Violence against women and girls is a high priority issue for a government committed to eliminating it, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said at a virtual event organized by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. She assured that Cyprus is making every effort at all levels to promote women’s rights and gender equality. In her intervention, Yiolitis
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Pantelis Kouros, the most trusted aide two-time Cyprus president Glafcos Clerides had throughout his political career, has died aged 89. His funeral will take place on Tuesday at the Constantinou and Eleni church and cemetery in Nicosia. The eulogy will be delivered by President Nicos Anastasiades, who said in a statement: “Pantelis Kouros was a
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The Health Ministry has warned the public that long queues have formed at COVID-19 rapid testing points across Cyprus, urging them to avoid the gridlock. The ministry announced the wait at seven testing points exceeds 45 minutes, as Cypriots try and obtain a negative test needed to the so-called ‘safe pass’ to move freely. In
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Cyprus vaccination rollout on Monday reached people in their late 20’s, with the online booking portal reportedly playing up once again in a rush for appointments. Last Thursday, the portal crashed, staying offline for the whole day, delaying the vaccination rollout and causing public outrage. Following several crashes, the portal has been modified to streamline
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Last Friday, investors were cautiously monitoring the US nonfarm payrolls report, as market participants were anticipating a seven-digit job gain. Unfortunately, they got a negative shock as US employers hired a quarter of the expected figure, with the NFP headline of only 266,000 in April. Over the
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Slovakia has been upgraded from red to orange in Cyprus’ newly revised COVID-19 safe travel list, which sees the green category unchanged. Cyprus has only six countries in the safer green zone with no EU countries represented. Cyprus tweaked its COVID-19 safe travel list, upgrading EU partner Slovakia to orange, the fifth from the bloc
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Cyprus on Monday exited a third national lockdown with a new coronavirus “safety pass” system to allow people to move freely and the economy to open up. “Cyprus takes a step towards returning to a more normal pace of social and economic activity,” Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Sunday. “By implementing health protocols, testing the
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Cyprus has abolished movement by text message while also introducing a coronapass to access gyms, shopping malls and hospitality from 10 May while allowing limited social gatherings. The new measures and so-called coronapass are valid until 31 May. Gatherings are allowed in public areas (parks, squares, excursion sites, dams, beaches, marinas, provided the number of
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Sunday, with a significant drop in new cases to 269 and a record 110,000 tests as the country seems to be controlling the spread of the virus and prepares to lift most health restrictions imposed by Lockdown III two weeks ago. Movement will be unlimited as of Monday, bars,
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For different reasons, each of the two main commodity products with high marketability, oil and copper, have for a few weeks now entered a new upward cycle, or “super cycle”, according to executives of stock exchanges that specialise in commodities. But there is a common denominator of the sharp rise in oil and copper prices,
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