The Cyprus Meteorological Service issued a yellow warning for extremely high nighttime temperatures that will continue to soar into Tuesday. The Met Office warning is valid from 9 pm local time Monday to Tuesday at 4 pm when maximum temperatures will reach a scorching 40 degrees Celsius. According to the weather forecast, overnight, the minimum
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EU Finance Ministers have approved Cyprus’ €1.2 bln Recovery and Resilience Plan to exit the pandemic during a scheduled videoconference on Monday. The government’s proposal is included in the second batch of national recovery and resilience plans sanctioned by the European Commission and awaiting approval from ECOFIN. The Cyprus plan provides for €1 bln in
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A young pregnant woman and a 16-year-old girl admitted to hospital with complications after contracting COVID-19 last week continue to be in a critical condition. In comments to state radio CyBC, the health services organisation (OKYPY) Charalampos Charilaou said the pregnant woman, 22, is being treated at an Intensive Care Unit; the 16-year-old’s condition is
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Two members of the Cyprus Olympic delegation in Tokyo have tested positive for COVID-19, said the head of the mission Andreas Thoefylaktou on Monday. Confirming the cases to state radio CyBC, Theofylaktou said the cases were initially kept quiet to not cause alarm among the rest of the team who needed to concentrate on their
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Britcoin, the Bank of England’s reported digital currency, rather than overtake Bitcoin, will push the cryptocurrency’s price higher, according to Nigel Green, CEO of leading advisory, asset manager and fintech deVere Group. “Revealing just how worried they are about the ongoing epic rise and influence of Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, the Bank of England is
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According to Q2 data processed by WiRE, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are still felt by the Cyprus Real Estate market, with sale prices recording a quarterly drop across all property types. The same applies to rental prices, with a few exceptions. The annual drop recorded in the sale and rental prices for commercial
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Ambassador Olympia Neocleous is the first woman to be appointed Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN in Geneva since the mission office opened in 1970. The Cyprus Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Neocleous presented her credentials to Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), Tatiana Valovaya, as Permanent Representative at a special ceremony
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Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is in Israel for a crucial two-day working visit to touch base with the new Israeli government to discuss energy and regional politics. Christodoulides will hold consultations with his Israeli counterpart in their first meeting since Yair Lapid took office under a new Israeli government last month. On Monday, they are
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By Prof. Philippos Patsalis Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the leading cause of inherited intellectual disability and the most commonly known cause of autism worldwide. It is inherited in an X-linked dominant manner because the responsible gene is located on the X chromosome. Therefore, one copy of the affected gene is enough to cause the
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The global startup funding has skyrocketed in recent quarters hitting new historical levels despite the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting the sector has recovered from the health crisis. According to data acquired by finance new platform Finbold (Finance in Bold), the global startup funding spiked 157% year-on-year between 2020 Q2 and 2021 Q2,
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