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The coastal city of Paphos, on the Greek side of Cyprus, September 23, 2024. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
January 27, 2025, 10:49 am
Shin Bet suspends Israeli flights to Paphos in Cyprus, citing security concerns
Instructions reportedly sent to El Al, Arkia, and Israir airlines; flights will land at Larnaca airport instead; no travel advisory issued on visiting Paphos
By ToI Staff and Reuters
An El Al flight takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 29, 2024, 7:31 pm
El Al extends price caps to four international hubs through February 2025
Round-trip tickets to Athens stay at $299, while tickets to Vienna, Dubai, and Frankfurt set at $349; airline says it operates dozens of weekly flights there, will add more as able
By ToI Staff
Arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport, on Sunday August 4, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
August 7, 2024, 8:04 pm
El Al adds flights from nearby Greece and Cyprus to help stranded Israelis
Airline and its subsidiary Sun Dor, as well as local carrier Arkia, operate additional flights from Athens and Larnaca as major foreign airlines cancel services to Tel Aviv
By Sharon Wrobel
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen gives a press conference about a humanitarian aid corridor from the Cyprus to the war-torn Gaza Strip, in Larnaca, Cyprus on December 20, 2023. (Elisa Amouret / AFP)
December 20, 2023, 6:56 pm
In Cyprus, Foreign Minister Cohen backs plan to ‘fast track’ aid to Gaza via island
Cypriots propose establishing corridor to collect, inspect and store resources in Larnaca before shipping them to Palestinian enclave
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Paphos, Cyprus, on May 30, 2018. (Hechtman/Flash90)
September 7, 2023, 11:38 pm
Israeli tourist killed in biking accident in Cyprus
Woman around 50 falls while mountain biking in a village outside Larnaca
By ToI Staff
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz (L) arrives with his lawyer Marc Bonnant for his trial in Geneva on January 11, 2020. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
September 6, 2023, 4:41 pm
French-Israeli tycoon Steinmetz released on bail after Cyprus arrest
Officials looking into nixing international warrant issued by Romania, says spokesperson, citing concerns over judicial process; diamond magnate due back in court September 14
By ToI Staff
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz (L) arrives with his lawyers for his trial in Geneva on January 11, 2020. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
September 3, 2023, 3:44 pm
Israeli diamond tycoon arrested in Cyprus over corruption conviction in Romania
International arrest warrant against Beny Steinmetz has already been rejected by Greece and Italy over human rights concerns; businessman has appealed his guilty verdict
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Tus Airways flight comes in to land at Larnaca Airport, southern Cyprus, August 17, 2018. (Matthieu CLAVEL / AFP)
August 10, 2023, 10:56 am
Israelis pulled off flight from Cyprus to Tel Aviv for unruly behavior
Six youths said arrested at Larnaca airport after throwing a bottle at a woman on board and arguing with flight attendants
By ToI Staff
In this May 30, 2018 photo, Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin, the leader of Cyprus' 3,500-strong Jewish community, holds a rare 200 year-old Torah scroll that comes from Germany at a Synagogue inside Cyprus' Jewish Community Center in the town of Larnaca. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
June 6, 2018, 4:35 pm
New Cyprus Jewish museum aims to build bridges with Arab world
Larnaca center to display Torah scrolls stolen by Nazis; ‘It’s an opportunity for a prince from Abu Dhabi to learn about Jerusalem,’ says local rabbi
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus. (Wikimedia Public Domain)
November 22, 2017, 9:36 am
Israelis booted from Cyprus for trying to enter Turkish territories
Cypriots step up crackdown on tourists traveling to northern section of island
By Stuart Winer
Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, center, an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir passenger plane the previous day and forced it to divert to Cyprus, wears handcuffs as he leaves the court in Larnaca escorted by Cypriot police, March 30, 2016. (AFP/GEORGE MICHAEL)
March 30, 2016, 5:06 pm
Cairo asks Cyprus to extradite EgyptAir plane hijacker
Prosecutors say 58-year-old Egyptian Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa threatened to blow up aircraft with fake explosives belt
By AFP
Handcuffed Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir passenger plane the previous day and forced it to divert to Cyprus, flashes the "V" for victory sign as he leaves the court in Larnaca in a police car, March 30, 2016. (AFP/GEORGE MICHAEL)
March 30, 2016, 12:45 pm
EgyptAir hijacker says he had to take over plane to see wife, kids
58-year-old Egyptian Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa ordered to remain in custody for 8 days in first court appearance since forcing jet to Cyprus
By Agencies
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