Police are investigating a murder and a possible case of suicide after two bodies were found in an apartment with fatal shot gun wounds in the Nicosia suburb of Lakatamia. The bodies belonged to a couple, identified by police as 56-year-old Christakis Christodoulou and 44-year-old Niki Sieftali, both Greek Cypriots. The couple were last seen
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Cypriot students will be paying higher tuition fees at British universities from 2021 and no longer have access to study loans post Brexit. In comments to CyBC radio, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou confirmed that Cypriot students will no longer be enjoying privileges enjoyed EU nationals as the UK exits the union. But he said Nicosia
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Cyprus health authorities announced on Monday that two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection were people with recent travel history. This follows Sunday’s results when no news coronavirus infections were reported. The two positive cases were identified from a total of 1,290 tests, bringing total COVID-19 infections since the outbreak in March to 996. According
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New Attorney General George Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelides took on their posts Monday tasked with restoring the reputation of the justice system. The duo now head Cyprus’ legal services after being sworn earlier than the scheduled date of 10 July due to the abrupt resignation of Attorney General Costas Clerides who was expected
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New Justice and Defence Ministers, Emily Yiolitis and Charalambos Petrides respectively, got to work on Monday after being sworn in at the Presidential Palace. Yiolitis and Petrides took over from outgoing ministers George Savvides and Savvas Angelides who were appointed as the country’s Attorney General and Deputy AG. They were also sworn in during a
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In June, the recovery of Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), intensified as COVID-19 lockdown eased across Europe, according to European Commission data. According to the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs it was the sharpest month-on-month increase on record in the euro area (+8.2 points up to 75.7) and the EU (+8.1 points to 74.8).
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Ryanair announced 2 new routes from Cyprus to the Netherlands and Poland, commencing 3 August as part of its extended summer 2020 schedule. The new routes will operate twice weekly from Paphos Airport to Eindhoven (Holland) and Gdansk (Poland). “Cypriot customers can book a trip to the Netherlands and Poland, flying on the lowest fares
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Dubai carrier Emirates will add another seven routes to its itinerary in July including Cyprus as the emirate continues to ease travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Emirates will relaunch flights to Khartoum from July 3; Osaka from July 7; Narita from July 8; and Athens, Larnaca and Rome from July 15. This latest
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM “Coronavirus deaths topped 500,000 worldwide”, was the first headline to grab investors’ attention Monday morning. The mission is unaccomplished and the virus is still winning the fight in several countries, particularly in the US, Brazil and India. Hopes of a robust economic recovery following the pandemic are
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The majority of Cyprus’ imported COVID-19 cases detected in the past few weeks were symptom-free, said virologist Professor Peter Karayiannis, a government scientific advisor. He argues the authorities need to have a detailed picture on the itinerary of passengers flying to Cyprus from countries listed as high risk (Category C) via transit. Over the weekend
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