EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič thanked Cyprus, Czechia, France, Slovenia, and the Netherlands for helping fellow member states to fight devastating fires. As forest fires continue affecting various regions in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans, the European Commission is swiftly mobilising support to assist countries in limiting the spread of the fires and
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The average employee at an S&P 500 company would need about 300 years to match what the firm’s CEO made last year, with a chief executive’s average earnings estimated at $15.5 mln. Although the COVID-19 triggered heavy turbulences in the global working sector and caused a financial impact on working people that will be felt
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Cyprus saw a slowdown in the spread of the virus on Wednesday as it reported one coronavirus death, and a drop in hospitalisations, as well as new infections to 273 and 575, respectively. The health ministry said that a 59 year old woman died attributed to Covid-19, raising the death toll for August to nine
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Based on new scientific evidence, the Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on COVID-19 self-isolation, cutting quarantine to a mandatory ten days from the previously prescribed 14. It means that people currently in self-isolation will see their quarantine shortened. The new quarantine rules are for coronavirus cases without symptoms or for those suffering mild COVID-19
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Cyprus has surpassed the benchmark of one million COVID-19 vaccinations in its race to achieve herd immunity against the virus, said Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas. On Wednesday, the minister visited the State Fair Vaccination Centre in Nicosia to mark Cyprus exceeding one million jabs. “The fact we have exceeded one million vaccines is a sign
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Most COVID-19 hospital admissions are unvaccinated cases, although the situation is manageable as health officials prepare for a possible new wave in the autumn. Some 90% of patients in the COVID reference hospital Famagusta General are unvaccinated, according to Amalia Hadjiyianni, Scientific Director of the Famagusta and Larnaca hospitals. She told CNA there are 72
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In July, the number of registered unemployed in Cyprus decreased annually by over 13,000 (41.4%) to under 23,000, returning to pre-pandemic levels. This is mainly due to major employers in the accommodation and food services sectors opening up. At the same time, July was the first full month that the automatic renewal of unemployed registration
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Air traffic at Larnaca International Airport in August will hover around the same level as July that saw a total of 524,609 passengers, operator Hermes Airports said. “Gradually and until the end of the month, flights at Larnaca airport will increase slightly, provided that the epidemiological data will not change to such a serious degree
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Limassol port returned to work on Wednesday, ending a three-day impromptu strike after trade unions objected to changes in the collective labour agreements. On Monday, the Ministry of Labour’s mediation service condemned the strike, saying it was unwarranted and violated labour laws that define the right to strike. The trade union federations SEK and PEO
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The Met Office has issued another orange alert for extreme weather as Cyprus boils under a blistering heatwave affecting the region as maximum temperatures peak at a year-high of 44 degrees Celsius. Cyprus is baking under a prolonged heatwave that has scorched the Mediterranean, sparking huge fires in Greece and Turkey while making routine tasks
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