The Cyprus News Digest

Another huge rally in Nicosia called for a ceasefire in Gaza; roads being built in Akamas breach the legally binding conditions of the Akamas Plan; the Confederation of Organisations for the Disabled demand that the Radiomarathon be scrapped.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 4:46pm MSK

Keynote speakers from a conference on tourism and sustainability talk about how climate change will affect the tourist industry.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:11am MSK

About 40 per cent of privately owned properties are affected by the division of Cyprus; there's a public discussion next week about the property issue in the Cyprus problem; a new NGO aims to bring young people from all communities on the island together, through sport.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:24am MSK

An invasive poisonous fish has been seen in Cyprus' coastal waters; more Griffon vultures have been released to boost the dwindling population on the island; the Study UK Awards are open for applications

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:05am MSK

Is Cyprus' treatment of refugees pushing them into the arms of traffickers and criminal gangs? With corruption on the rise across the world, investigative journalists hold their global conference in Sweden; a photographic archive goes on display in Nicosia next week.

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:01am MSK

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:02am MSK

We join the thousands who demonstrated against fascism in Nicosia last weekend; single use plastic straws were banned a year ago - but are the paper ones any better? The government wants to make Cyprus a tertiary education centre but supporting infrastructure is lacking.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:05am MSK

In the wake of vicious attacks on immigrants in Paphos and Limassol last week, we discuss the rise of fascism in Cyprus, and the apparent tolerance of it by the government and police.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 8:45am MSK

A new park-and-ride scheme comes into force next week that aims to cut traffic congestion and air pollution in Nicosia; the Committee for Missing Persons can become a Truth Commission to bring closure for grieving relatives - but how will it work?

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:02am MSK

The hunting season starts on Sunday; Cyprus is allowed to bag 15,000 turtle doves but the hunting federation says its members work to conserve the rapidly declining species

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 8:06am MSK