Month: August 2021

Ηοuse President Annita Demetriou met on Monday with outgoing Ambassador of Greece Theocharis Lalakos.

 

Demetriou expressed her sincere thanks and appreciation to the Greek Ambassador for the very substantial work he has done and for the good cooperation between the House of Representatives and the Embassy of Greece, during his stay in Cyprus and wished him every success in his new duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.

 

During the meeting, according to an announcement by the Parliament, the relations and the excellent cooperation between Cyprus and Greece and the Parliaments of the two countries were discussed and the upcoming visit of Demetriou to Athens, set for next October.

 

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The European Court of Human Rights will be notifying in writing 15 judgments on Tuesday 31 August, including the Vassiliou and Others v. Cyprus case.

 

In a press release, the ECHR says that the case concerns the State’s responsibility for the applicants’ distress between the disappearance of a relative of them during the Turkish invasion in 1974 and his identification 26 years later.

 

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus has informed the European Commission that despite the increased daily inflow of immigrants, the country could symbolically receive up to three Afghans, members of the same family, who have been cooperating with the EU in recent years.

 

According to CNA sources, the European Commission has asked all EU Member States to investigate the possibility of hosting Afghan nationals who have been cooperating with the EU in recent years.

 

Cyprus informed the Commission that due to the increased flows of migrants it receives on a daily basis and due to the fact that it has exceeded its limits in terms of accommodation and reception, symbolically and for humanitarian reasons, it could accept up to three people, members of the same family.

A Portuguese expert and his team are expected in Cyprus in the next few days to examine whether it is possible to excavate a landfill in the Turkish occupied village of Dikomo to locate the remains of 70 missing persons from the village of Assia who are believed to have been buried there.

The missing persons were killed in the area of Ornithi and then it is believed that their remains were transferred and buried in the landfill in the 90’s. The Portuguese expert is the one who was presiding renovation and revamping works at the landfill which was covered with tons of ground and plastic and pipes were placed for the methane to be removed.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Police in Cyprus reported 22 individuals and 5 establishment owners or managers for violating measures aiming to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours that ended on 06:00 local time on Saturday, the force carried out 3,319 checks throughout the government-controlled areas.

In Nicosia, a total of 1,174 were carried out with 4 individuals and 1 establishment owner reported, in Limassol 185 checks were carried out with 7 individuals and 1 shop owner reported, in Larnaca 564 checks with 3 individuals and 1 shop owner reported, in Pafos 357 with 2 shop owners and 1 individual reported, in Famagusta 7 individuals were fined following 731 checks and in the Morphou region 146 checks were carried out with no fines issued.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cypriot sailor Marilena Makri secured the bronze medal in sailing championships ILCA U21 taking place in Gdynia, Poland.

The 18-year old sailor of the Famagusta Nautical Club had her Olympic debut in the Tokio Olympics in July, while she won the gold medal in the European ILCA U21 championships held in Montenegro in June.

She finished third with a total score of 40 after nine races behind Italy’s Giorgia de la Valle and Ghiara Benini Floriani.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The Department of Meteorology issued a “yellow warning” for extreme high temperatures, valid from 12:30 until 16:00 (local time) for Saturday, while the danger for forests fires remains on “red alert”.

The maximum temperature inland is expected to rise to around 41 degrees Celsius inland and 33 on the highest peaks, the warning said, the Cypriot Meteo said.

Furthermore, Cyprus` Forests Department announced that a “red alert” warning for risk of fire will continue to be in effect on Saturday, urging the public to refrain from activities that may cause a fire and to cooperate with the authorities.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The re-swim of the final of 50 m freestyle S11 at the Tokyo Paralympics has been scheduled for 13:18 Cyprus time on Sunday with the awards ceremony scheduled for 14:19, Efthimios Polydorou, chief of the Cypriot Paralympic Mission in the Tokyo Paralympics announced.

He reiterated the reasons for the protest or the cancellation of a Paralympic event are not published.

However, the Netherlands News Live

Source: Cyprus News Agency