Opening up the Cyprus electricity market, long touted as the only way that Cypriots can enjoy cheaper and greener supply as competition works in favour of consumers, is proving to be an unattainable goal. Earlier this week, President Nicos Anastasiades said Cypriots would soon be paying less for electricity once the market opens up when
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The pandemic has some positive benefits, which include the locals learning the beauty and attraction of our mountain resorts. This is especially so by the younger generation (age 20-30) who very rarely visited these resorts in the past, preferring to stay at beach hotels and establishments, the more affluent going on cruise holidays, especially the
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By Dr Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos, Ambassador a.h. Rarely has an electoral contest acquired such international interest as the one between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, since its outcome is expected to have consequences not only for individual countries but for the international order as well. It is exactly for this reason that Biden’s election was
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As Cyprus ramps up its testing programme to tackle COVID-19 it reported another three-digit figure for cases on Saturday taking the total since the outbreak to 8,498. November is the worst month for accumulated infections since the outbreak began in March. The Health Ministry said that a total of 13,443 tests were conducted on Saturday,
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The joint military exercise this week between Cyprus and Israel – Onisilos/Gideon – went smoothly and “with absolute success” according to the Defence Ministry with the beneficiaries undoubtedly being the visiting side, not the home team. During the three-day exercise, the Israeli Air Force deployed its F-15 and F-16 fighter jets to conduct virtual sorties on targets
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As big pharmaceuticals race against the clock to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, Cyprus health authorities need to start working on logistic challenges for an unprecedented vaccination action plan, argue experts. Dr Christos Petrou, co-ordinator of the Pharmacy Program at the University of Nicosia, urged authorities to address serious logistic difficulties in importing vaccines that must
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Cyprus could be in a better situation by Christmas in containing COVID-19 but scientists warn that restrictive measures will still be in place over the holiday season. The newly-appointed head of the committee of scientists advising the government, Dr Constantinos Tsioutis said, “no-one should be under the impression that there will be no measures over
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By Andreas Theophanous It was not the first time that Erdogan visited the occupied northern part of Cyprus to celebrate the anniversary of the “independence” of the “TRNC”. This time though it was different: he was accompanied by numerous Turkish ministers and other officials and also visited the fenced city of Varosha in violation of
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Two men, both in their 70s, died from COVID-19 on Friday, raising the death toll since the pandemic started to 43, with the health ministry announcing 274 more new cases of SARS-CoV-2. The health ministry said a man aged 74, with underlying issues, had been at the Ekali rehabilitation centre in Limassol from where he
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Following unsettled weather conditions prevailing over the island in the past 24 hours, Cyprus is in for more heavy thunderstorms, rain with the risk of hail, said the Meteorology Department on Friday afternoon. Issuing a new yellow alert, the second in as many days, valid from 4 pm on Friday to 2 pm on Saturday
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