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CYPRUS 
August 7, 2022 Tourist arrivals to Cyprus to reach 75% of 2019 high
Tourist arrivals to Cyprus to reach 75% of 2019 high, ACTE says.
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EUROPE
August 7, 2022 State of play in EU labour policy
This article is part of our special report A hard winter up ahead. After significant progress in the EU’s employment and social rights policy in the first semester of 2022, all eyes are now on the Czech presidency of the EU Council to see whether this momentum will continue in the second half of the year.
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HISTORY
August 7, 2022 7 August 2022: This day in history
1461: Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor 1714: The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden 1933: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day. 1955: Tokyo Telecommunications […]
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SPORTS
August 6, 2022 West London football club pitch ‘burnt to a crisp’ in Feltham fire
AWest London football club has experienced the devastating impact of recent fires as their pitches were ‘burnt to a crisp’ during a fire on Monday (August 1). Bedfont F.C’s players and staff watched in horror as their first team and children’s pitches were charred by a six-hectare grass fire in Feltham. The clubhouse was saved […]
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WORLD
August 6, 2022 Latvian Embassy in Moscow suspends visa processing for Russian citizens
The Latvian Embassy in Moscow has announced Friday the suspension for an indefinite period of visa processing for Russian citizens “due to the international situation”.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 6, 2022 Greek Australian mums named finalists in national entrepreneur awards
At least 11 Greek Australian mums have been named finalists in the AusMumpreneur Awards 2022.
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CYPRUS
August 6, 2022 Concerns about the publication of the “Cyprus File”
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, sent a letter yesterday to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Anita Demetriou, regarding the complaints of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yiannakis Omirou, concerning the publication of the “Cyprus File” (Note: findings of an inquiry commissioned by Parliament that […]
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GREECE
August 6, 2022 Greek government rocked by more resignations over phone spying claims
Greece’s conservative government was rocked Friday (5 August) by a long-simmering surveillance scandal after its intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour.
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HISTORY
August 6, 2022 6 August 2022: This day in history
1661: The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal 1890: At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” […]
