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COVID19: Cyprus holds back suspect AstraZeneca batch

Cyprus has held back a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines which Austria put on ice after the death of a woman from blood clots and hospitalisation of a second person days after

11th March 2021

Cyprus/Europe

EastMed gas pipeline can be ready in 2025

The ambitious €6 bln EastMed natural gas pipeline could be built and ready within the next five years, Israeli Energy Yuval Steinitz told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview. “In Israel,

11th March 2021

Energy/Europe

Cyprus GDP up 1.4%, employment down 0.2% in Q4

Cyprus GDP grew by 1.4% in the last quarter of the coronavirus-struck year of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, while the rest of the European Union recorded a decrease of 0.5%,

9th March 2021

Cyprus/Economy/Europe

UK PM tells Erdogan he backs a federal solution

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan he supports a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation in Cyprus and not a two-state solution advocated by Turkey. The two leaders also

9th March 2021

Cyprus/Europe

Cyprus, Greece seek tougher EU stance on Turkey migrants

Cyprus Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis demanded the EU no longer tolerate Turkey’s behaviour on the migration issue. In their joint statements in Athens, Nouris said that

9th March 2021

Cyprus/Europe

EU: Up to Cypriots to find a solution

Responsibility for finding a Cyprus solution lies first and foremost with the Cypriots themselves, not outsiders, said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in his blog post after visiting the island. He

9th March 2021

Cyprus/Europe

Cyprus, Greece, Israel sign landmark electricity cable accord

Cyprus, Israel, and Greece on Monday signed a trilateral accord paving the way for constructing a €2.5 billion electricity cable linking their power grids to Europe and Asia. A Memorandum of Understanding

8th March 2021

Energy/Europe

Cyprus dragging its feet in closing gender gap

Cyprus is eighth from the bottom in the EU for female participation in parliament, as only 22% of MPs are women, compared to the European average of 33%, according to Eurostat data.

8th March 2021

Cyprus/Europe

Only 27% of women in management positions

Cyprus has one of the lowest rates of women in management-level positions in Europe with only 27%, below the EU average of 34%. Women are still highly outnumbered at the management level

5th March 2021

Business/Europe

Sunak’s UK Budget could run into unintended consequences

Rishi Sunak’s Budget will encourage higher earners to consider their “international financial options” and will drive businesses away from the UK, warned Nigel Green, CEO of one of the world’s largest independent

5th March 2021

Europe/Markets