The first opinion poll in the run-up to the Presidential Elections in 2023 indicates former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides leads by nearly 20 percentage points. The opinion poll screened Thursday night by Sigma TV is the first opinion poll to be carried out since the main opposition party AKEL endorsed Andreas Mavroyiannis as its candidate.
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Cyprus reported six deaths in the weekly Covid bulletin on Friday, raising the death toll since the pandemic started to 1,057, with new cases dropping to 2,103, about 300 less than the week before. The Health Ministry said the latest victims in the week up to Thursday were three men and three women, aged 65
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President Nicos Anastasiades stating the cost-of-living adjustment (CoLA) covers lost income from high inflation has triggered a reaction from unions calling on the government to fully reinstate the mechanism. Trade unions demanded that the government reinstated COLA to pre-2013 levels when it was slashed by 50% during the 2013 banking crisis. Opposition AKEL’s affiliated union
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Jordan’s King Abdullah II has offered to station firefighting aircraft in Cyprus through the summer fire season. Minister Ioannis Kasoulides thanked the Jordanian monarch following talks with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi. King Abdullah’s offer comes two weeks after Kasoulides pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts the creation of an east Mediterranean firefighting hub
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Brussels has warned Cyprus about its lack of legislation to limit air pollution, promote renewable energy and protect digital copyright. The infringement warning is a step before the case is referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. These reasoned opinions deal with limiting emissions from medium combustion plants and EU rules on
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By Craig Erlam Thursday was another turbulent session after stock markets turned sharply lower on Wednesday with investors fretting over the economic outlook for this year. Results from Walmart and Target this week have brought into sharp focus the plight facing companies and consumers as inflation begins to bite. And that’s in a country that
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Bank of Cyprus posted after-tax €21 mln profits for the first quarter of 2022, compared to a net profit of €8 mln a year ago. It announced a record €618 mln in new loans and further reduction of non-performing exposures (NPE), marking the third consecutive quarter of accelerating loan growth. The bank balance sheet normalisation
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The banking sector is in choppy waters after employees backed their union to strike over Hellenic Bank’s intention to make 350 staff redundant, while Bank of Cyprus is also cutting branches. The decision was taken by a 99.5% majority vote, following bank staff union ETYK’s regional general assemblies. Just 28 out of 5,715 cast a
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The bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage is working on seven new religious conservation projects across Cyprus’ divide, expected to be completed by 2023. The Greek Cypriot co-chair of the Committee, Sotos Ktoris, told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that the projects are conservation and restoration works at four churches and three mosques. Works will
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Τhe Cyprus Diplomatic Ladies and Spouses Association (CDLSA) are organising their popular International Bazaar event next week as part of its charitable work. The event on Saturday 28 May is in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The International Bazaar will be hosted in the gardens of the Foreign Ministry and is open to
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