Building material prices in Cyprus soared in the first half of the year, sending the cost of construction to skyrocket to new highs and pushing property prices further up. This increase has also made it harder for the real estate and construction sectors to recover after the scrapping of the ‘golden passports’ scheme and the
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The business community of Nicosia has embarked on a campaign to keep the Higher Hotel Institute in the capital. But for all the wrong reasons. There are many arguments for and against moving such a state-run educational institution to another town, from the present home it shares with the Filoxenia conference centre. All the coastal
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Achilleas Demetriades is no stranger to the political spectrum in Cyprus. As a human rights advocate he became known over the decades after winning a string of cases against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights. Now he wants to lead Cyprus’ efforts as a president to reunite the country and set a path
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Friday and a significant drop in the discovery of new cases to 59 due to fewer tests on the public holiday. The health ministry said in its daily Covid report that a 54 year old woman and an 82 year old man were the latest victims of the pandemic,
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Cyprus is finally getting a grip on a surge of new COVID-19 cases as the island’s 14-day notification rate dropped to its the lowest ebb since the Delta variant pushed daily cases up to 1,152 in mid-July. In the last 14 days (September 11-24), 1,606 cases were diagnosed, with the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate dropping
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The unemployment rate in Cyprus dropped to 4.4% of the labour force in August, from 5.2% in July, with the Finance Ministry confident that the trend will continue. This correspond to 20,000 people registered as being out of a job, compared to 23,000 in July, 38,000 in June and 49,000 in May. By gender, unemployment
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Gulf Air commenced a twice weekly commercial air service between Bahrain and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday, a further step in the normalisation of diplomatic and economic ties with the Gulf state. “We are making history by connecting the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Israel with scheduled commercial flights. We welcome
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths for the fourth day in a row and the tenth day this month, with the number of new cases slightly up at 129 and hospitalisations edging down further to 79. The health ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that the death toll remained unchanged at 552, keeping the September
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Hundreds of data collectors will be taking to the streets as of Friday, in the first population census to be carried out in Cyprus since 2011, and the last which will be conducted in the traditional way of door-to-door visits. The Statistical Service Cystat will use the data collected in the census as the basis
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Hollywood producers of Jiu Jitsu filmed entirely in Cyprus in 2019, starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, are suing the Cyprus government for not keeping its end of the bargain in a rebate scheme which brought them to the island. Cyprus had been banking on the film to help set up its revamped audiovisual services industry,
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