Health experts are urging the government to rollout booster jabs against COVID-19 for the elderly and vulnerable groups as evidence suggests their immunity is wearing off. The scientific team advising the government on handling the coronavirus outbreak propose Cyprus should not waste time waiting for the go-ahead from the European Medicine Agency (EMA) to prevent
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From 20 September, all businesses offering services are legally obligated to accept credit card payments, but smaller retailers are asking the authorities for some ‘slack’ due to increased operating costs. From kiosks to plumbers and lawyers, all retail businesses and services in Cyprus must accept card payments, with a law coming into effect from 20
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved an additional manufacturing site to ramp up the production of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. The site, located in Saint Remy Sur Avre, France, will manufacture finished product. It will also provide approximately up to 51 million additional doses in 2021. EMA has also
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By Nicole K. Phinopoulou This article concisely develops another defining pillar of being the more significant component of how effectively Sustainable Development is to be achieved. More specifically, Sustainable Investing or, in other words, investments that are based on the practically proven integration of the ESG triptych (Environmental, Social, Governance). The Sustainable Investing pillar is
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, with an increase in new daily cases to 355, yet a small drop in hospitalisations to 184. The health ministry said in its daily bulletin that two men, aged 37 and 77, died due to Covid-19 complications, raising the August death toll to 62 and to 486 since
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Cyprus will host in October 2022 the 9th Ministerial Summit for the Environment and Sustainable Development Education of the UN’s Economic and Financial Committee. A briefing meeting about the Summit took place on Tuesday. Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said the agenda would include the circular economy and education on sustainable development and tourism. He said
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Cyprus Police have completed their investigation into a fake news story on social media claiming that a 12-year-old had died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, the police said they had completed the case file following the arrests of four people charged with disseminating fake news and are awaiting further instructions from the Attorney
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Nicosia’s decision to rescind the Cyprus passports of 14 officials in the breakaway north in response to opening up fenced-off Varosha was slammed as ‘racist’ by the Turkish Cypriot leadership. Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, whose name is on the banned list, said on Tuesday in a written statement, “the move lacks legal validity, is
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Banks expect to enforce stricter lending criteria for households but not for COVID-affected businesses while preparing for increased demand for loans in all categories. This is according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ Bank Lending Survey (BLS) for the second quarter of 2021. It said the unpredictable outbreak of the pandemic in early 2021 seems
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Famagusta hoteliers said the past two weeks have been good for business, with more Russian tourists and Cypriots taking their annual holiday, boosting capacity to over 80%. In comments to the Financial Mirror, the Cyprus Hotel Association Famagusta branch chairman, Doros Takkas, said hoteliers had seen their establishments fill up from 7-22 August, mainly thanks
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