A week after Cyprus health authorities imposed stricter measures in Larnaca district where Covid-19 infections had spiralled in September, the health ministry announced it was extending the same measures to the capital Nicosia and Limassol, where clusters of coronavirus cases had appeared. The measures are effective for 10 days starting from Monday afternoon until the
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EU Foreign Ministers Tuesday called for a reversal of the Varosha opening while voicing disappointment over Turkey rebooting its East Med energy search. The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell who chaired the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg announced “the opening of Varosha undermines mutual trust” and the Ministers believe “it increases the tensions and must
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President Nicos Anastasiades urged people to show self-restraint after nationalists broke through the Dherynia crossing into no man’s land to protest against the opening of Varosha. Anastasiades condemned Sunday’s incident invo9lving around 200 people as unacceptable. In a written statement, the President said he understands the feelings of “indignation and bitterness” as a result of
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Cypriot parliament speaker Demetris Syllouris has lashed out at the Al Jazeera network, saying it tried to snare him in an undercover investigation into ‘golden passports’ under the Cyprus Investments Scheme. The new 50-minute video, released on Monday, allegedly uses an investor described as ‘Mr X’ who is reportedly a convicted Chinese national, living in
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Last week was good for equity investors. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rallied 3.8% and 4.6%, respectively, with their best weekly performance since July. Despite the shortage of good economic news, hopes of passing a new stimulus package kept sentiment upbeat. However, the latest White House
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Several UK Cypriots were among those chosen to receive awards in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours list for their contribution to community, society and public service. Among the prominent winners were Cypriots Stephen Alambritis (MBE), June Angelides (MBE), Ayse Veli (MBE) George Kassianos (CBE) and Andrew Christopher Stylianou (OBE). Aradippou-born Alambritis, leader of Merton Council, received
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Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday brief his EU counterparts about Turkey illegally opening fenced-off Varosha as well as sending a research vessel back to the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey has issued an unauthorised Navtex, for its Oruc Reis to conduct research activities in a region within the Republic of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone
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The organised UK Cypriot community is mobilising its members following the UN Security Council statement instructing Turkey and the breakaway Turkish Cypriots to reverse a decision to open Varosha’s beachfront. In a letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the UK National Federation of Cypriots calls for actions to ensure the implementation of the statement and
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By Olga Kandinskaia Practical learning has become so much more important in post-Covid19 business management education. Live case studies offer a learning process that today’s students both expect and need: real-life situations that provide added context and complexities. Live cases can also offer additional incentives to students, well beyond the academic grade. Even before the
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Incumbent Mustafa Akinci and hard-line challenger Ersin Tatar will battle it out in a second round of the elections to choose the next leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, after the two garnered about 30% and 32%, respectively, in Sunday’s first round. Apart from the presidency of the unrecognised ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, the
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