The General Healthcare Scheme just got more expensive with patients liable to be charged €25 for visiting a doctor outside normal working hours. The Cyprus Health Insurance Organisation has announced that both general practitioners and specialists can charge patients up to €25 for visits after 8 pm or before 7 am. It said patients visiting
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are set to break a run of six consecutive days of declines, having been buffeted by coronavirus outbreak concerns in recent weeks. China’s better-than-expected expansion in its January non-manufacturing PMI, along with the concerted efforts by the authorities to contain the viral outbreak could help
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A busy road in Nicosia was closed to rush hour traffic after an explosive device was found attached to the Bank of Cyprus ATM machines on Friday morning. The explosive device made from a gas cylinder attached to a detonator was discovered by a passerby who called the police. Police and emergency services responded and
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The UN intends to establish the first-ever mechanism for direct military contacts between Turkish occupation forces and the National Guard after it was included in the renewal of the peacekeeping mandate on Cyprus (UNFICYP). The resolution extending the peacekeeping mandate until July 31 notes that the Security Council “calls for the establishment of an effective
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Some 100 Cypriots currently in China have been reported to be safe from a new deadly strain of the coronavirus outbreak as the country tries to contain the disease. In comments to Active Radio, Foreign Ministry spokesman Demetris Samuel said that all Cypriots currently in China are well and are in constant communication with the
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As most of us are aware, a major trend that appeared in global markets in recent times is the establishment of a low or even negative interest rate environment. The reasons of course behind this uncomfortable trend has to do with insufficient rates of growth for the global economy as well as low inflation levels.
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Britons living in Cyprus continue to register at the Civil Registry and Migration Department, due to Brexit, as the Interior Ministry tries to find ways to facilitate the process for around 5,000 expats with disabilities. At the same time, things are not clear about the way Brexit will affect the next local elections in Cyprus,
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A leading cause of preventable deaths in Cyprus is lung cancer while mortality from diabetes is the highest in the EU, although it has seen a significant downward trend since 2004, a report reveals. The leading causes of death in Cyprus are ischaemic heart disease, stroke and diabetes, with the mortality rate for diabetes being
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Cyprus was one of six EU states where annual unemployment actually went up in 2019 while jobless among the youth is coming down. In Cyprus, the unemployment rate fell to 7.6% (34,000 individuals, 6.4% for men and 9.0% for women) in December, from 7.7% in November (35,000), while a year earlier the same rate was
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told the UN he is ready to take part in an informal five-party conference to reach an agreement on the terms of reference for moribund Cyprus talks to resume. He made his position known on possible talks involving guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and Britain during a telephone conversation with UN Special
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