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Cyprus drops down corruption table

Cyprus received another blow to its tarnished reputation as it dropped one notch to 42nd in Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) on Thursday. The news comes as government and senior

28th January 2021

Business/World

COVID19: Cyprus best in Europe at tackling pandemic

Cyprus has been more successful than most countries in tackling the pandemic coming fifth in a global COVID Performance Index of 98 nations. It is the highest-ranked European country and was only

28th January 2021

Cyprus/World

US to accelerate non-lethal arms sales to Cyprus

Washington is looking at ways of speeding up procedures to supply Cyprus with non-lethal weapons after the lifting of a US arms embargo last year. Cyprus Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and US

28th January 2021

Cyprus/World

‘Buy everything’ trade taken down a notch

By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM The S&P 500 fell 2.57% on Wednesday, its biggest single-day drop since October, as the benchmark index wiped out its year-to-date gains. Spot Gold is

28th January 2021

Markets/World

UN summit on Cyprus expected in March

An informal UN-led 5+1 Cyprus conference to resume abandoned peace talks is scheduled to take place in early March, most probably at Greentree in New York. However, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

27th January 2021

Cyprus/World

COVID19: EU vaccination plan at risk

AstraZeneca conceding it will not be able to meet its Q1 delivery commitments to the European Union is set to endanger the bloc’s strategy to get the virus in check by summer.

27th January 2021

Cyprus/Europe

Cypriots top EU for internet calls

With lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions across Europe, Cypriots were the busiest making video calls to chat to a relative or a friend during the pandemic. A Eurostat study published Tuesday shows Cyprus

27th January 2021

Europe/Life & Society

Cypriot hacker pleads guilty to cybercrimes in US

A young hacker who became the first-ever Cypriot citizen to be extradited to the US has pleaded guilty to committing cyber-crimes before a US court in Georgia. Joshua Pelloso Epifaniou, now 21,

26th January 2021

Cyprus/World

US equity futures jump as Biden tries to push through $1.9 trln aid

By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM After a brief pause on Friday, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to resume their rally Monday with futures of

25th January 2021

Markets/World

Uncle Joe has it all to do

Amid the gloom of coronavirus, Trump denying he lost the election and a world in financial chaos, Joe Biden stepped up to become the 46th President of the United States. At 78

24th January 2021

Comment/World