Tag: Cyprus
Cyprus detains British travellers, to mark Christmas in quarantine hotels
Almost 200 British travellers will have to spend Christmas in quarantine hotels in Cyprus, where they will have to isolate…
Cyprus bound student nabbed with 13.55 kg of Cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Special Area Command, has foiled an attempt by…
NiDCOM boss warns Nigerian students off northern Cyprus schools
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has alerted and warned Nigerian parents against sending their children to…
Rape allegation: Israeli tourists freed in Cyprus, British complainant arrested
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday confirmed that Seven young Israeli tourists arrested on suspicion of raping a 19-year-old British…
EgyptAir hijacker identified, asks for Cyprus asylum
The hijacker of the EgyptAir Boeing A320 plane has been identified. He is 27 year old Ibrahim Samaha, an Egyptian.…
Bale fires Wales closer to Euro 2016
Gareth Bale says Wales will be stepping into the unknown on Sunday when they attempt to beat Israel in Cardiff…
Nigerian Artist makes wave in Cyprus
A Dutch humanist and scholar, Erastus Desiderius, said, “Concealed talent brings no reputation,” and so it is for Ihumeie Christian…
Ten-man Wales hold on to sink Cyprus
Wales survived Andy King’s red card to clinch a 2-1 win over Cyprus on Monday that kept them top of…
Thieves steal $7.6 mn Degas painting from Cyprus pensioner
Thieves have stolen a painting by French master Edgar Degas valued at six million euros ($7.6 million) from the home…
Syria refugees disembark from cruise liner in Cyprus
Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner in the Mediterranean disembarked in Cyprus on Friday, after hours…
Refugees rescued by cruise ship refuse to disembark
More than 300 mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner on Thursday refused to disembark in Cyprus’s southern port…
UN appoints first female peacekeeping commander
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in New York, named Maj-.Gen. Kristin Lund, as the commander of the…
200 Sokoto students on scholarship to Cyprus, Pakistan
The Sokoto Government on Sunday announced plans to sponsor 200 students to pursue various degree programmes in Cyprus and Pakistan.…
Despite bailout, Cyprus banks remain shut
Cyprus reversed course and decided to keep its banks shut as world markets took fright at the implications for the…
Euro rebounds in Asia on Cyprus bailout deal
The euro rallied in Asian trade on Monday after eurozone finance ministers agreed on a 10-billion-euro bailout for Cyprus as…
Church wants Cyprus quit Euro
The head of the powerful Orthodox Church in Cyprus said in an interview published on Saturday that he favoured the…
Cyprus MPs under pressure to rethink bank levy
Cypriot politicians were facing increasing pressure to rethink their rejection of a levy on bank deposits, as a deadline to…
Russia declines help to Cyprus in hour of need
NICOSIA (AFP) – Russia Friday spurned investment proposals that would have helped rescue the Cyprus economy, piling pressure on Nicosia…
Russians threaten to leave Cyprus over IMF deposits tax
LIMASSOL, Cyprus(AFP) – Angry Russian residents of Cyprus are talking of giving up on the Mediterranean island over a eurozone…
IMF taxes depositors for country’s bailout
Eurozone leaders and the IMF on Saturday announced an unprecedented levy on all deposits in Cypriot banks as the sting…
World Beach Volleyball Tourney: Nigeria U-19 Boys Storm Sierra Leone
After failing to qualify Nigeria’s senior national team for the Olympics Beach Volleyball, the Nigeria Beach Volleyball Federation, NBVF, has…