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Climate Change · Nicosia

Cyprus to rely more on desalination plants as arid winters leave dams dry

59% Center coverage: 12 sources

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will depend more on desalination plants to meet its water needs as a string of dry winters has reduced amounts in 108 dams to just a quarter of their capacity. Minister Maria Panayiotou said Wednesday that as part of her ministry’s immediate plans to alleviate water shortages, four more mobile desalination plants will begin operating next October. That’s in addition to the five desalination plants t…See the Story

ISIS · Nicosia

Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says

87% Center coverage: 8 sources

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to support a search for people whose fate remains unknown after more than a decade of war, the top Cypriot diplomat said Saturday. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said Cyprus’ offer is grounded on its own past experience both with helping rid Syria of chemical weapons 11 years ago and its own ongoing, decades-old search for hundred…See the Story

Italy · Italy

This giant submarine cable that sharpens French interests in the Eastern Mediterranean

The 1,200 kilometers long Great Sea Interconnector plans to connect Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to get Nicosia out of its energy isolation. Nexans, in production, and Meridiam, in financing, are in charge of this major but uncertain contract.See the Story

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