Cyprus

Even small EU nations are engaged in arms production, sending drones to the Ukrainian front and beyond

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Even small EU nations are engaged in arms production, sending drones to the Ukrainian front and beyond

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a chance the dreaded propeller noise heard on Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country of just over a million people on Europe’s southeastern edge: Cyprus. Maker Swarmly says there are more than 200 of its H-10 Poseidon drones helping Ukrainian artillery batteries pinpoint enemy ground targets … Read more

Cypriot fishermen fight invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy

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Cypriot fishermen fight invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The rough fingers of Photis Gaitanos deftly untangle the poisonous tips of a lionfish from a net, dropping the exotic-looking creature into a rubber basket filled with ice along with other fish of the day’s catch. Unlike a few years ago, when he would have mostly caught local staples such as … Read more