Cyprus will be shipping an additional 170 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Lebanon after Beirut was devastated by a massive explosion on August 4, the volunteerism commissioner’s office said. The office said that the volume of items collected by Cypriots, companies, local authorities, the Cyprus Church and NGOs amounts to over 170 tonnes, in addition
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People planning to get married or have a christening with a reception or party at their home will have to confine their guest list to a maximum of 50 due to COVID-19 rules, said the Health Ministry on Thursday. Wedding and christening parties hosted at residences with more than 50 guests will need to be
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke over the phone with US President Donald Trump about the rising tension in the Eastern Mediterranean as Greece, Cyprus, Italy and France were conducting joint military drills. Mitsotakis thanked Trump for his interest and for the communication and raised the issue of Turkey’s destabilizing actions, which are endangering peace
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Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Thursday was forced to backtrack on the official number of COVID-19 cases reported when declaring 28 infections were false positives after a lab contaminated the test results. It said 28 of the 30 positive cases reported on Monday, turned out to be negative following a repeat check. Some 30 passengers were
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Traders and investors across all asset classes are all ears to what the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has to say on Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole meeting. Inflation is the keyword and the policy framework to target it will determine whether we see more upside
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Greek energy firm Energean said it is making progress on building its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units on target to deliver gas from its Israeli fields in late 2021. London-listed Energean holds the development licenses for the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields. The company said it has completed laying the electrical house
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In a worrying turn of events, authorities in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus reported 19 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest number of coronavirus infections since the outbreak in March. Wednesday’s results follow a three-day streak of reporting single digit infections, taking the total number of cases in the north to 300 and
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Cypriots are embracing the special support scheme for domestic tourism, launched by the government to encourage people to take a discounted local holiday post-summer peak. With hotels participating in the incentive lowering their prices for the remainder of the season, Cypriots now have the chance to take a discounted break from now to November. Hoteliers
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Cyprus confirmed 10 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday after 3,207 tests were carried out taking total cases to 1,484 since the outbreak. Wednesday’s cases follow Tuesday’s 14, with the daily tally remaining relatively high, although most cases are ‘imported’. Some 30 cases reported on Monday, found to be tainted have not been taken off the
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Cyprus believes the “pro-Turkish” Qatari regime is behind Al Jazeera’s onslaught of its Citizenship for Investment scheme claiming the island sold EU passports to criminals for cash. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris held a news conference Wednesday to accuse Qatari Media Outlet Al Jazeera of deliberately throwing mud at the country to damage Cyprus politically and
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