There were high levels of dust recorded in the skies over Cyprus on Tuesday with double the accepted limit in some areas, according to measurements of the Air Quality Monitoring Network. Limassol and Larnaca are towns with the highest concentration of dust in the air which adds to the discomfort as the weather is also warmer
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With COVID-19 transmission on an upward curve, economic sentiment deteriorated in October as business confidence weakened, a monthly indicator by University of Cyprus (UCY) economists shows. In October, economic sentiment in Cyprus worsened as the UCY Economic Sentiment Indicator fell by 1.6 points compared with September. The decrease resulted from “weaker business confidence in services,
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Nigel Farage appears to be advocating a DIY approach to investing – and this could be “monumentally risky” for inexperienced investors, warns the CEO of one of financial advisory and fintech deVere Group. A daily finance-orientated newsletter from the team of the Brexit Party leader and political activist urged its readers to “tell us about
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Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is in Athens Tuesday to participate in the trilateral meeting with his colleagues from Greece and Israel to discuss key regional issues like energy cooperation. High on the agenda are developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and the broader region, and enhancing cooperation between the three countries in
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Cyprus health officials reported 91 new SARS-CoV-2 cases on Monday, from among 2,285 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, resulting in a local infection rate of one in 13 persons tested, up from Sunday’s rate of one in 18. With 31 patients being treated for coronavirus in state hospitals, the total for Cyprus has
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Attorney-General George Savvides has given reassurances that nothing will be swept under the carpet during investigations into corrupt procedures for granting Cyprus passports to foreign investors via the Citizenship for Investment Scheme. An Ad hoc committee was appointed to probe cases of dodgy investors to determine whether there were criminal offences committed. The Attorney General
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Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides urged MPs to approve the budget as Cyprus is gripped by the pandemic, revealing it was drafted on the assumption that another national lockdown would be unnecessary. Presenting the 20121 state budget to the parliamentary committee of Finance and Budgetary Affairs, Petrides said: “The budget was drafted on one premise, that
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Video conferencing platform Zoom added 46.26 mln downloads of its app in September, on both Android and iOS platforms, thus benefitting from accelerated adoption of cloud-based communication, data presented by Buy Shares indicates. Android had the most downloads at 32.17 mln. For iOS, the iPhone recorded 10.86 mln downloads, while the iPad had 3.23 mln
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Despite winter looming, Cyprus is still bathing in summer-like weather as maximum temperatures on Monday reached a whopping 36 degrees Celsius, 10 degrees higher than average for the season. This month is well on its way to becoming the hottest October on record as temperatures have stayed well above average throughout the month with a
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Experts on the coronavirus pandemic have warned that the current surge in cases will take weeks to flatten out, despite an expected drop in infections within days due to tougher measures. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency on Monday, a specialist in infection control and government advisor Constantinos Tsioutis said that COVID-19 cases appear
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