Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 4:
1916 – Denmark agreed to cede the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the United States for $25 million. The deal took effect the following March 31....
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Cyprus MailPolice on Monday arrested a 34-year-old woman as part of an ongoing investigation into a drug case uncovered in Larnaca in March. Her arrest followed evidence obtained during the investigation into the seizure of 359 grammes of cocaine, a small quantity of cannabis resin, two ...
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in-cyprusSix organisations and state bodies are joining forces to protect the griffon vulture, Bonelli’s eagle and long-legged buzzard, three important birds of prey in Cyprus that remain threatened by poisoned bait, electrocution, collisions with energy infrastructure, shootings and d...
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in-cyprusWildfires were easing in Greece on Tuesday though hundreds of firefighters were on alert for persistent flare-ups northwest of Athens, where rugged hills and canyons hampered efforts to fully contain a blaze that gutted homes and scorched forests, farmland and olive groves. Lo...
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in-cyprusThe Cyprus Institute has produced Cyprus’s first nationwide, tree-level inventory of the biomass and carbon stored in the island’s trees, according to a press release announcing the new study by the Institute’s researchers. The inventory gives forest managers and policymakers ...
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