By Craig Erlam I think we all earned a weekend break in the sun after a quite extraordinary week in the markets that saw plenty of central bank action, even from those not scheduled to meet. Stock markets ended the week on a positive note, not that anyone got carried away with Friday’s price action
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Homes built 30-40 years ago need improvements to meet today’s standard of living, especially those ‘designer’ houses built to the owner’s specifications. This is particularly important if you want to sell it immediately or soon. Regrettably, houses nowadays are like a car, where a new model of the same make comes into the market each
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The Auditor General’s office has found that the authorities’ policy to fine people violating COVID rules during the first 18 months of pandemic restrictions helped to keep the spread of the virus in check. A survey carried out by the service concluded that the number of cases went down as authorities stepped up checks from
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Friday he preferred diplomacy over ratchet rhetoric with Turkey over disagreements in the Aegean Sea, where the two are at loggerheads over territory and airspace. Mitsotakis said he was visiting close ally Cyprus to coordinate “our action in the face of the recent unrest in the Eastern Mediterranean”. He
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Central prisons governor Anna Aristotelous alleged she had been targeted by a senior police officer who conspired with an inmate to obtain video footage involving her and another female staff member, which could damage her career. Aristotelous reached out to Politis daily on Friday, claiming the officer had been targeting her and another female officer
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Preparations are full speed ahead for the first round-trip Cyprus-Greece passenger ferry on Sunday, 21 years after the sea journey was abandoned. CEO of Scandro Holding Ltd, Marios Michael, told CNA that the fully renovated M/V Daleela, which will be carrying passengers between Limassol and Piraeus, is expected to enter the Limassol port on Friday
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Authorities in the Turkey-occupied north are not backing down in curbing the freedom of speech, as a Turkish Cypriot cartoonist and columnist faces prosecution for satirising the establishment. Mahmut Anayasa, a well-known fierce critic of the regime in the north and Turkey, is being prosecuted by the chief of the police force in the north,
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Brussels understands Cyprus’ concerns over the costly impact of the “Fit for 55” package to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in tourism and the economy. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said there was support for Nicosia after meeting the EU Commission’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans. Karousos said Cyprus’ proposal for a mechanism to promote sustainable fuels in
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a rolling review for a version of Comirnaty adapted to provide better protection against a specific variant or variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The review will initially focus on chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC). “As the company makes progress in developing its adapted vaccine, EMA will
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Cyprus reported two deaths in the weekly Covid bulletin on Friday, with new cases nearly doubling to 3,470 from 2,207 the week before, as restrictions have been almost lifted and the public is no longer cautious. The Health Ministry said two elderly people died during the past week and the only two in June so
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