Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades along with seven other heads of government exchanged on Monday views via teleconference on measures to deal with COVID-19 outbreak. The event follows an initiative by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot government spokesperson Kyriacos Koushos said. During the meeting, proposals were submitted such as disinfecting airports and exchanging information for
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Some 40 people were clinically tested for the novel coronavirus over the weekend, including an army recruit, a detainee in police custody, and a group of Cyprus school students with results expected to be known on Monday. A Cyprus Health Ministry source told the Financial Mirror that authorities had their hands full during the weekend,
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will meet the Prince of Wales, on March 19 during the UK Royal visit Charles and Camilla will pay the island this month. President Anastasiades will officially welcome Prince Charles at the Presidential Palace for a private meeting, the Cyprus Presidency said Monday. During his visit to Cyprus, Prince Charles will
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Cyprus has sent a team of 22 anti-riot police officers to assist Greece in handling the migrant crisis at the country’s border with Turkey at Evros river as tensions rise. The police unit flew to Greece on Sunday aboard a Greek air force aeroplane and they are due to be deployed on Monday. Cypriot government
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Early last week, markets were trying to guess the scale of production cuts by OPEC+ members to combat the steep decline in world Oil demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. We have ended up with an all-out price war, after Russia refused to participate in additional cuts.
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In April, Debenhams will be a thing of the past as they are to be renamed ERA Department Stores with one Nicosia branch closing altogether. Debenhams stores Cyprus owner Ermes Department Stores Plc, the retail arm of CTC Group, announced that the stores are to be rebranded with the Debenhams branch in the Mall of
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A global recession is now almost inevitable this year, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and services organisations. The warning from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, comes as global stocks and government bond yields fell after oil prices plummeted by almost 30% on Monday. “Oil’s
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This year promises to be one of major change at the Deputy Ministry of Shipping, as major restructuring is underway to make the government’s maritime arm more efficient, while tax incentives are about to come into effect, making the Cyprus flag more attractive. Deputy Shipping Minister Natasa Pilides, briefing journalists upon completing two years at
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Any social or cultural event that takes place in Cyprus attracts with it benefits for the town/location where it is organised. This is especially important for the seaside towns which attract a lot of visitors (local and foreign) and it helps towards the elongation of the tourist season. If we are to examine the Paphos
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In a clumsy, roughshod fashion the government decided to close four crossing points on the premise it could more effectively monitor coronavirus from areas beyond its control. The decision seemed hurried, knee-jerk with an underlying message that the government cared less about trust-building and people movement than it did about scoring political points against Turkey.
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