The European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) advises EU states to refrain from administrating booster shots to the general population and focus on younger unvaccinated age groups. In a statement Thursday, the ECDC said: “There is no urgent need for the administration of booster doses of vaccines to fully vaccinated individuals in the
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Legendary composer, political activist, writer, and arguably the most famous modern Greek Mikis Theodorakis died at the age of 96 on Thursday. Born on the island of Chios on 29 July 1925, Theodorakis left his mark on Greece’s political and cultural history. The world-renowned composer symbolised the Greek people’s struggles against the Nazis during World
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Seasonally adjusted unemployment in Cyprus fell to 5.2% in July 2021, its lowest level since 2009, continuing a steady decline after having peaked in May at 10.5%, according to Eurostat. A year ago, in July 2020, after the first COVID lockdown, unemployment stood at 7.9%. The decline is in keeping with trends in the euro
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Cyprus is taking part in the multinational military drill ‘Bright Star 2021’ conducted in Egypt between 2-17 September with the participation of 21 countries. Also participating is Greece with its air, sea, and land forces. Bright Star is a series of military training exercises hosted in Egypt in cooperation with the US every two years.
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The annual seasonally adjusted GDP growth rate is estimated at 12.9% for the second quarter of 2021, a huge improvement on the 2.1% shrinkage in the previous three months. It is the first time the Cyprus economy has been in positive territory for 15 months, since Q1 2020, according to the Statistical Service. This is the
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September got off to a bad start on Wednesday with four coronavirus deaths, one of whom a 41 year old man, following the record toll of 80 in August. The health ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that two men aged 41 and 75 and two women, 78 and 83, were the latest victims
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Bank of Cyprus, the one-time bellwether company of the services-based economy, continues to struggle with rising staff costs, little new business and a non-performing loan portfolio that refuses to go down. The bank announced a first-half after-tax profit of a mere €1 mln, an improvement; one could say, from the €7 mln loss in the
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Record-breaking Cypriot swimmer Karolina Pelendritou was hailed by President Nicos Anastasiades as a “sporting phenomenon” after clinching Gold in the Paralympics Women’s 100m breaststroke SB11 final. Pelendritou broke the world record with a time of 1:19.78 to win her second medal of the games after gaining a bronze in the women’s 50 m freestyle S11
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Alarm over an oil spill from Syria heading for Cyprus shores has ended after authorities said the latest imagery shows it is moving away from the island. Cypriot authorities said on Wednesday that an oil leak from a Syrian power station has started to dissolve and is drifting away from Cyprus. According to an announcement
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Motorcyclists are paying a heavy toll on Cyprus roads, with 12 bikers losing their lives this year, nearly half of the 27 traffic-related deaths. A 24-year-old man has become the third motorcyclist to lose his life on the road in 48 hours after a deadly accident in Dherynia on Wednesday. A 30-year-old woman, also from
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