By Ravi Bangar As the world is focused on the fast unfolding devastating coronavirus crisis, the US on 25 March announced rewards leading to the arrest or conviction of various Venezuelan leaders, including President Nicolas Maduro – a bounty of $15 mln on him and lesser amounts on others on charges of narco-terrorism. The sole
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades while urging people to stay home this Easter, said hopes are rising the battle against COVID-19 is being won, but the war is far from over. In a televised Easter message, the president thanked the public for their efforts in staying home, noting that “unfortunately, there is still a long way to
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Cyprus on Thursday saw confirmed coronavirus infections steadying as the Health Ministry reported 20 new cases, the same as the previous day, while authorities carried out almost 3,000 tests. The 20 new cases were detected from a record 2905 lab tests. Some 1700 of the tests were carried out within the scheme to test frontline
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will brief political party leaders on April 23 about plans to reboot the economy and ease social distancing rules once the coronavirus outbreak is contained. Once the scientific team of Health Ministry coronavirus taskforce gives the green light, the government plans to restart the economy, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Koushos told the
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Cyprus on Thursday sent COVID-19 drugs and personal protective equipment across the divided island’s ceasefire line for Turkish Cypriots to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Requests of any kind from one community to another are infrequent due to the toxic political climate of the island’s division. Last week, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinic requested medical aid
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Athens and Nicosia are walking on the same path to decisively overcome the coronavirus after acting swiftly to contain the pandemic, said Greek Ambassador Theocharis Lalacos. “Greece stands out internationally as an example for successfully handling the pandemic …together with Cyprus, the two countries are highlighting the importance of responding timely and in a responsible manner.” Both
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UK Cypriots make up almost 6% of all COVID-19 deaths recorded in London as close to 200 diaspora Greek and Turkish Cypriots have lost their lives to the virus. London-based Greek Cypriot newspaper, Parikiaki, said that after having contacted local hospitals, churches, the Turkish Cypriot community, funeral directors and from death announcements placed in its
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM After climbing to a month-high on Tuesday, the S&P 500 declined 2.2% on Wednesday and more losses are set to follow Thursday with futures indicating a lower open. It is no surprise that economic data will take a steep hit given the lockdown imposed on all US
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Divided Cyprus now has more than 800 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 16 deaths since the first case was reported on the island on 9 March. As of Wednesday, a total of 820 coronavirus cases and 16 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported from both sides of the divide. The Cyprus Republic has 715 coronavirus cases
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Cyprus’ cabinet has approved a strategic plan for slowly lifting restrictive measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak for some businesses to open in May, but the economy will not be in full swing until 2021. Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides told CNA the strategy to get the economy back on track and lifting social distancing measures
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