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British Air Force Base Shuts For Aviation After Missile Mishap
British air operations from a base in Cyprus involved in the campaign against Islamic State were temporarily halted on Wednesday after two missiles fell off a warplane during landing, forcing its closure to takeoffs and landings.
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APOEL Draw 1-1 With Ajax in Champions League
Ajax opened the scoring in the 28th minute through Danish forward Lucas Andersen, only for APOEL's Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Manduca to level from the penalty spot three minutes later.
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Champions League: Gerard Pique Takes F.C. Barcelona Past APOEL Nicosia
Gerard Pique headed home the only goal of the game from Lionel Messi's free-kick midway through the first-half, but APOEL managed to subdue a much-changed Barca side despite the presence of Messi and Neymar up front.
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Barcelona Defender Dani Alves Back for Champions League
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has also included Brazilian back Douglas for the first time since his signing for the Champions League game against APOEL Nicosia.
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Champions League: Sky's the Limit for In-Form Barcelona, Says Luis Enrique
Barcelona's run of six consecutive Champions League semi-finals was ended by a quarter-final exit to Atletico Madrid last season, but after starting his reign with three consecutive wins in La Liga, coach Luis Enrique refused to make any minimum requirement of his star-studded squad for this campaign.
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Champions League: Lionel Messi's Barcelona F.C. Ready to Fire, APOEL Nicosia Stand in Way
Lionel Messi and Neymar have been in superb form for Barcelona F.C. in La Liga. The club will hope the magic continues in the Champions League as well.
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Protesters Denounce Israel at Embassy in Cyprus
Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters have demanded a halt to military action in Gaza during a peaceful protest near the Israeli embassy in the Cypriot capital.
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Cyprus' biggest private university to accept Bitcoin payments
The university's chief financial officer said the institution, which has about 8,500 students enrolled, is the first in the world to take Bitcoin payments.
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In Cyprus, the bank run that wasn't
Commentators had been confident that as soon as the banks reopened on Thursday at noon after Cyprus signed a rescue deal with the European Union to stave off national bankruptcy, there would be scenes of chaos. The experts were right, but it wasn't the Cypriots causing the pandemonium.
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Cyprus says threat contained, no plan to leave euro
The president of Cyprus said on Friday the risk of bankruptcy had been contained and the country had no intention of leaving the euro, in a speech laden with criticism of Europe's currency union for "experimenting" with the island's fate.
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Cyprus reopens banks, under strict restrictions
Cypriots are expected to descend in their thousands on Thursday on banks, which reopen with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent fleeing depositors from cleaning out the vaults in a catastrophic bank run.
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Cyprus readies capital controls to avert bank run
Cypriots have taken to the streets of Nicosia in their thousands to protest at a bailout deal that they fear will push their country into an economic slump and cost many their jobs. European leaders said the deal averted a chaotic national bankruptcy that might have forced Cyprus out of the euro.
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Revamped Cyprus deal to close bank, force losses
Cyprus clinched a last-ditch deal with international lenders on Monday for a 10 billion euro bailout that will shut down its second largest bank and inflict heavy losses on uninsured depositors, including wealthy Russians.
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Cyprus bailout bid goes down to the wire
Cyprus faces a Monday deadline to clinch a 10 billion euro bailout from the European Union or the European Central Bank sauys it will cut off emergency funding to the country's stricken banks, spelling certain collapse and potentially pushing the island out of Europe's single currency.
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Russia rebuffs Cyprus, EU awaits bailout Plan B
The rebuff left Cyprus looking increasingly isolated, with the deadline looming to find billions of euros demanded by the EU in return for a 10 billion euro bailout.
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British Air Force Base Shuts For Aviation After Missile Mishap
British air operations from a base in Cyprus involved in the campaign against Islamic State were temporarily halted on Wednesday after two missiles fell off a warplane during landing, forcing its closure to takeoffs and landings.
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APOEL Draw 1-1 With Ajax in Champions League
Ajax opened the scoring in the 28th minute through Danish forward Lucas Andersen, only for APOEL's Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Manduca to level from the penalty spot three minutes later.
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Champions League: Gerard Pique Takes F.C. Barcelona Past APOEL Nicosia
Gerard Pique headed home the only goal of the game from Lionel Messi's free-kick midway through the first-half, but APOEL managed to subdue a much-changed Barca side despite the presence of Messi and Neymar up front.
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Barcelona Defender Dani Alves Back for Champions League
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has also included Brazilian back Douglas for the first time since his signing for the Champions League game against APOEL Nicosia.
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Champions League: Sky's the Limit for In-Form Barcelona, Says Luis Enrique
Barcelona's run of six consecutive Champions League semi-finals was ended by a quarter-final exit to Atletico Madrid last season, but after starting his reign with three consecutive wins in La Liga, coach Luis Enrique refused to make any minimum requirement of his star-studded squad for this campaign.
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Champions League: Lionel Messi's Barcelona F.C. Ready to Fire, APOEL Nicosia Stand in Way
Lionel Messi and Neymar have been in superb form for Barcelona F.C. in La Liga. The club will hope the magic continues in the Champions League as well.
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Protesters Denounce Israel at Embassy in Cyprus
Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters have demanded a halt to military action in Gaza during a peaceful protest near the Israeli embassy in the Cypriot capital.
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Cyprus' biggest private university to accept Bitcoin payments
The university's chief financial officer said the institution, which has about 8,500 students enrolled, is the first in the world to take Bitcoin payments.
-
In Cyprus, the bank run that wasn't
Commentators had been confident that as soon as the banks reopened on Thursday at noon after Cyprus signed a rescue deal with the European Union to stave off national bankruptcy, there would be scenes of chaos. The experts were right, but it wasn't the Cypriots causing the pandemonium.
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Cyprus says threat contained, no plan to leave euro
The president of Cyprus said on Friday the risk of bankruptcy had been contained and the country had no intention of leaving the euro, in a speech laden with criticism of Europe's currency union for "experimenting" with the island's fate.
-
Cyprus reopens banks, under strict restrictions
Cypriots are expected to descend in their thousands on Thursday on banks, which reopen with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent fleeing depositors from cleaning out the vaults in a catastrophic bank run.
-
Cyprus readies capital controls to avert bank run
Cypriots have taken to the streets of Nicosia in their thousands to protest at a bailout deal that they fear will push their country into an economic slump and cost many their jobs. European leaders said the deal averted a chaotic national bankruptcy that might have forced Cyprus out of the euro.
-
Revamped Cyprus deal to close bank, force losses
Cyprus clinched a last-ditch deal with international lenders on Monday for a 10 billion euro bailout that will shut down its second largest bank and inflict heavy losses on uninsured depositors, including wealthy Russians.
-
Cyprus bailout bid goes down to the wire
Cyprus faces a Monday deadline to clinch a 10 billion euro bailout from the European Union or the European Central Bank sauys it will cut off emergency funding to the country's stricken banks, spelling certain collapse and potentially pushing the island out of Europe's single currency.
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Russia rebuffs Cyprus, EU awaits bailout Plan B
The rebuff left Cyprus looking increasingly isolated, with the deadline looming to find billions of euros demanded by the EU in return for a 10 billion euro bailout.
