Under lockdown easing, as of 1 July, Cyprus is allowing open-air concerts while indoor cinemas and theatres will also be able to operate by adhering to social distancing and hygiene rules. Taking into account current epidemiological indicators and projections on how COVID-19 will evolve, it has been decided that concerts or theatre performances in organised
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Cyprus health authorities confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday with both infections again having a connection to travel. Tuesday’s results repeated Monday’s two new cases where a travel history was also identified. The two new positive cases were identified from 1,320 tests, bringing total COVID-19 infections since the outbreak in March to 998.
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The European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are providing some €61 mln in ‘green finance’ to support green, innovative investments in Egypt, Morocco and Eastern Partnership countries to help them adopt energy efficiency measures, cut energy costs and support the circular economy. The EU is providing a total of €61.3
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Monthly earnings of employees in Cyprus increased by 3.3% in the first quarter of 2020 on an annual basis, provisional data shows. “Based on provisional data, the average gross monthly earnings of employees during the first quarter of 2020, amounted to €1,956 compared to €1,894 during the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 3.3%
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Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Tuesday said people arriving from high-risk Category C countries must self-isolate for 14 days as must close contacts of known cases of COVID-19. The Epidemiological Surveillance Unit said: “Despite the favourable conditions, citizens should not relax in taking the various preventive measures that are necessary to curb the spread of Coronavirus.”
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Cyprus’ new police Chief Stelios Papatheodorou, and his deputy, Christos Mavris, were officially sworn-in on Tuesday with a mandate to make the force “a modern, flexible and efficient organisation”. Addressing the police’s two most senior officials, President Nicos Anastasiades said: “You are called upon to show full commitment to the constitution and to comply with
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The EU will not be blackmailed by Turkey over Cyprus, said leader of the European Peoples Party (EPP) in the European Parliament on Tuesday EPP chair Manfred Weber said: “Turkey’s recent provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean are a continuation of what has been going on with Cyprus for a long time and Turkey is now emboldened
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Bitcoin’s return on investment (ROI) over the last five years was 70.16 times higher than the average of five major indices, according to data gathered by Buyshares.co.uk, based on the average ROI for the researched fives indices of 49.27%. According to the data, between June 26, 2015, and June 26, 2020, bitcoin’s ROI was 3,456.98%. The
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Cyprus has not processed any passport applications of a foreign investor since January, after freezing procedures pending the approval of tougher criteria regulating the Citizenship for Investment Scheme. The new regulatory framework was prepared by the government following bad publicity highlighting cases in which passports were granted to dubious investors. Some 180 applications filed with
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Cyprus has widened the list of approved countries it will allow entry to based on their COVID-19 status with Japan and Serbia becoming new additions. The Health Ministry said the list of countries now allowed entry to Cyprus has increased from 34 to 36, in light of a revaluation of the epidemiological risk. There are
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