Cancer patients who sued and won their initial case against a sole shoemaker for using toxic materials deemed as cancerous saw their appeal for higher damages overturned by the Supreme Court this week. The state’s objection was upheld because insufficient scientific proof links the factory’s emissions to cancer deaths. Residents of the Latsia neighbourhood, some
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Due to the summer and the relaxed spirit that prevails, I want to report what “caught my ear” during my daily swimming while on holiday in the Pernera-Protaras area. The nearby swimming group was discussing a sale on the beach for a one-bedroom apartment at €4,000/sqm. One of the group showed serious interest, but the
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Cypriot carrier TUS Airways will begin offering nonstop flights from Larnaca to Heraklion in Crete for the first time in its history. Larnaca-Heraklion will be served twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays from 16 December, with fares starting from as little as €59 one way. The airline will further expand the number of flights between
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MPs seek a compromise on reduced VAT for first homes after the European Commission initiated infringement proceedings against Cyprus over the discount. Green MP Stavros Papadouris has tabled a bill that sees a reduced 5% VAT applied for the first 180 sqm of a house that does not exceed 220 sqm, with a maximum building
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The government has extended reduced excise duties on fuel until 15 January 2023 in a bid to alleviate the effects of soaring inflation driven by the war in Ukraine. Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides called on Households and businesses to save energy as fiscal measures cannot tackle the problem of price hikes in its entirety. At
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More than 500 new COVID-19 cases were reported in school units last week, creating small transmission chains. From Monday, around 500 cases were confirmed in 288 schools, which does not seem to cause experts concern since they expected a spike in cases with the start of the new school year and the lifting of face
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Almost a quarter (23.6%) of all self-employed people aged 18 and over in the EU are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, although that ratio is less than half in Cyprus. Compared with 2020 and looking at activity status, this was the only category that experienced a deterioration in the poverty situation, increasing from
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Cyprus’ technology performance continues to improve after being promoted to the group of “strong innovators” on the 2022 European Innovation Scoreboard, prepared by the EU Commission. With a performance of 106.9% of the EU average and ninth overall, Cyprus jumped from the moderate innovators class to the best but one, according to the scoreboard’s latest
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus death during the past week on Friday, as hospitalisations continued to rise to 51, up four from last week, while critical cases were drastically reduced to just one. The Health Ministry said in its weekly Covid report that there are no intubated patients, with COVID-19 fatalities reaching a total of 1,180
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The ordeal of a Greek Cypriot peace activist held in the Turkish-occupied north on suspicion of espionage continues as a military court extended his detention pending its ruling. Andreas Soudjis has been held in the north for more than 20 days as Turkish Cypriot authorities contemplated charging him with spying after finding a set of
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