Cyprus is among the top five EU countries where people didn’t purchase goods or services online because they were suspicious over privacy and security concerns. Among EU Member States, the share of people who viewed payment security as a concern varied widely in 2019 – ranging from 1% of individuals in Estonia to 23% in
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Cyprus Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said the government will soon introduce a new migration policy to tackle the growing influx of illegal migrants and asylum seekers. He said the percentage of migrants in Cyprus stands at 3.8% of the population while other frontline countries like Greece and Italy receive around 1%. Nouris described the situation
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People arriving from China will be screened at the airports as the island says it is ready to handle any coronavirus incidents if the virus spreads to Cyprus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. Elisavet Constantinou, director of Health and Medical Services, said authorities are coordinating and collaborating on how to handle passengers who arrive from
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Cyprus government internet traffic and emails have previously come under attack from hackers officially sanctioned by Ankara, Reuters said quoting security experts. It said sweeping cyber-attacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the Turkish government. The hackers
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Cyprus has become a member of the international Mars Society, which seeks to promote the exploration and colonization of the planet. The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) concluded an agreement through which the Cypriot chapter of the Mars Society is founded. The local chapter will drive Mars-related research domestically and in cooperation with other nations
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Coronavirus is the number one threat to financial markets currently – but most investors should avoid knee-jerk reactions, according to the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. Nigel Green, deVere Group chief executive and founder, is speaking out as global stock markets are rattled on fears of the potentially deadly
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Russia donated $50,000 to the UN-led Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus, making its first contribution during a visit to the anthropological laboratory in Nicosia by its ambassador Stanislav Viliorovich Osadchiy. In a statement the CMP expressed its sincere thanks to Moscow as “this is the first donation of the Russian Federation to the
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Cyprus is the most active in the EU in making telephone or video calls via the internet (72%) while Cypriots are also in the top five for participating in social networks like Facebook and Twitter (72%). In 2019, 87% of people aged 16-74 in the European Union reported they had used the internet during the
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A delegation of UEFA experts is in Cyprus to discuss with authorities how to combat match-fixing and corruption in local football. The visit comes after UEFA notified the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) of five games where match-fixing is believed to have taken place through suspicious betting activity. Officials from Europe’s governing body are on the
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The island’s two largest lenders, Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic Bank, actively pursuing sales of €4 bln of bad loans would improve their asset quality metrics, accelerating the derisking of their balance sheets, a credit positive, said Moody’s. “Bank of Cyprus, which accounts for 37% of total banking system assets, and Hellenic Bank, which accounts
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