By Dr Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos (Ambassador a.h.) The coincidence of the visit to Cyprus of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on September 8, with the 60th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between
Cyprus health authorities announced another seven new cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Friday with three of them connected to two known clusters in Larnaca. The new cases take the total for the Republic
EuroAfrica Interconnector, developer of the 498km Egypt-Cyprus ‘electricity highway’, is a step closer to implementation and keeping its December 2023 timeframe, after receiving binding bids from two leading global cable suppliers for
Brussels must be ready to activate all its tools including sanctions against Turkey, in response to Ankara’s aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean, France’s visiting Europe Minister Clément Beaune said Friday. After meeting
By Zacharias Kapsis The European Commission has decided the maritime passenger route between Cyprus and Greece is a general economic interest service under current EU rules and can thus be supported with
Scores of high-school students in Nicosia and Famagusta district have been placed in quarantine along with their parents after a music teacher tested positive to coronavirus, it emerged on Friday. The case
Turkish Cypriot health authorities are making progress in bringing down daily cases of COVID-19 after imposing travel restrictions and lockdown measures. Turkish Cypriots were struggling to contain cases since they spiralled out
The Royal Navy and Cyprus’ National Guard conducted their first naval passing exercise under the name “CYP/UK 2020”. The exercise was carried out in the context of the presence in the region
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings on eight non-financial corporates in Turkey and maintained the negative rating outlooks, following an avalanche of rating cuts that kicked off with the downgrade of
By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are edging higher with the MSCI Asia Pacific index set to register its first weekly gain this month. However, the selloff in US
