The Digital Security Authority (DSA) is bolstering efforts to enhance cybersecurity in Cyprus by addressing risks to essential services while creating a safer environment for investors and businesses. Recent comments by high ranking state officials have put the spotlight on cybersecurity gaps in crucial state services such as ministries, ports, water, and electricity distribution networks.
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The traditional political parties have already embarked on their election campaigns, planning for May 2021, where they hope, at best, to maintain their seats in the 56-member House. Judging from the growing frustration and ambivalence among the public in 2016, when the ‘big four’ collectively lost seven seats, the fallout could be greater this time
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Previously we reported that an ice cream kiosk was duly converted into a grill bar, within the seashore protection zone (where buildings are not allowed), but still operating as a restaurant for more than one year, despite our complaints to the authorities. Certainly, the operator is “protected” by Paralimni Municipality and we have got written
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Cyprus reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Friday as infections continue to be transmitted among high school students, football players in the Famagusta district and family clusters. The Health Ministry said total Covid-19 cases in the Republic now stands at 1,789, with authorities tightening measures in Larnaca and Famagusta. It said people contracting the virus
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Local tourism stakeholders are calling on authorities to relax ‘strict’ health protocols for coronavirus which is discouraging tourists from visiting Cyprus. The Cyprus Hotel Association, the Association of Cyprus Touristic Enterprises (ACTE), Hermes Airport and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) have suggested to the government that measures to contain COVID-19 regarding are less
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If residents of Achna village do not get tested for COVID-19 as instructed or declare their close contacts, the only way to control the spread of coronavirus is a local lockdown, a government scientist warned. Virologist and Health Ministry advisor on COVID, Peter Karayiannis told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) the situation is very dangerous
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM A wave of risk-off sentiment swept through financial markets after US President Donald Trump tweeted that he and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for Covid-19 and will go into quarantine to begin their recovery process. US and European equity futures, along with Asian benchmark indices,
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EU leaders agreed Friday to impose sanctions on dozens of senior officials in Belarus accused of falsifying presidential election results and cracking down on peaceful protests after Cyprus withdrew its veto threat. In an embarrassing standoff, Cyprus had insisted that its EU partners take action against Turkey for its energy exploration work in disputed waters
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Nearly 500 motorists and cyclists were pulled over by Cyprus police enforcing a tougher regime of fixed penalties for traffic offences. According to Charis Evripiadou, the Traffic Department’s acting director, a total of 494 motorists were handed heftier fines in the framework of a stricter driving code introduced as of Thursday. In comments to the
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The Cyprus Deputy Ministry for Shipping should be fully digitised in around a year, the junior minister told a gathering of ship owners and maritime executives in Limassol. Speaking at the Cyprus Marine Club, deputy minister Vassilios Demetriades elaborated on the new services and improvements that will be implemented, saying he deems it feasible that
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