A leading cause of preventable deaths in Cyprus is lung cancer while mortality from diabetes is the highest in the EU, although it has seen a significant downward trend since 2004, a
Cyprus was one of six EU states where annual unemployment actually went up in 2019 while jobless among the youth is coming down. In Cyprus, the unemployment rate fell to 7.6% (34,000
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told the UN he is ready to take part in an informal five-party conference to reach an agreement on the terms of reference for moribund Cyprus talks to
Liquidity of Cyprus banks has reached an all-time high as they now possess €15.1 bln more in deposits than loans, a long way from the dark days of 2013. According to the
Italy has underlined its full solidarity with Cyprus over Turkey’s continued illegal drilling activities for gas in Cypriot waters. A joint statement issued by Foreign Ministers Nikos Christodoulides and Luigi Di Maio,
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci may not make the run-off in April elections in the breakaway north of the island with hardliners on the Cyprus problem likely to triumph, according to opinion polls. A
Land developers argue that liquidity-rich Cyprus banks are making life difficult for young couples who want to buy a first home by denying them a loan. As developers are relying more on
Greece Defence Minister Nikos Pagiotopoulos and his Cypriot counterpart Savvas Angelides held discussions on improving their defence cooperation involving the Chiefs of Staff of the Greek and Cyprus armed forces. Angelides said
Cypriot authorities have urged people with evidence of match-fixing in football to come forward with Justice Minister George Savvides pledging there will be no cover-up. “Whoever loves football, it’s not enough to
Cyprus economic growth is expected to decelerate in 2020, with real GDP dropping from 4.1% in 2018 and 3.4% in 2019 to 2.8%, due to faltering confidence, risks related to bad loans
