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*(Lubyanka – FSB headquarter)

As people take a stroll along the Finikoudes embankment in Larnaca, they often stop to admire the anchor monument, whose arms form a heart shape. This anchor is a small piece of Ukraine in Cyprus, gifted to Larnaca by the sister city of Odessa in 2019.

First-time asylum applications in Cyprus recorded an annual drop of 61% in May 2023, in comparison with May 2022, a report released by Eurostat on Friday shows.

US Ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fisher referred to the important progress in the bilateral relationship between Cyprus and USA in the recent years, speaking during a Round Table discussion with foreign Ambassadors in the context of the 21st World Conference of Cyprus Diaspora.

USSRoosevelt guided-missile destroyer arrived for a port call to Larnaca late on Friday, according to US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher, Philenews informs.

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday will chair a meeting over the issue of the illegal migrants living in a controversial building complex in Chroraka village where residents complain their safety is at stake from the third-country nationals, Philenews informs.

The US Secretary of State has lifted the Defense Trade Restrictions on the Republic of Cyprus for the fiscal year 2024.

The Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking into reports concerning a possible Russian presence in the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus Republic for the provision of consular assistance, the Ministry’s Spokesman, Theodoros Gotsis, has told CNA.

US State Department deputy assistant secretary for the division for counter threat finance and sanctions Erik Woodhouse has come to Cyprus full-handed, Philenews reported.

On 27-28 July 2023, one of the big Russian cities St. Petersburg will host the Russia-Africa summit. The scale of the event is impressive, a lot of Russian officials from politics, business, science and education science and education  will be participating in this event. The agenda covers almost all areas: from high-matter diplomacy in the Russian interpretation to the disposal of household garbage. Probably again from the Russian point of view.

Russian private mercenary companies have been registered in Cyprus, according to a 2019 report by the US think tank New America Foundation, reports in-cyprus.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a new terminal at the Tymbou airport in occupied Nicosia, as part of a visit to Cyprus on the anniversary of the 1974 invasion, Philenews informs.

(Reuters) New asylum seekers to Cyprus will be excluded from a re-settlement scheme to another EU member state to stop any abuse of the system, authorities said on Wednesday.

The EuroAsia Interconnector project – a subsea electricity cable linking Cyprus with the Greek and Israeli grids – is back on track after strong speculation that it could be scrapped due to financing issues.

With the arrival of a new ambassador in Cyprus, FSB general Murat Zyazikov, the Russian embassy has turned into the FSB office. Cypriots should not expect anything good from such a transformation, given the fact that the staff of such an office is 44 spy diplomats for more than 130 thousand of their compatriots living on the island. In such circumstances, “surprises” were to be expected from the office of the Chekists in Cyprus, which were not long in coming.

Fuels are among the goods allowed to be transported through the Green Line, provided they are for personal use, do not exceed a value of €260, and are contained in the vehicle’s fuel tank or a portable container with a capacity of no more than ten litres, European Commission representative, Stephan de Kersemaker told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).

For the third time in about a year, authorities and residents of the community of Chloraka took to the streets to protest strongly about the dimensions of the immigration problem in the society and the daily consequences they suffer from the anti-social and illegal actions by groups of foreigners, — informs in-Cyprus.

Cyprus has discussed the potential of buying Merkava tanks from Israel, Phileleftheros reports citing sources. The Cypriot Defence Ministry has not confirmed the information, however, sources say that Cyprus is indeed interested in buying new tanks and that authorities are following the relevant procedures which involve the Ministry as well as the House Defence Committee.

In response to the “wave of Russophobia” in the world due to the unjustified aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the Kremlin decided to demonstrate that it still has many backers ready to support cultural, social and political ties with Russia. For this purpose, the founding congress of the International Russophile Movement was held in Moscow in March of this year (the French version Mouvement International Russophile was chosen as a foreign translation, so that the abbreviation sounded like MIR), which was attended by foreign political fringes, populists and conspiracy theorists from 42 countries of the world. Many of these persons continue to carry out active pro-Russian activities in their countries, spreading blatant disinformation and imposing anti-Western narratives.

A terrorist attack on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, which was believed to have been aimed at killing citizens of Jewish origin, has been prevented, — in Cyprus imforms.

The European Parliament on Thursday called on Nicosia to repeal spyware export permits and fully investigate allegations of illegitimate use. An approved by a vast majority report included targeted recommendations on Cyprus regarding its reported role as an export hub for spyware, — inform In-Cyprus.