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Events in the year 2024 in Cyprus.

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Events

Ongoing

April

  • 14 April: Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications as it struggles with increasing refugee numbers.

June

September

  • 17 September – The government approves a plan to build a 1.9 billion-euro undersea electricity cable to link the country's electric grid with that of Greece.
  • 18 September – The Supreme Court of Cyprus orders the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides as the country's comptroller-general for improper behavior, following a case filed against him by Attorney-General George L. Savvides.
  • 29 September – President Nikos Christodoulides orders the dismissal of Stylianos Papatheodorou as head of the Cyprus Police, along with his deputy, Demetris Demetriou and the acting head of the country's central prison following the escape of a convicted murderer.

October

  • 3 October – The Hellenic Air Force evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon.
  • 8 October – The European Court of Human Rights rules that Cyprus had violated the human rights of two Syrian asylum seekers who were deliberately kept stranded at sea for two days by marine police before being expelled to Lebanon in 2020.
  • 20 October – The government announces that it had thwarted an attempted cyberattack on its central online portal.

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Cyprus

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See also

References

  1. "Cyprus suspends asylum applications for Syrians as arrivals rise". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  2. "YouTube prankster voted in as Cyprus MEP". BBC. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. "Head of Lebanon's Hezbollah threatens Israel, Cyprus in televised address". Reuters. June 19, 2024.
  4. "Cyprus approves electricity cable to link its power grid with Greece's". Associated Press. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. "Cyprus' top court sacks the government's chief accountant over misconduct". Associated Press. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. "Cyprus president fires police chief and deputy over the embarrassing escape of a convicted killer". Associated Press. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. "Greeks, Cypriots being evacuated from Lebanon". eKathimerini.com. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  8. "Cyprus breached right of 2 Syrian cousins to seek asylum, European court says". Associated Press. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  9. "Cyprus thwarted a digital attack against the government's main online portal". Associated Press. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  10. "Cyprus Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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