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2022-04-23 09:00:47 JUST IN - EU reaches deal on the Digital Services Act for "making the internet a safer space" by requiring social media platforms to more aggressively police their platforms than ever before.

The provisional agreement reached today is subject to approval by the Council and the European Parliament.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/04/23/digital-services-act-council-and-european-parliament-reach-deal-on-a-safer-online-space/

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2022-04-19 17:01:08 Turkish FM asks for EU intervention to solve the "Cyprus problem", accusing Cypriots of not wanting to solve the "problem" since they dont accept to share their island with the Turks
>https://archive.ph/xMb7s

"This is what we say in the EU. We do not know when the political problem of Cyprus can be solved as the Cypriots do not want it. We saw it in Crans Montana, as in the Annan plan. There can be a 'fair distribution' and everyone wins. At the political level, the one who can convince the Cypriots is the EU"

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Turkey has proposed ridiculous "deals" to end the problem, none of them involve the retreat of Turkish troops or the dissolution of the current "government" in the occupied parts of Cyprus. They demand that Cyprus must shares the gas/oil revenues with the occupied areas as well as officially recognizing the occupying forces as a legitimate state in the island and have "two states". This is seen in negotiation as a Big Ask

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2022-04-19 15:00:49 Turkish Defense Ministry announces that their ship, Cesme, will conduct "Hydrographic Research and Information - Wreck Inventory Studies" by April 21
>https://archive.ph/u6PSB

No further information was provided regarding the research area of the ship which will most likely perform its research within Greek or Cypriot EEZ

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2022-04-19 13:00:53 Discovering the remains of Greco-Roman Egypt. Bust of Neilos from the Ancient Egyptian city of Canopus

This 2000 year old bust depicts Neilos, the Nile river god. Neilos appealed to Egyptians and Greeks alike, he was the Greek version of Hapy, the Egyptian personification of the annual Nile flood that brought prosperity and fertility to Egypt. Neilos played a significant role in one of the most popular festivals in Egypt, when the beginning of the annual flood marked the Egyptian New Year. Nilus was one of 3000 river gods children of the Titans Oceanus and his sister wife Tethys.

Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. At Canopus was a temple of Zeus-Canobus, whom Greeks and Egyptians held in equal reverence, and a much frequented shrine and oracle of Serapis. The decline of Canopus began with the rise of Alexandreia, and was completed by the introduction of Christianity into Egypt. Open / Comment

2022-04-19 11:00:53 Inflatable boat carrying illegal immigrants to Greece tried to flee from the Greek Coast Guard and ran aground
>https://archive.ph/17Kef

Eventually the inflatable boat ran aground on a rocky area at Zefyros where the boats of the Coast Guard could not reach. According to information from the Coast Guard, among others, 9 illegal immigrants allegedly from Syria and Palestine (illegal immigrants claim to be from those regions because they can claim asylum and confirming their identities is difficult) were identified, including six men, a woman and two minor girls, while the pilot and another illegal immigrant escaped and are wanted

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2022-04-19 09:01:45 A large group of immigrants started a fight against Cypriots in Emba Square, Paphos
>https://archive.ph/xvVBU

According to information, about 50 immigrants, who live in a property of the village, gathered in the square and started to cause trouble.

They moved with threatening attitudes towards Cypriots who were in a cafe nearby, causing damage by throwing rocks and smashing things with sticks, witnesses claim one of them also pulled out a knife and made threats against the customers

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