New coronavirus cases in Cyprus edged back up to five on Monday from only one the previous day although health officials said there was no reason for alarm over the sudden jump. The five new COVID-19 cases announced by the Health Ministry on Monday were identified from a total of 1,504 tests. The total number
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Cyprus hotels, museums, libraries, and archaeological sites reopened to visitors on Monday after two months of lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Hoteliers welcome the lifting of restrictions on their operations and preparing to host foreign and local tourists. In comments to the Financial Mirror, outgoing director-general of the Cyprus Hotels Association, Zacharias Ioannides,
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades hopes to visit Israel the soonest possible with his ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Defence and Tourism to hold extensive discussions. The decision was taken during a telephone conversation on Monday between Anastasiades and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Cypriot deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas, in a written statement, said Anastasiades
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The government seeks parliamentary approval for a supplementary budget of €220 mln to support small businesses and jobs as Cyprus emerges from a two-month lockdown to curb coronavirus. Speaking before the House Finance Committee on Monday, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said that €120 mln will go to the Labour Ministry’s schemes to support businesses and
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Cyprus will suffer one of its deepest economic contractions due to COVID-19 lockdown measures, but the easing of restrictions will enable a short, sharp, shock. This is according to a complex basket of economic indicators, as compiled by the University of Cyprus from local and international data. The Cyprus Composite Leading Economic Index (CCLEI) compiled
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed as historic the full implementation of the General Health Scheme with the introduction of its final phase on Monday. “It is a really historic day because we are realising a decades-old vision for our country as the general health scheme is complete with the start of its second phase,” the
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Investors and traders were cautiously awaiting the market reaction to the violent protests in the US, as clashes between protesters and police spread out across American cities following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. US stocks futures indices initially declined at the
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Cyprus’ landmark General Health Scheme entered its final stage on Monday with the introduction of inpatient care as officials heralded the project a success as a majority of private hospitals have joined. GHS Director, Andreas Papaconstantinou told the Cyprus News Agency that the second stage begins with large participation from the private sector, reaching almost
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Greek and Turkish Cypriot COVID-19 experts meet on Monday to discuss the epidemiological situation on both sides of Cyprus’ divide that will allow crossings to reopen. Scientific data will be exchanged during a teleconference of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Health, ahead of restrictions being partially lifted on June 8. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish
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Cyprus is launching an SMS offensive to prevent more migrant arrivals by making it clear the EU state does not serve as a gateway to mainland Europe. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told the Associated Press the text-message blitz aims to counter “disinformation” propagated by people traffickers that securing asylum status in Cyprus will grant them
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