The total volume of natural gas Turkey discovered in the Black Sea now amounts to 710 billion cubic metres (bcm) after a new field was located and a previous find was revised higher, its President Tayyip Erdogan said. Speaking after a cabinet meeting Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had discovered a new reserve of 58 bcm
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Despite a last-minute wave of first-time voters to join the electoral register before Tuesday’s cut-off date, just over half of those eligible will cast a ballot in February’s Presidential elections. According to data released by the Interior Ministry, 36,730 (51%) out of 71,731 eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 25 have registered to
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State hospital wards are full of older people with respiratory infections, while emergency rooms are overwhelmed with patients, said the health service. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, the state health services OKYPY’s spokesperson Charalampos Charilaou said the elderly admitted to hospital with severe respiratory issues have steadily risen for some weeks, with the majority of
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For the last few days, 120,000 Armenian men, women, and children have been deliberately trapped by Azerbaijan in their ancestral homeland, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Azerbaijan has blockaded them, and they are now completely disconnected from the outside world. It is a human catastrophe unfolding. On December 12, 2022, a group of Azerbaijani pseudo-environmentalists, under fabricated ecological
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Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways is offering passengers travelling on its routes during the festive season the opportunity to win free flights. Every day, customers travelling onboard selected Cyprus Airways flights are automatically given the opportunity to enter a prize draw based on their seat numbers and win free flights on the airline’s service to fly to
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is witnessing sustained growth among verified users, despite the general digital asset sector operating in an extended bear market. A market survey shows user growth and the exchange’s popularity among reputable crypto trading platforms amid the prevailing market conditions. Data acquired and calculated by Finbold indicates that Coinbase has added 19 million
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The level of economic uncertainty in November remained at the same levels in Cyprus as in the summer months of 2022, considerably below peak when Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, according to a quarterly survey conducted by the University of Cyprus. The Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index compiled by the university’s Economics Research Centre
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For some people, this Christmas won’t be a jolly jaunt of family gatherings, gift-giving and an exercise in overindulgence. A cost of living crisis, soaring inflation and eye-watering energy bills are enough to knock the stuffing out of a Christmas turkey. But the festive season is designed to forget our troubles, hail the Cyprus Church’s
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Despite the election rhetoric about energy being a catalyst towards resolving the Cyprus problem, recent developments, especially during the past year, suggest that perhaps it is the only key to finding a solution. There is some frustration in Brussels regarding replacing energy supplies provided by Russia before Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine. On the
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Paphos Bishop Georgios was elected Saturday as the new archbishop by the Cyprus Orthodox Church’s ruling body following the death of his predecessor last month. A majority of 11 votes appointed the 73-year-old by the 16-member Holy Synod after coming second in the popular vote by the Cypriot faithful. Limassol Bishop Athanasios, seen as a
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