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On This Day

A look back through the Famagusta Gazette archives, focusing on events from this day in history in the Mediterranean region.

Egypt

1999: EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into Atlantic ocean, 217 killed

October 31, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

On this day in 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 – a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (100 km) south of Nantucket [Read More]

Cyprus

1956: Bombers leave Cyprus for Suez bombing mission

October 31, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

On this day in 1956, the United Kingdom and France began bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. British bombers based in Cyprus and Malta took off to Cairo with the aim [Read More]

Breaking

1967: 66 killed in Cyprus bound Comet disaster, bomb suspected

October 12, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

On this day in 1967, 66 people were presumed killed when a British European Airways Comet jet airliner plunged into the Mediterranean on a flight from London to Cyprus. Aircraft and ships rushed to the [Read More]

Cyprus

Few remember the old Cyprus railway, a giant Victorian idea

October 11, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

Yet again, the government in Cyprus are looking at possibility of building a railway. The latest idea involves a line co-financed with the European Union. Talks on the idea were floated after a discussion between [Read More]

Israel

2004: Yasser Arafat dead, Mahmoud Abbas sworn in

October 11, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

On this day in 2004, the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. Arafat had been Chairman of the Palestine [Read More]

On This Day

1972: Radio listeners to lookout for stolen trucks

August 28, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

Radio listeners in Britain are being asked to join Scotland Yard’s fight against lorry hijackers. Details of stolen lorries will be broadcast in Radio London’s half-hourly news bulletins so that drivers who are listening-in will [Read More]

On This Day

1972: Food prices set to spiral in UK

August 28, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

1972: Housewives in the UK face a prices shock because drought has shrunken the vast grain harvests of Russia and Eastern Europe. That has forced the Russians to buy about 15million tons of grain from [Read More]

On This Day

Today in History: Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea

January 30, 2022 Famagusta Gazette 0

1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London. 1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months [Read More]

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1943: German troops destroy Greek monastery

December 8, 2021 Famagusta Gazette 0

December 8, 1943: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre [Read More]

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1980: John Lennon shot dead in New York

December 8, 2021 Famagusta Gazette 0

On this day in 1980, John Lennon was murdered in New York. His death meant more than Just the demise of rock star, for Lennon personified generation and his passing marked the end of an [Read More]

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Palestinians protest Blinken’s visit amid rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions in West Bank

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the West Bank prompted outrage among many Palestinians, who demonstrated on Tuesday to express their opposition to the U.S. top diplomat’s presence in the Palestinian territory. The [Read More]

Turkey may evaluate NATO applications of Finland, Sweden separately: FM

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Turkey could evaluate Finland’s NATO bid separately from Sweden’s bid to distinguish “between a problematic country and a less problematic one,” the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday. “If NATO and these countries take such [Read More]
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