Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is on a working visit to Cyprus Tuesday to coordinate actions as Turkey escalates tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. During his one-day visit to Nicosia Dendias will meet Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and hold talks with Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides. The agenda of discussions will focus on recent developments in
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Cyprus on Monday confirmed another 12 new COVID-19 cases, seven were Cypriots tested randomly while on holiday in Paphos while two others were among tourist arrivals. The daily count went up from seven reported on Sunday after more tests were carried out. Monday’s cases were detected from 3,588 tests, bringing the total number of infections
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As Cyprus’ epidemiological COVID-19 data seems to be improving following a spike in daily cases reaching 25, experts warn against complacency, especially during the summer holidays. “Our epidemiological picture is improving, therefore, we will weigh things and we will see,” said a member of the team advising the government when asked on further measures to
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Cyprus on Monday accused the EU of lacking the courage to assume a determining role to prevent an escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean as Turkey’s territorial ambitions go unchecked. “We see the EU reacting, we have seen the statements made by Josep Borell which satisfy us. However, we consider that the policy of
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Chinese stocks led Asian markets higher at the start of the trading week with the Shanghai Composite trying to retest this year’s highs, following gains of more than 2.5%. The three major US stock futures indices were all in the green, WTI crude traded 1% higher, while
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Jet2, one of Britain’s largest tour operators resumed flights to Cyprus on Monday, reviving the island’s tourism hopes to save what is left of the summer. Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios had said that Cyprus would be seeing an increase in UK tourists from mid-August after a major British tour operator came to an agreement with
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Cyprus’ investment funds sector continued its upward growth trend in the second quarter with the number of entities rising 5.4% to 199 from 189 in the previous quarter as total assets neared €6 bln. According to data released by the Cyprus Central Bank, their assets rose by 3.5% compared with March, to €5.76 bln while
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In a letter to The Times, 25 prominent UK personalities and politicians urged the British government to express its “clear support” to Greece and Cyprus over increased tensions caused by Turkey’s refusal to accept international maritime boundaries. They also urged NATO allies to condemn Turkey’s drilling activities, instead of maintaining an “inappropriate” policy of equidistance. “We
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Cyprus’ intangible national traditions, such as Lefkara lace, Tsiattista poetic duelling, the Byzantine Chant and the Mediterranean diet are showcased in a new UNESCO publication. Entitled “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Cyprus – National Inventory”, the publication presents the wealth of traditions and customs that have been preserved across generations and are linked to the lives
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The 44-year-old driver of a speedboat involved in a fatal incident off the Larnaca coast was arrested on Monday while the boat was confiscated, Cyprus police said. According to police, the man driving the speedboat, which was also carrying passengers at the time of the accident, was arrested to facilitate investigations into the cause of
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