Fri, 31 March 2017
The EU Foreign Policy chief condemns Israeli settlements the West Bank; Cyprus can improve its waste management; Cypriot MEPs discuss Brexit, energy security and illegal bird trapping.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:23am MSK |
Thu, 23 March 2017
Cypriot citizens are mobilising to move back to the fenced area of Famagusta and, as Europe celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, we hear about the role of the European Commission.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 5:05pm MSK |
Fri, 17 March 2017
We discuss gender identity and hear about an event to mark the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV); new rules are being rolled out for recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) which may see some of them lose their benefits if they decline to take up training offered in the government and semi-government sectors.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:00am MSK |
Fri, 10 March 2017
We discuss EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker's options for the future of Europe with the head of the EU Commission Representation in Cyprus (pictured); MPs demand the immediate implementation of a ban on water sports at Polemidia dam due to the highly polluted water which poses a public health risk.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:55am MSK |
Thu, 2 March 2017
The Juncker White Paper on the future of the European Union; there's a plethora of varied events at the CVAR in March; AIPFE's Incredible Women series, and one of those women who put her job on hold to sail round the world.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 9:52pm MSK |
Thu, 16 February 2017
Cyprus' Health Minister outlines plans to improve cancer care; the Minister of Education (pictured) talks about school reforms recently passed by Parliament; the Cyprus Red Cross inaugurates activities at the Kophinou reception centre and a new study calls for harsher penalties for motorists who break the law.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 8:34pm MSK |
Thu, 9 February 2017
Cyprus joins One Billion Rising against violence against women; happiness guru Brian Colbert (pictured) explains how to get the most out of life; the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) outlines plans for 2017.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 11:44pm MSK |
Thu, 2 February 2017
The European Union reacts to U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban; Health Minister George Pamborides (pictured) discusses the delays in implementing the National Health Service; and we talk to the governor of Europe's biggest prison for sex offenders
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 7:44pm MSK |
Thu, 19 January 2017
Cyprus joins the global campaign demanding respect for fundamental Human Rights that marks Donald Trump's inauguration as US President; exciting new discoveries have been made by archaeologists in Kouklia, one of Paphos' ancient city states; and Paphos prepares for its own inauguration - as 2017 European Capital of Culture.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 2:35pm MSK |
Thu, 12 January 2017
As a week of reunification negotiations comes to an end in Geneva we hear citizens' hopes and fears, talk to a journalist who has followed the Cyprus issue for years and hear from a Professor of History and Politics about what, possibly, could come next.
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Category:News and politics -- posted at: 10:02pm MSK |