Many retailers reported their Black Friday sales campaigns were off to an underwhelming start as inflation and the worsening coronavirus landscape have taken their toll on consumer psychology. Shopkeepers were banking on Black Friday discount campaigns to build up to the festive season; however, customer traffic did not hit the expected heights. In comments to
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Cyprus police on Friday confirmed the arrest of an Israeli alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping of six-year-old Eitan Biran from Italy to Israel, daily Corriere della Sera reported. The man identified as Gabriel Abutbul Alon, 50, is believed to have aided Shmuel Peleg the maternal grandfather of the child, to abduct Eitan.
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Amazon has established itself as an eCommerce giant attracting a significant number of shoppers worldwide, resulting in Amazon.com ranking among the top-visited global websites. According to data acquired by the financial platform Finbold, Amazon.com is the top eCommerce portal and fifth most visited website, with 3 bln total visits as of September. The website also
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Pope Francis wants to arrange the repatriation of some migrants to Italy during his landmark visit to Cyprus next week, Cypriot officials said on Friday. The leader of the Catholic Church will visit Cyprus on 2-4 December, the second pope to do so. Cypriot government spokesperson Marios Pelekanos confirmed that the Pope wants to arrange
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Cyprus’ COVID infections are on the rise as the two-week cumulative case rate increased by 66.6%, with over 4,000 incidents recorded, according to Friday’s Health Ministry epidemiological report. The island’s 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate climbed to 473.4 per 100,000 residents during the fortnight between November 9-22, compared to 284.7per 100,000 in the previous report (26
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The latest COVID-19 map issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows increased cases across Europe, consisting mostly of red or deep red zones. Cyprus remains in the red category of ‘moderate concern’ for another week. The ECDC map records the number of new cases per 100,000 over the past 14 days, with
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the use of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech/Pfizer, be extended to children aged between 5 and 11. Cyprus has already decided it will start vaccinating children as young as five from late December; the COVID-19 jab rollout already covers people aged 12 and over. EMA suggests
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Cyprus is investing €45 mln in incentive schemes to purchase greener cars and register 36,000 electric vehicles by the end of 2030, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced. Authorities are launching an attractive €10,000 incentive package to encourage motorists to scrap their old petrol cars for a new environmentally-friendly electric one. Incentive schemes will also be
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Thursday as new daily cases shot up to 489 while hospitalisations decreased to 110. Some 38 of the new Covid-19 cases resulted from tests in schools. The health ministry said that in its daily Covid bulletin that hospitalisations were down by seven, of whom 42 are serious, three more from
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After the first bid sank without trace, the Deputy Ministry for Shipping has launched a new, improved tender for reviving the ferry connection between Cyprus and Greece. According to the Ministry, the deadline for tender submissions is 12.00 on 28 January 2022. Further details about the tender and process of application can be found in
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