Coronavirus has taken its toll on residents in the tourism-dependent Famagusta region, as more families than ever before need food packages provided by local charities to make ends meet as the festive season looms. Some 200 families will be supported by Paralimni’s Ayios Christophoros Centre this year. It is the highest number of households in
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Cyprus is joining the fifth-generation mobile network as its telecom providers go head-to-head at an auction for 5G broadband frequencies launched on Thursday after three postponements in as many months. The auction conducted by the Department of Electronic Communications, now under the Deputy Ministry of Innovation, has four frequency licenses up for grabs with four
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Cyprus expects its first deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines in early January as part of the rollout across Europe with Pfizer/BioNTech arriving first. The government had hoped for vaccine deliveries by end of December, but the process has taken longer as it is part of the European Union approval and distribution system. Below the Health Ministry
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Accidents at work increased in 2019, a trend that has continued every year from 2013, bar 2015, according to a Department of Labour Inspection report. Statistical Analysis of Occupational Accidents 2019 shows an 0.5% increase in the number of accidents reported to the Department of Labour Inspection (12 more). This follows the large increase in
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The government has decided not to roll back lockdown measures on shopping malls, hospitality and churches, as COVID-19 infections remained stubbornly high on Wednesday with 401 new cases and one death. The total of all infections since the pandemic started is 16,190. Earlier in the day, a cabinet meeting was not convinced that the situation
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Cyprus was one of only four EU countries where hourly labour costs decreased as salaries also went south on an annual basis in the third quarter, according to Eurostat. It was also only one of two countries where wages declined in July to September. Wages and salaries declined 0.8% in Q3 while the non-wage component
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Russia threatens Mediterranean stability using disinformation, undermining national sovereignty, sowing chaos, conflict, and division, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In a written statement he claimed: “wealthy Russians – many with connections to the Kremlin – have laundered billions of dollars through the Republic of Cyprus and Malta, distorting their domestic markets and spreading
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Despite coronavirus cases stabilising after a protracted spike the government has decided not to roll back lockdown measures on shopping malls, hospitality or churches. After a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, government spokesperson Kyriacos Koushos said ministers are not convinced that the situation in Cyprus allows for relaxations, but the situation will be reassessed as planned
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Re-introducing speed cameras on Cyprus’ roads will save lives by reducing road accidents while bringing down the social costs of traffic incidents which amounted to €210 mln in 2019. Thirteen years after dismantling its national traffic camera network due to technical and legal hiccups, Cyprus signed a €34 mln deal with US firm Conduent State
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APOEL FC has announced another six members of its squad has coronavirus making it 24 cases involving players and staff while the Cyprus Football Association is investigating whether protocols were broken. Last week, following a game with Nicosia arch-rivals Omonia, the club confirmed a player was infected with COVID-19, the following day it announced another
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