Day: August 9, 2022

Greek authorities were in “full readiness” on Tuesday as a new Turkish drillship, Abdulhamid Khan was expected to set sail for exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, around noon.The drillship’s exact destination is expected to be revealed at a cerem…

The 2022 Commonwealth Games came to an end on Monday evening in Birmingham, with Cyprus securing the 16th position among 72 countries.The Cypriot team will return home with 11 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze, an outcome which is deemed as very sa…

CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGYFORECAST FOR THE SEA AREA OF CYPRUS (B)FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1200 09/08/2022 UNTIL 1200 10/08/2022Area covered is 8 kilometers seawards.Winds are in BEAUFORT scale. Times are local times.Atmospheric pressure at the time of…

President Anastasiades congratulated on Tuesday the athletes that participated in the national delegation at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He particularly praised the two “gold” athletes, Elias Georgiou and Giorgos Balarjisvili, for their …

Almost 1.2 million passengers travelled to and from Larnaka and Pafos airports in July, which translates to 82% of the traffic for the corresponding month in 2019.A representative of Hermes Airports told CNA that “August is considered peak season and t…

The theatre project “Enter Hamlet” has been invited to open the Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival on August 23, 2022.This modern-day revisiting of Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet, Enter Hamlet, is written in English and is the new international project …

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a donation of €10,000 from the People’s Republic of China on 8 August 2022. This contribution brings China’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €20,000 since 2019.According to the CMP…

The European Commission and Moderna have reached an agreement to better address Member States needs for COVID-19 vaccines for the late summer and winter period. This will ensure national authorities have access to the vaccines, including variant-adapte…

On its website, NASA shows a satellite image with Cyprus in the center saying “a dust plume stretches over the eastern Mediterranean, shrouding parts of Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus. NASA’s EMIT mission will help scientists better understand how airborne…

The European Commission has launched today a call for evidence inviting feedback on the performance of the EU legal framework which exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules (Consortia Block Exemption Regulation or ‘CBER’).Today, the Com…