The government has been criticised by children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou over recent comments about the high percentage of migrants in the education system. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos made the comments after a crisis meeting on migration earlier this week. Pelekanos said authorities were concerned over demographic changes, neighbourhoods turning into “ghettos”, citing as proof
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The price of Bitcoin is likely to continue its skywards trajectory until at least the second quarter of 2022 amid continuing global inflation fears. Nigel Green, CEO and founder of deVere, predicted the continued price increase as the world’s dominant cryptocurrency hit another all-time high of $69,000 on Wednesday. It followed data revealing that inflation
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Pope Francis will hold an open-air mass at the GSP stadium in Nicosia on 3 December, with a huge security operation shielding the Pontiff during his first visit to the island. The Pope will arrive on 2 December for a three-day visit, with security forces on full alert, sealing off roads around the Archbishopric quarters
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Popular attractions, the Medieval Castles of Paphos and Larnaca, and the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia will be lit up blue for World Diabetes Day on Sunday. The Department of Antiquities said that following the call of the Cyprus Diabetic Association, it embraces this campaign to increase social awareness on the symptoms and consequences of this
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Cyprus will boast a stronger than expected recovery of 5.5% GDP growth this year following the coronavirus pandemic, according to European Commission forecasts. The Finance Ministry noted the strong recovery recorded in the island’s GDP growth in 2021 and the dynamics of the coming years, which were acknowledged in the Commission’s latest autumn forecast bulletin
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as the number of new daily cases dropped to 264 and hospitalisations rose to 80, with the health ministry revising the national death toll to 587. The ministry said earlier on Friday that after a regular audit of hospital data, ten more cases were attributed to Covid-19, dating
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Revenue from the shipmanagement sector in Cyprus showed a small increase in the first six months of 2021, reflecting the recovery in global shipping after the disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. According to the Ship Management Survey for January – June 2021, by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), revenue from ship management amounted
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A Larnaca district court handed an 18-month jail term, suspended for three years to three men found guilty of causing the death of a 16-year-old boy in 2019 after they had bullied him into consuming large quantities of alcohol. The three men, now aged 20 from Oroklini, and two 19-year-olds from Larnaca and Livadia, were
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After being given the green light from environmental authorities, a large €50 ml private rehabilitation hospital and care centre to be constructed near the Nicosia state fair. The multi-million project will consist of a single building, with a basement, four floors and a roof garden. The start of construction work is planned for 2022 and
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Two key energy projects, the EuroAsia Interconnector subsea electricity cable and importing natural gas for power generation, will end the energy isolation of Cyprus and reduce emissions. Both goals align with EU and global targets and disengage the island’s dependence on crude oil imports for its main power station at Vassiliko. Cyprus hopes to boost
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