The Cyprus Met Office issued a yellow alert early Tuesday, as the weather changed rapidly by noon with showers and hale in most parts of the country. The meteorological service said rainfall was unusually high for the season, pouring at a rate of 35 km an hour. This is the second yellow alert in a
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Moody’s has lowered its forecast for global sustainable bond issuance this year from $400 bln to 325 bln after economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak reduced green bond volumes in the first quarter, even as social bond issuance rose to a record, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report. “We now expect green bond volumes
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Pope Francis discussed the COVID-19 pandemic during a phone conversation in which the leader of the Catholic Church accepted an invitation to visit once the fight was won. A written statement said the President extended an invitation to the supreme pontiff to visit Cyprus when circumstances allow it. “The Pontiff
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Teacher unions don’t see school children returning to class this term, apart from final year students completing their school life when allowed back from 11 May. Head of the primary school teachers union (POED) Filios Fylaktou said he does not expect preschool and elementary school students returning to classrooms anytime in May. He told ANT1
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Cyprus has reported the lowest number of coronavirus cases since the outbreak started on 9 March with just two new infections as the lockdown begins to end. Both positive tests for COVID-19 involved people who have recently returned to Cyprus from Europe, but not the UK, the Health Ministry said. The cases were identified after
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A campaign has been launched to raise funds for the family of a 26-year-old Turkish Cypriot nurse who is the youngest UK Cypriot to lose their life to COVID-19. According to London-based Greek Cypriot newspaper Parikiaki, Sonya Kaygan, who worked as a caregiver, joined a long list of around 300 Cypriots living in the UK
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Cyprus police mobilized on Monday to deal with the first phase of easing the coronavirus lockdown by increasing the number of checks to ensure social distancing and stay home rules are kept. Police spokesman Christos Andreou said that the force will intensify spot checks and their duties will increase as thousands go back to work
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Following strict lockdown measures, the Cyprus government is optimistic citizens will show the same level of maturity as restrictions are lifted, said director of the President’s Office, Petros Demetriou. President Nicos Anastasiades, Justice Minister George Savvides and Police Chief Kypros Michaelides had a meeting on Monday ahead of inspections at retail businesses and other workplaces
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A total of 3,000 Cypriots are expected to be repatriated this month with an average of 200-300 people being flown back to Cyprus daily, said Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos,. He told CNA, that since the decree banning commercial flights on March 21, a total of 5,056 Cypriot nationals and residents have been repatriated, this was
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Turkish Cypriot authorities have started relaxing coronavirus lockdown measures in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus after recording zero cases for more than two weeks. Public sector workers and employees at retail shops have returned to work. With no cases recorded in the last 16 days, authorities in the north lifted some lockdown measures on
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