barca party on hold

Real Madrid’s Jacobo Ramon scored a dramatic winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn them a 2-1 LaLiga victory over Mallorca on Wednesday that kept Barcelona’s title-winning champagne on ice. Barca were seconds away from celebrating the title as a 1-1 draw would have given them an unassailable six-point lead in the […]

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