WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE SHOPPING OUTSIDE THE EU IN CYPRUS

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE SHOPPING OUTSIDE THE EU IN CYPRUS - Cy Mail 25/6 by Kyriacos Nicolaou


Cyprus Customs Department explains new €3 duty on low-value online imports

Consumers in Cyprus ordering goods from outside the European Union will begin paying a temporary €3 customs duty per product category from July 1, 2026.

Due to this change, the Customs Department has issued some practical examples to explain how the new rules will work in practice.

GRIFFON VULTURES BREED IN CYPRUS AGAIN AFTER FIVE-YEAR GAP

GRIFFON VULTURES BREED IN CYPRUS AGAIN AFTER FIVE-YEAR GAP - Cy Mail 25/6 by Dina Husseini



The Griffon vulture has successfully bred in Cyprus for the first time since 2021, with conservationists describing the development as a major milestone in efforts to save one of the island’s most endangered bird species.

BirdLife Cyprus and the Game and Fauna Service said on Thursday that five breeding pairs have nested in different parts of the island this year, producing three confirmed chicks.

ANCIENT PAPHOS DEFENCES REVEALED IN NEW EXCAVATION AT FABRIKA HILL

ANCIENT PAPHOS DEFENCES REVEALED IN NEW EXCAVATION AT FABRIKA HILL - Cy Mail 25/6 by James Morphakis


New discoveries at Fabrika Hill in Kato Paphos have provided fresh insight into how ancient Nea Paphos was defended and developed over centuries, following the completion of this year’s excavations by a French archaeological mission.

The excavation, led by Professor Claire Balandier of Avignon University in collaboration with the French School at Athens and the antiquities department, focused on the acropolis of ancient Nea Paphos and sections of the city’s Hellenistic walls.

TRUMP'S GAZA BOARD OF PEACE TO HOLD TWO-DAY CYPRUS SUMMIT

TRUMP'S GAZA BOARD OF PEACE TO HOLD TWO-DAY CYPRUS SUMMIT - Cy Mail 24/6 by Tom Cleaver



The Gaza Board of Peace will hold a two-day summit in Cyprus on June 30 and July 1, Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Wednesday, though he was keen to stress that the government remains on the board’s periphery.

“The Republic of Cyprus is neither an organiser, nor a co-organiser of the event, of course,” he said, while also saying that the board’s decision to convene in Cyprus constitutes evidence of the importance of Cyprus on the international stage.

“The fact that this board’s administrative arm … has chosen our country, a country which has proven in practice how beneficial it is and how many initiatives it has undertaken, as well as the efficiency of those initiatives in terms of humanitarian support for the civilian population in Gaza, has its own high importance,” he said.

REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE - A GREEK DOCTOR OPERATED FROM CHINA ON A PROSTATE CANCER PATIENT WHO WAS IN ATHENS

REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE - A GREEK DOCTOR OPERATED FROM CHINA ON A PROSTATE CANCER PATIENT WHO WAS IN ATHENS - Filenews 25/6


A historic surgery was performed on a patient in Athens, as a Greek doctor performed it while they were in China, 8,000 kilometers away.

The operation (radical prostatectomy) was performed on a patient in Athens who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was performed with robotic machines utilizing the capabilities of telemedicine from Wuhan, China. This is the professor of Medicine and director of the Urology Clinic at the University Hospital of Patras, Evangelos Liatsikos.

THE 39 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS RUNNING NAKED IN LIMASSOL WAS INTUBATED IN THE HOSPITAL - WHAT THE TESTS SHOWED

THE 39 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS RUNNING NAKED IN LIMASSOL WAS INTUBATED IN THE HOSPITAL - WHAT THE TESTS SHOWED - Filenews 25/6 by Ioanna Mantziipa


A 39-year-old woman from Russia, who was in a furious state and was running naked, falling to the ground, has been hospitalized since yesterday.

The 39-year-old is being treated at the Limassol General Hospital and has rib fractures, while it seems that she had consumed alcohol and specific preparations containing fentanyl-opioid substances.

SAFE - EUROPE, TURKEY AND THE COST OF AUTONOMY

SAFE - EUROPE, TURKEY AND THE COST OF AUTONOMY - Filenews 25/6


By Güney Yıldız

Europe is preparing to spend more money on defence than at any time since the Cold War. But much of that money is at risk of buying less security than the numbers promise.

The problem is not waste in the usual sense. It is that Europe seeks to acquire a sovereign defense capability, while limiting access to two suppliers that could offer it directly: the United States, consciously, and Turkey, for political reasons.