The largest robotics festival in Cyprus, “Robotex Cyprus” will take place this June, attracting teams of pupils, students and adults who will compete in different challenges of the competition.Dr Panicos Masouras, President of the Robotex Cyprus organi…
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Defence Minister Petrides says Turkey’s ultimate goal is to serve its aspirations
In today’s extremely difficult global situation with the war in Ukraine, Turkey is trying to present itself as a peacemaker and a mediator, said on Monday Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides, noting that by adopting a ‘sophisticated neutrality’ and i…
Cyprus Foreign Minister pays a working visit to Egypt on Tuesday
Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides, is paying on Tuesday a working visit to Cairo.A press release issued by the Ministry said that Kasoulides will have a tête-à-tête meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Sameh Shouk…
Waiting for information over the fate of the missing persons 48 years after the Turkish invasion is unacceptable, Commissioner says
It is unacceptable for families of missing persons to wait for information over the fate of their loved ones 48 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou has said blaming Turkey over the challenging state of t…
European Charlemagne Youth Prize: meet the 2022 winners
A Portuguese project on cross-border cooperation through music has won the 2022 European Charlemagne Youth Prize.Every year national and European juries select a project from each EU country. The 26 national winners were invited to the award ceremony i…
Cyprus can draw up to 5 million euro from the EU to support the farming sector, Kadis said
The adoption of a Croatian proposal, which was supported by Cyprus and other member states, to support farmers in the European Union and approved by the Commission last Friday, will enable the country to raise up to 5 million euros for this purpose, Ag…
Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta propose the creation of an EU “positive list” on animals allowed to be kept as pets
Cyprus, along with Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta, have presented a position paper proposing the creation of a new EU legislative framework for an EU Positive List for the keeping of companion animals or pets, during Tuesday’s Agriculture and Fisherie…
Stories that inspire can shape a person’s and a nation’s identity, Professor Haidostian said in a lecture commemorating Armenian Genocide, by UCY
Humans maintain their identity only as long as they have enriched memory and they make constructive and viable sense out of it. Dr Paul Haidostian, President of Haigazian University of Lebanon, talked about how the stories from the past can become insp…