Thousands of more employees will return to work on Thursday as the second stage out of COVID-19 lockdown begins to get the Cyprus economy going. From May 21, some 32,000 workers will be gradually going back to work, including around 5,500 staff at hair and beauty salons and 25,500 staff at restaurants and coffee shops
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A 47-year-old Cypriot man was remanded in police custody for four days on Monday in connection with an animal cruelty case after he posted a video of a fox being tortured. The man, from the Pera Chorio Nisou, was arrested on Sunday after a video was posted online showing a fox being held captive in
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Cyprus is experiencing the hottest May on record as an extreme heatwave grips the island pushing temperatures past 40° Celsius for the fourth consecutive day. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow warning for Monday, the third in a row, as May has smashed every weather record in the book, from the hottest day for
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The road to eliminating discrimination and prejudice is long and difficult but Cyprus is taking strides forward, said Costa Gavrielides, adviser to the President on Multiculturalism, Acceptance and Respect for Diversity. In a statement to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2020, Gavrielides said this year, Cyprus saw a significant rise in the
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM The good news is that economies around the world are starting to reopen, suggesting some activity will begin to recover compared to the full lockdown experienced in April. However, will there be a price to pay for the easing of restrictions? Hopefully not, but when looking at
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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has thanked the Cyprus government after it sent two aircraft to fight a wildfire in the breakaway north of the island. A fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter helped to battle the blaze following a request by Akinci, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said. Koushos said Akinci thanked President Nicos Anastasiades for
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Cyprus remains on high alert on Monday as temperatures are expected to soar above 40C for the fourth day, with the island experiencing an extraordinary heat wave that already pushed thousands to evade the coronavirus restrictions on Sunday and headed to the beaches. With strong winds, Sunday also saw a total of six fires break
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Cyprus is containing COVID-19 as it prepares for the next stage of lockdown on May 21 as only two new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Sunday, both from testing via private initiative. A total of 2,248 tests were carried out, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Two tested positive from 206 tests
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While the government has done a better-than-expected job to keep coronavirus from the door the political establishment hasn’t quite got to grips with throwing a cash lifeline to the economy. There is an endless production line of economic predictions that have nothing but bad news for the Cyprus economy which is expected to partially implode
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A government financial package worth around €1.5 bln for coronavirus-hit businesses has been stuck in parliament for two months now, due to disagreements over how the state guarantee for loans scheme would work. Α bill providing state guarantees to cover loans with low interest to be given to coronavirus struck businesses by banks are up
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