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Presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides smiles as walks with his supporters after casting his vote during the presidential elections in Geroskipou in south west coastal city of Paphos, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Voting has started in a runoff to elect ethnically split Cyprus' eighth new president, pitting a former foreign minister who campaigned as a unifier eschewing ideological and party divisions against a popular veteran diplomat. Some 561,000 citizens are eligible to vote and both Nikos Christoulides, the ex-foreign minister and Andreas Mavroyiannis are hoping for a higher turnout than the 72% that cast ballots in Feb. 5 first round. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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Ex-minister Christoulides wins Cyprus presidential election
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press
Sun,02/12/23-1:39AM , 206 Reads
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected as the new president of Cyprus in a runoff election Sunday, pledging to revive stalemated reunification talks with the nation's breakaway Turkish Cypriots and to form a coalition government with women filling half of the Cabinet positions.
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A rendering of the entrance of a Small Modular Reactor facility that Rolls-Royce SMR hopes to have operational by the end of the decade is seen in this handout render provided by Rolls-Royce SMR on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine has refocused attention on smaller, easier-to-build nuclear power stations that proponents say they could provide a cheaper, more efficient alternative to older model mega-plants but detractors warn of heightened risks including the disposal of highly radioactive wave and the specter of nuclear weapons proliferation.

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Small nuke reactors emerge as energy option, but risks loom
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Sat,09/10/22-1:50AM , 100 Reads
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine has refocused attention on smaller, easier-to-build nuclear power stations, w
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Tourists visit the sea caves during sunset at in southern coastal resort of Ayia Napa in southeast Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox faithful visiting Cyprus would stream daily past the icon of the Virgin Mary at Kykkos Monastery to venerate the relic that tradition dictates was fashioned by Luke the Evangelist and blessed by the Virgin herself. But a European Union ban on flights to and from Russia as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has meant a loss of 800,000 vacationers - a fifth of all tourists to Cyprus in record-setting 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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Cyprus eyes rebound from loss of Russian, Ukrainian tourists
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Sun,06/12/22-1:49AM , 195 Reads
KYKKOS MONASTERY, Cyprus (AP) — Archimandrite Agathonikos bows before the silver-covered icon of the Virgin Mary to offer prayers for an end to the war between “peoples of the same religion” in Ukraine.
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Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Ukraine invasion: What to know as Russian forces target Kyiv
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press
Fri,02/25/22-1:42AM , 235 Reads
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — After a barrage of airstrikes on cities and military bases around the country, Russian forces were closing in on Ukraine's capital on Saturday.
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