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HIT BY SEVENTY FIRES

The enormous fire which destroyed a large part of the forest between Tepebası and Kalkanlı continued to challenge firefighters through the days that followed – but police revealed that it was just one of 70 blazes recorded last week.

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WELCOME TO CYPRUS!

Tourists will be allowed to return to North Cyprus from July 1, the government confirmed this week, but visitors from Britain will be classed as “high-risk,” must produce a health certificate and go into 14 days quarantine.

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Trouble in the pipeline?

Water levels at the country’s main Geçitköy dam have dropped by more than a third over the past month – prompting fresh fears of a mid-summer shortage with repairs to the damaged supply pipeline from Turkey still not underway.

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