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Fidias Panagiotou, a 24-year-old travel blogger from Cyprus, looks set to win a seat in the European Parliament on the first try. According to preliminary partial results with around 25% of the votes counted, he achieved more than 18%. Although he only came in third place, election experts believe that he is still guaranteed a seat in the EU Parliament. What Panagiotou stands for politically remained unclear during the election campaign and on election night. First and second place were decided between the two established opponents in a neck-and-neck race: The conservative Democratic Rally (DI...
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Fidias Panagiotou, a 24-year-old travel blogger from Cyprus, looks set to win a seat in the European Parliament on the first try. According to preliminary partial results with around 25% of the votes counted, he achieved more than 18%. Although he only came in third place, election experts believe that he is still guaranteed a seat in the EU Parliament. What Panagiotou stands for politically remained unclear during the election campaign and on election night. First and second place were decided between the two established opponents in a neck-and-neck race: The conservative Democratic Rally (DI...
DPA
Fidias Panagiotou, a 24-year-old travel blogger from Cyprus, looks set to win a seat in the European Parliament on the first try. According to preliminary partial results with around 25% of the votes counted, he achieved more than 18%. Although he only came in third place, election experts believe that he is still guaranteed a seat in the EU Parliament. What Panagiotou stands for politically remained unclear during the election campaign and on election night. First and second place were decided between the two established opponents in a neck-and-neck race: The conservative Democratic Rally (DI...
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Refugee reception and accomodation centres in Cyprus are full, with around 25,000 asylum seekers hoping they will be granted international protection. But the influx is having significant - and wide reaching - effects on the Mediterranean island. Watch the full report in the player above to find out more.
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European Union leaders on Wednesday night adopted a declaration affirming the desire for a mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey and a strategic interest in a stable environment in the eastern Mediterranean. The European Commission is working on concrete proposals, including considering resuming talks on the modernization of the customs union between the EU and Turkey. This project, a planned visa liberalization and EU accession talks had previously been put on hold due to setbacks in the rule of law in Turkey. The European Commission also recently emphasized that Turkey's comparatively...
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Speaking ahead of a gathering of leaders in Brussels on Wednesday evening, both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Netherlands' caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte called for urgent steps to provide Kyiv with the air defence systems it needs to fend off the barrage of missiles launched from Russia. Both leaders suggested the bloc's countries need to look closely at their stockpiles and consider sending their own air defence systems to Kyiv. "In view of all the terrible attacks that are being made from the air, you can see that it is necessary to do something," Scholz explained. "Everyone ha...
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A three-ship convoy the Cypriot port of Larnaca on Saturday with 400 tonnes of food and other supplies as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. The vessels and a barge were carrying ready-to-eat items like rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned vegetables and proteins. Also on board were dates, which are traditionally eaten to break the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. US charity World Central Kitchen said the ship, named Jennifer, was due to follow the inaugural voyage of the Cyprus-Gaza sea route earlier this month by the Open Arms vessel that delivered 200 tonnes of food and...
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In an exclusive interview, the president of Cyprus told Euronews a maritime corridor from the Mediterranean island to Gaza could become a wider blueprint for delivering assistance. Nicos Christodoulides said sending aid over sea could not only help Gaza's reconstruction following Israel's devastating war with Hamas, but be applied to many crises in the region. Almost 200 tonnes of food was recently shipped from Cyprus to Gaza, marking the first time in 17 years Israel's naval blockade of the enclave was lifted. Watch the video in the player above to find out more.
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An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail Tuesday from Cyprus to Gaza, the international charity behind the effort said. The shipment is a test for the opening of a sea corridor to supply aid to the territory, where starvation is spreading five months into the Israel-Hamas war. World Food Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, posted on the X social media platform that a ship set sail on Tuesday. Associated Press live footage showed it being towed out of a harbor in the port city of Larnaca. The United States has separately announced plans to construct a sea b...
Euronews (English)
Nicosia (AFP) - A first group of evacuees from Israel arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday aboard a US-chartered cruise ship as the island's authorities announced plans for a twice-daily ferry link for those wishing to leave. The 159 evacuees on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Rhapsody of the Sea primarily consisted of elderly individuals, families with children and tourists. The ship, which left the port of Haifa in northern Israel, docked at around 6:15 am (0315 GMT) in the island's second city Limassol. Security was tight with armed police and sniffer dogs. US ambassador Julie Fisher was at ...
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