Cyprus school students will return to class on 21 May except for first- and second-year lyceum pupils and children attending preschool, the government decided Friday. The decision follows a meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and the government’s advisory committee on handling the coronavirus crisis. Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou confirmed that primary schools and gymnasiums would
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The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Friday officially ended the 2019-2020 season after being told by epidemiologists that their proposal for returning to play was in violation of COVID-19 decrees issued by the Health Ministry. In an announcement issued on Friday, the CFA said the current protocols would not allow for teams to properly prepare
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Markets are taking stock of their exposure to risk, while mulling the protracted and arduous recovery that awaits the world economy. Asian stocks and US equity futures erased earlier losses and entered the last trading day of the week on a slightly positive note, although most Asian currencies
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Cyprus’ economy contracted 1.3% of GDP in the first three months of the year which includes the COVID-19 outbreak in early March. Seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 3.8% in the euro area, -3.3% in the EU and by 1.3% in Cyprus during the first quarter of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, according to a
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While Cyprus is getting a grip on the spread of coronavirus, keeping cases in the single-digit range for more than two weeks, over half of those infected have fully recovered. According to the latest epidemiological report containing data until 12 May, some 481 (53.1%) of 904 cases reported have made a full recovery. In total,
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Cyprus should have a consistent national airline strategy to “make the most of foreign players,” who condemn Turkey’s illegal actions in Nicosia FIR, according to aviation expert Christos Petrou The Flight Safety Foundation- Mediterranean (FSF-MED) executive director was commenting on Turkey’s refusal to allow a Cyprus-chartered flight carrying medical supplies from China into its airspace.
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President Nicos Anastasiades meets his advisory epidemiological team on Friday who are expected to give the go-ahead for launching phase two of relaxing lockdown measures. The government said it will only take the next step if the scientific data allows it by showing coronavirus is being contained. COVID-19 cases have been kept under double figures
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British Sovereign Base Area Police has once again strengthened its force after 14 new Cypriot recruits were sworn in during a ceremony in Dhekelia last week. This latest tranche has seen the force increase by 29 in total this year after 15 new recruits took the oath after graduating in January. The officers – 11
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By Dr Charles Ellinas With international oil companies postponing drilling and activities in its EEZ until 2021 – should conditions allow it – Cyprus energy is entering an uncertain future. Many would like to think that with the Covid-19 pandemic over, normality will return next year, drilling will resume, and Cyprus energy plans will get
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Ten days since Cyprus started exiting lockdown and COVID-19 cases are still kept to a minimum with only two cases reported on Thursday, the same as the previous day. Two new cases were recorded on Thursday taking the total for Cyprus to 907 since the outbreak began on March 9 (including 12 in the British
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