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VW, Toyota, Renault-Nissan lost $104.5 bln in 2020 revenue

Carmakers had a rough start to 2020, with worldwide auto production and sales having slumped amid the coronavirus outbreak. Supply chain disruptions, factory closures, and sales drops had a massive impact on

30th October 2020

Markets/World

Cyprus at wrong end of EU Gender Equality Index

Cyprus is languishing at the wrong end of the EU Gender Equality Index ranked 21 out of the 28 countries with its 56.9/100 score 11 points lower than the European average. Despite

29th October 2020

Cyprus/Europe/Life & Society

Trump’s social media army 7 times bigger than Biden’s

U.S. President Donald Trump’s 143 million social media following is about 7.2 times more compared to his rival in the upcoming election Joe Biden. As of October 28th, Biden’s overall social media

29th October 2020

Life & Society/World

Armenian diaspora rallying to the cause

The small, yet vibrant, community of Cyprus has mobilised its members and friends to garner support for efforts to restart peace talks over the fate of Nagorno-Karabagh, the Armenian region known as

28th October 2020

Cyprus/World

Business leaders urge one voice against Turkey boycott of France

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) supports France in its request for Eurochambres to condemn Turkish calls to boycott French goods. “We want to join a request that Eurochambres should take

27th October 2020

Business/Europe

COVID19: UK study dispels herd immunity theory

The idea that COVID-19 herd immunity can be achieved naturally, by a large proportion of the population contracting the virus, has been debunked by a UK study showing that coronavirus immunity is

27th October 2020

Life & Society/World

Erdogan plans to ‘picnic’ in Varosha

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to attend a “picnic” next month in fenced-off Varosha, as he pushes for a two-state solution on the divided island, Bloomberg reported. “I would like to

27th October 2020

Cyprus/Europe

Nigel Farage urged to highlight perils of DIY investing

Nigel Farage appears to be advocating a DIY approach to investing – and this could be “monumentally risky” for inexperienced investors, warns the CEO of one of financial advisory and fintech deVere

27th October 2020

Markets/World

Cyprus-Greece-Israel discuss energy partnership

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is in Athens Tuesday to participate in the trilateral meeting with his colleagues from Greece and Israel to discuss key regional issues like energy cooperation. High on

27th October 2020

Energy/Europe

Zoom stock soars 600%, adds 46 mln downloads in September

Video conferencing platform Zoom added 46.26 mln downloads of its app in September, on both Android and iOS platforms, thus benefitting from accelerated adoption of cloud-based communication, data presented by Buy Shares

26th October 2020

Markets/World