The Cyprus News Digest
Cyprus News Digest 16th December 2016

Bicommunal internships aim to help unemployed Cypriot graduates; technology disrupting the financial sector; a new book on the wildlife of Cyprus (pictured).

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 6:19pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 2nd December 2016

Can Cyprus learn from the return their homes of internally displaced Bosnians? We talk to anthropologist Tone Bringa (pictured) who documented the Bosnian war and and its aftermath; EU funding is helping small businesses; innovative solutions in bone therapeutics; and a simple blood test can detect pancreatic cancer.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 11:26am MSK

Cyprus News Digest 25th November 2016

We discuss prospects for Cyprus' reunification following the failure of negotiations in Switzerland; hear about the COSME programme that fosters the competitiveness of Europe's small and medium sized enterprises, and talk to a Bulgarian banker who is successfully implementing the COSME programme.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:38pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 18th November 2016

Authentic Italian cuisine comes to Cyprus; we talk at length to the Head of the Asylum Service (pictured) about processing asylum applications and the problems at Kofinou reception centre.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:40pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 11th November 2016

The importance of including women in the peace process - we speak to the EEAS Principal Advisor on gender (pictured); an example of bi-communal cooperation as the restored Apostolos Andreas monastery is inaugurated; a holistic approach to breast cancer treatment at the upgraded breast clinic in Nicosia; and we meet a singer/songwriter who has just released her first album.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:19pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 4th November 2016

German language month kicks off; men are invited to grow a moustache for 'Movember' (pictured) and the UK Education Fair is coming up - with good news for students who want to study in the UK.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:43pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 28th October 2016

The Naked Truth about Aphrodite - revealed in an erotic comic book (pictured); an end is in sight for the revamp of central Nicosia; your last chance to see a unique exhibition of historic Cypriot bridal gowns; Showstoppers arrive in Cyprus.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 3:37pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 21st October 2016

As municipalities and animal charities team up to address the problem of feral cats, we talk to Nicosia's Mayor (pictured); the Cyprus Shipping Chamber celebrates International Maritime Week, and we get a glimpse of life in medieval Cyprus.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:34pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 14th October 2016

Youth unemployment continues to rise in the government controlled area, while it is falling in the occupied north of Cyprus; Yiannis Georgiou (pictured) gives a piano recital in Nicosia, and seminars to teach businesses about responsible reporting of CSR and sustainability.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:03pm MSK

Cyprus News Digest 7th October 2016

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides says European foreign policy has failed; the Women's Euro-Arabian North Pole expedition trains in Iceland; the Cyprus Rally gets under way; Nicosia celebrates its medieval heritage this weekend; sustainable tourism is taking off.

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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 10:48am MSK