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EU offers empty rhetoric on housing crisis, leaving youth stranded without funding
21+ min ago (600+ words) The European Union is seeking zero-cost structural solutions to the affordable housing crisis squeezing young people, aiming to keep national measures strictly cost-neutral without injecting capital or expanding fiscal deficits. The details are outlined in an 11-page European Commission document…...
Turkey moves forward with plans for two-way gas pipeline to occupied areas
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (542+ words) Ankara is pressing ahead with plans to construct a bidirectional natural gas pipeline between Turkey and the occupied areas of Cyprus, alongside a parallel electrical interconnection project. The two projects carry strategic and geopolitical significance, aiming to elevate Turkey's regional…...
Iosif Chalavazis: In an age of multiple crises, what seems to win elections is the need for security and stability
14+ hour, 55+ min ago (205+ words) Do voters ultimately go to the polls guided by reason or emotion? And what do you think was the case " since we can't exactly get inside voters' heads " in the Cypriot parliamentary elections? How large is the gap, in the…...
Cyprus police arrests two more Palestinians on suspicion of planning attack against Israeli targets (photos)
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (304+ words) Cyprus police have made two further arrests in connection with the ongoing terrorism investigation, with all suspects appearing before courts in Larnaca and Paralimni, Phileleftheros has learned. The newly arrested individuals are Palestinian, as are the two previously detained, according…...
University of Nicosia hosts FEPS forum on a progressive strategy for the Mediterranean
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (188+ words) Philenews University of Nicosia hosts FEPS forum on a progressive strategy for the Mediterranean FEPS hosts Call to Europe Cyprus "A progressive strategy for peace and cooperation in the Mediterranean" at the University of Nicosia on May 30, bringing together progressive…...
UN rights chief urges stronger government oversight of online platforms to protect children
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (107+ words) Philenews UN rights chief urges stronger government oversight of online platforms to protect children The United Nations Human Rights Office called on Friday for stronger government regulation and oversight of online platforms to better protect children, describing the issue as…...
Cyprus to test CY-Alert emergency warning system from June 2 " here's what to expect
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (195+ words) Cyprus's new public emergency warning system, CY-Alert, launches on June 2, with test alerts to be sent to mobile phones in selected communities across the island until June 15, the Civil Defence Force has announced. The system is designed to notify people…...
Akrotiri residents sue British Bases over antenna expansion
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (240+ words) Residents of Akrotiri are mobilising against British Bases plans to install 32 additional antennas in the area, pointing to what they describe as elevated cancer rates in the community and vowing to take the fight as far as the European Court…...
Cyprus to create national vaccination registry to replace easily-lost paper records
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (260+ words) Seriously ill patients " including transplant recipients who are required to repeat all their vaccinations " have repeatedly lost the paper certificates recording their immunisation history, leaving doctors unable to access that information in emergencies. The Health Ministry has now drafted legislation…...
Showers and hail possible as unstable air grips Cyprus
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (227+ words) A weak low-pressure system and an unstable air mass continue to affect the region. Early this morning, thicker low cloud " mainly in the west " may produce isolated rain. Through the middle of the day, skies across most of the island…...