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EU unveils €1-billion aid package for Lebanon to curb refugee flows

The European Union will provide €1 billion in financial aid to Lebanon over three years to prop up the country's economy and help prevent a surge in refugees leaving for Europe.

Europe News

Cyprus overwhelmed as number of refugee arrivals surges

The "worst may be yet to come," authorities on the Mediterranean island have warned.

Europe News

EU leaders under pressure to bolster Ukraine’s struggling air defences

The EU’s 27 leaders face mounting pressure to step up efforts to protect Ukraine’s skies from Russian airstrikes, after President Zelenskyy took a jab at Western allies’ "flagging political will" over the weekend.

Italy

Lampedusa overwhelmed after receiving over 1000 migrants in a day

Italian authorities reported that just in a day and a half, more than 1500 people arrived to Lampedusa island, with 333 at the Friday morning alone.

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Travel News

Greece is offering visas to Turkish tourists - here’s why

Could the opening up of travel to Greek islands for Turkish citizens be the first step towards solving the ‘Cyprus problem’?

Cyprus

Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus

US charity, World Central Kitchen said that the supplies were enough to prepare more than one million meals.

Cyprus

Gaza sea aid route a 'model': Cyprus president

Some 200 tonnes of food were recently transported from Cyprus to the embattled Palestinian enclave.

Gaza

Gaps narrow in Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, says Blinken

"I think an agreement is very much possible,” US Secretary of State Blinken said during his sixth visit to the region since 7 October. He is expected to travel to Israel on Friday.

Destinations

Europe dominates ranking of the world’s best sustainable beaches

From calm, family-friendly waters to top party destinations, travellers recommended these beaches for their sustainability efforts.

Europe News

Aid ship sets sail from Cyprus to Gaza, where hunger is worsening

Aid ship sets sail from Cyprus to Gaza, where hunger is worsening five months into war.

World News

Ship bringing food aid to Gaza still waiting in Cyprus

The ship carries 200 tonnes of rice and flour which should offer immediate relief to civilians in Gaza struggling with growing hunger.

Culture news

Britain's Royal Mint honours George Michael with collectible coins

The coins feature Michael wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses and cross-shaped earrings seen in the video for his 1987 hit single, Faith.

Cyprus

UK ‘bases of death’ see controversy amid Middle East conflict

Activists claim the UK and US use Cyprus as an "unsinkable warship” as recent conflicts in the Middle East spark renewed controversy over British military bases on the Mediterranean island.

Cyprus

Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants lost at sea for 6 days

Authorities have announced that several of those on board have been hospitalised.

Economy

Why is Cyprus seeing Russian bank deposits plunge?

The change comes as the government seeks to clean up its country’s financial image.

Cyprus

Migrant NGO slams Cyprus authorities for not condemning bomb attack

A prominent migrant rights group in Cyprus has bashed the country’s authorities for failing to properly investigate a bomb attack against its offices in Nicosia.

Cyprus

Cyprus president shakes up Cabinet with major reshuffle

Cypriot ministers of defence, health, justice and environment as well as the deputy ministers responsible for digital policy and European affairs have been changed.

Cyprus

Israeli foreign minister wants to fast-track aid to Gaza via Cyprus

Israel wants to fast-track the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through a maritime corridor from Cyprus, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Business

Financial crime and Russian oligarchs: How Cyprus vows to crackdown

The Cypriot president has reached out to an unnamed 'third country' to help with investigations into alleged evasions of sanctions against Russia by oligarchs.

Europe News

Cyprus, France want a maritime corridor for Gaza aid. It will be hard

The European Union is looking at ways it can establish a maritime corridor to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza despite port infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave being destroyed.

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