Tributes continue to pour in for Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou, who died in an Athens hospital late Monday after being placed in an induced coma last month when suffering a cerebral aneurysm. President Nicos Anastasiades led the tributes, sending in his condolences to the minister’s family and paying tribute to one of his closest partners
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Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that proves Ankara’s “complete control” over them, President Nicos Anastasiades told CyBC TV. He said he would also include in the protest Turkey’s move to designate the north’s Tymbou airport (Ercan) as a domestic flight route,
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Nicosia accused Turkey of distorting reality to create tensions after Ankara said Cyprus was disturbing the region’s stability with its recent war games with Israel. “We are disappointed to observe the escalation of Turkish rhetoric aiming at distorting reality and creating tensions in our region, following the Agapinor-2022 exercise,” said a Cyprus Foreign Ministry statement.
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By Edward Moya US stocks rallied Monday as improvement with China’s COVID situation, optimism that a strong labour market will help the US consumer handle the latest wave of inflation, and after a wrath of positive news. With no US economic data releases and a quiet Fed due to the blackout period, US equities followed
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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) released a special report on the possible increase in risks that climate change may cause to insurance companies. In addition to the specific findings of the report itself, the fact that EIOPA went so far as to compile a detailed report on the effects of climate change
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Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou died in an Athens hospital late Monday where she was being treated in an induced coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm last month. President Nicos Anastasiades said he was “deeply saddened”. “The lost of my dear Zeta shocked me. Deepest condolences to her son Achilleas and
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Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis appeared confident that a standoff between authorities and dairy producers over what makes a Halloumi will soon end after the two sides met President Nicos Anastasiades. Afterwards, Kadis said that the meeting was fruitful, with possible solutions being tabled by both sides. The meeting came after the government pressured dairy producers
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Three female UK tourists were arrested for allegedly assaulting a nurse at Paphos General Hospital amid a wave of condemnations by unions and the Health Ministry. The incident occurred during the early hours of Sunday when three young women were taken by ambulance to the A&E of Paphos hospital in a state of intoxication. Police
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In the coming months, Cyprus Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides expects to seal key agreements and cooperation programmes with the US. He said the core of the Defence Ministry’s policy is the promotion of cooperation with other countries. Petrides referred to the Agapinor 2022 large-scale military exercise that recently took place with Israel and the first
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Despite petrol prices in the Turkish occupied north following a similar upward trend as in the Republic, they are still significantly lower by around 35%, attracting Greek Cypriot motorists to fill up. As fuel prices in the Republic reach the €2 per litre barrier, the number of vehicles crossing the divide northward is also rising
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