Cyprus aims to become ‘climate neutral’ in 30 years by opening the electricity market, exploiting its natural gas resources, and becoming a major clean energy hub. Speaking at the 8th Energy Forum in Nicosia, President Nicos Anastasiades said that despite the pandemic slowing exploration plans worldwide with demand for oil and gas dropping, Cyprus’s energy
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The Covid-19 virus has had a massive impact on national budgets and particularly national debt. Faced with the prospect of unprecedented unemployment and economic recession, governments have borrowed and spent as never before. Will rising debt levels lead to periods of future austerity? Are we burdening future generations, our children, with huge debts? As governments
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Two elderly men died in Cyprus on Tuesday, raising the COVID-19 death toll to 84 and the 339 new cases increasing the total of all infections since the pandemic started to 15,789. Cyprus had reported under 2,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 at the end of September and December is headed to become the worst month with
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Natural gas explorations south of Cyprus and near Egypt’s giant offshore gas fields will resume in the latter part of next year with the energy companies involved reassuring Nicosia of their plans. Speaking at the 8th Energy Forum in Nicosia, President Nicos Anastasiades said: “Unlike other parts of the world, the companies engaged in natural
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Cyprus is gearing for mass vaccinations against COVID-19 with the first batch of vaccines expected in early January, officials said Tuesday. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said although Cyprus has not been given an exact date for the first batch, the country “will be receiving its fair share of the vaccines at the same time with
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Turkish Cypriot authorities have decided to immediately close all crossing points to the occupied north as they step up measures to stem the further spread of the coronavirus. According to a decision taken by the new ruling coalition in the north, as of Tuesday and until December 25, crossings will be banned, affecting people who
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The Cyprus Meteorological Service issued an ‘orange warning’ for extreme weather conditions, upgrading the ‘yellow alert’ issued on Monday. Stormy weather hitting the island since Monday early morning has picked up, as a low-pressure system at the southwest of the island is now moving eastbound, with Cyprus in for severe thunderstorms until Wednesday morning, according
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A big headache for health authorities around the world in their struggle to control the pandemic are COVID denier movements and conspiracy theorists, but also fatigue and trust issues. Cyprus is no exception with COVID deniers taking to the streets challenging not only government measures but also the vaccines scientists are placing their hopes on
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Four people died from COVID-19 on Monday, with the death toll in Cyprus rising to 82, of which 37 were recorded in December alone, while the new cases topped 349 infections. As December gallops to become the worst month since the pandemic started, the national coronavirus total reached 15,450. On Friday, the first day of
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An increase in COVID-19 genetic material has been found in wastewater of the Limassol-Amathus Sewerage Board (SBLA) during a survey to develop an early warning system on its spread. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the International Water Research Centre NIREAS of the University of Cyprus and the sewerage board. They aim to develop
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