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2021 In Cyprus
Events in the year 2021 in Cyprus. Incumbents * President: Nicos Anastasiades * President of the Parliament: Adamos Adamou Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus and Cyprus dispute *12 January – At an overcrowded migrant camp housing 1,500 people, 600 of whom are in quarantine for COVID-19, 25 people are injured in a fight. *3 July – During a week-long heat wave that sees temperatures surpass 40 °C (104 °F), wildfires break out in Limassol District, leading to the deaths of four Egyptian men before being put out two days later with assistance from Greece, Israel, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Deaths *3 January – Michalakis Leptos (born 1936), property developer. *26 April – Vassos Lyssarides (born 1920), politician, president of the House of Representatives (1985–1991) and founder of EDEK. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |