Cyprus confirmed another two new COVID-19 cases on Friday involving people with a recent travel history to the UK. The first case involved an Indian student who arrived on 5 July from the UK and was tested before being admitted to hospital for other non-related health issues. A Health Ministry statement said the student’s positive
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Wizz Air announced Friday a new twice-weekly route from Larnaca to Bergen in Norway starting from 9 August. In May the airline launched a new base in Larnaca, and the Norway route is part of developing its network in Cyprus. Passengers can already book tickets from €24.99 one way. The new route brings greater travel opportunities
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Cyprus airports are seeing passenger traffic pick up post-COVID19 lockdown after a slow start in June with around 5,500 travellers a day. Airports re-opened on June 9 for the first time since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic gripped of the island. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday said flights and arrivals have picked up
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British Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab is under pressure by UK Cypriots to take a “strong and principled stance” against the “wrong” decision to convert Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque. The UK National Federation of Cypriots wrote to Raab to highlight conversion of the mosque was another example of Turkey fostering division in
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Loan payments suspended by banks to help 50,500 borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic reached a gross value of €11.75 bln last month with the hospitality sector hardest hit, according to Cyprus Central Bank data. Suspended credit facilities at the request of borrowers on June 19 amounted to €1.34 bln increasing from €1.31 bln on June
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Fintech leaders raised a total of $3.81 bln in the second quarter of this year, significantly higher than the amount raised in the first quarter which was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, data collected by BuyShares indicate. Online payment processing platform Stripe raised $850 mln, followed by Robinhood at $430 mln, while Vero has raised
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By Christiana Lambrou It is widely unknown that money transfers have been around since 1871 with the telegraph-based transfer services in the US. Back then, a sender would pay money to a telegraph office or a bank and the operator would transmit a message and “wire” the money to another office, using passwords and codebooks
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Cyprus reported a jump in new daily cases of coronavirus with six instances reported on Thursday, the second time it has diverted from a month-long pattern of low single digits or zero infections. This is the second time in a week, the island’s health authorities reported a spike in cases, after Sunday’s seven. Thursday’s positive
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Following your favourite team on a Saturday afternoon will be a much duller affair in Cyprus after the Health Ministry announced that fans are forbidden from cheering on their side due to COVID-19 fears. Although a restricted number of spectators will be allowed back into grounds for sporting events, crowds are expected to watch in
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Cyprus Greens said the government should arm-twist MPs to pass stalled legislation establishing a special unit within the police to deal with animal abuse. The bill which is currently stuck in the corridors of parliament after being approved by the Cabinet last October, a long-standing demand of animal welfare activists. Green MP George Perdikis asked
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