Cyprus rescheduled the deadline for tenders for four licenses to establish and operate 5G networks for the second time in a month as providers want the state to offer credit facilities. The Department of Electronical Communications announced the extension granted after requests by interested parties for credit facilities because of the very high reservation prices
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The EU27 summit dinner on Thursday will be entirely devoted to Eastern Mediterranean crisis and relations with Turkey, President of the European Council Charles Michel announced. He said the objective is “to create a space for a constructive dialogue with Turkey to achieve stability and security in the whole region and to ensure full respect
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Cyprus Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has urged the public to show discipline and resolve as they are the best weapons to prevent a national surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the peak of the pandemic in April, he noted, Cyprus managed to emerge with the least possible losses by demonstrating great persistence and patience. “Today
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Cyprus Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides predicts the economy will perform better than expected post-COVID shrinking by less than 5.5% GDP instead of the previously forecast of -7%. “We have succeeded in our policy response to the pandemic crisis,” Petrides told an online conference sponsored by The Economist Events on Tuesday. “As a result, we are
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The Foreign Ministers of Greece and Spain will pay working visits to Cyprus on Wednesday focusing on EU-Turkey relations given Ankara’s activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. Talks with their Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides also come on the eve of an EU leaders summit in Brussels where possible sanctions against Turkey will be discussed. A Foreign
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Cyprus reported a sharp rise of 30 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday with the majority linked to football clubs, Larnaca clusters and travel. Tuesday’s cases are nearly double the number announced the previous day (17). The 30 cases were tracked down after 2,685 tests were carried out, bringing the total of COVID-19 cases to 1,743.
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Conservationists have slammed the Illegal killing of dozens of migratory birds by hunters near Larnaca Salt Lake while authorities turn a blind eye. “This horrible crime against wildlife was committed near Lake Soros last Saturday,” said a Birdlife Cyprus statement. Dozens of Bee-eaters, plus many other protected species, such as Barn Swallows were shot down
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Cyprus tourism revenue in July plummeted 89.9% to €42.5 mln from €422 mln in the same month last year due to travel restrictions to stem the pandemic. The outlook was no better for the six months January to July when income from tourism dipped 88.5% to €164.5 mln from €1.42 bln in the same period
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Patients now being treated for coronavirus at Cyprus’ COVID-referral hospital are getting younger showing the virus does not only adversely affect the elderly, a senior scientist warned. Following the admission of a 24-year-old footballer to Famagusta General on Monday, hospital officials say that half of the patients currently in the facility are under 45. In
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Cyprus motorists committing traffic offences will pay heftier fines from Thursday when new penalties are introduced for speeding, drink-driving, not wearing a crash helmet or seat belt, and using your phone at the wheel. Amended legislation approved by MPs in July, will see offenders digging deep into their pockets as fines double for parking in
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