President Nicos Anastasiades appeared determined to fortify the country from corruption while calling on parliament to pass bills related to transparency in public life. As the government seeks to improve its image in the wake of a public outcry over state corruption involving high ranking officials, President Anastasiades met a number of state officials to
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President Nicos Anastasiades has urged authorities to launch a campaign to combat 5G conspiracy theories while accelerating the process of digitalising the Cyprus economy and society. Speaking at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, after having received the report from communications commissioner George Michaelides, Anastasiades said that a campaign should be launched targeting misinformation. “[Some people]
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The Interior Ministry defended itself on Friday against allegation it had received hundreds of applications from foreign investors eyeing to grab a Cyprus passport at the last minute after the scheme was terminated on 1 November. In a statement, the ministry said between 13 October, when the government decided it would terminate the Citizenship for
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Cyprus’ epidemiological data has dangerously deteriorated to a 14-day cumulative rate of 207.9 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population with over half the infections in the Limassol hotspot. Compared to the data available at the end of September, Cyprus COVID-19 rate has recorded an increase of 1590.24% going up from 12.3 cases to 207.9 per 100,000.
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM It has been a momentous week defined by anticipation, tension and drama around the US presidential election. The outcome of this historic election remains on a knife-edge, with Donald Trump and Democrat challenger Joe Biden going toe to toe in key swing states. Investors across the world
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As a second wave crashes down on Europe, Cyprus’ safe travel list has just six countries not needing a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry, none of them are from the EU. With epidemiological data deteriorating across Europe and, as of Monday Cyprus will be knocking five countries, including the last three EU countries, entirely
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Moscow has criticised the US for trying to arm-twist Nicosia into denying Russian warships access to Cyprus ports. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said such a move “runs contrary to the inalienable right of states to an independent foreign policy”. Nicosia has kept quiet since the request was repeated this week but in the
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Cyprus said the European Commission’s Autumn Economic Forecast is in line with government estimates of recession this year and rebound in 2021 but the outlook remains uncertain without a coronavirus vaccine. The Finance Ministry said the forecast reaffirmed that government measures to support employees and businesses are on the right track. “It also reaffirms that
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Another rape case involving a young British tourist in Cyprus is making UK headlines with authorities accused of hushing the incident up. According to UK media, a Scottish teenager who claims to have had her allegation of rape dismissed by police in Cyprus has turned to Police Scotland for help. The woman alleged she was
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Just as Cyprus saw the rate of daily cases gradually subside, Thursday saw a new record of 233 SARS-CoV-2, half of which were identified through contact tracing from confirmed coronavirus infections. To date, Cyprus has had 5,333 cases since the pandemic started in March. The Ministry of Health said it conducted 3,756 tests for COVID-19
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