Cyprus health authorities will step up measures against novel coronavirus by widening screening of passengers arriving at ports and airports from infected countries Italy, South Korea, Japan and Iran. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou told reporters on Tuesday that officials will be screening passengers arriving at Cyprus entry points from northern Italy, South Korea, Japan and
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles will conduct an official visit to Cyprus from 18-21 March in the first such UK Royal trip to the island for 27 years. Their Royal Highneses’ visit to Cyprus will be the first such visit since Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1993 for the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting. It
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Cyprus comes fourth top in the EU for the number of enterprises (73%) that are using social media, well above the European average of 50%. More and more enterprises in the EU are using social media. In 2019, one in two enterprises reported that they were using at least one type of social media, which
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Greek and French Defence Ministers agreed to work together to deter Turkey’s illegal actions in the Eastern Mediterranean during their meeting in Athens. Greece’s Nikos Panagiotopoulos and France’s Florence Parly said on Monday they had a complete convergence of views on the way’s security challenges in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean could be tackled.
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Cyprus motorists committing traffic offences are to pay heftier fines as MPs are set to vote in a new law next month that increases penalties for bad drivers. The House Transport Committee has reviewed a government proposal, which introduces bigger increases in fines for offending drivers and prepared its own proposals. MPs have essentially decided
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM More than $1 trillion was wiped out from stock markets on Monday as coronavirus cases spiked outside of China, fanning fears around the prospects of a pandemic and slowing global growth. Equities in Asia and Europe flashed bright red, while Wall Street collapsed like a house of
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is ready to move ahead with Cyprus reunification talks soon after April’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. This was the view of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides who met the UN chief in Geneva on Monday to discuss Turkey’s illegal drilling in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as well as its plans
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Invest Cyprus, the organisation tasked with attracting foreign direct investment has created a special unit to help the National Tourist Strategy succeed in attracting 5 million tourists by 2030. Invest Cyprus chairman Michalis Michael said the focus will be on attracting investors in the tourism sector and the “hundreds of millions in investment needed” in
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Cyprus authorities are to review coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols on Tuesday due to the rising number of cases in Italy and elsewhere, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. Asked if there will be increased measures, given the death of six elderly people in Italy, the minister said a meeting of health professionals will evaluate the situation. “We
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Investors remain complacent about an imminent coronavirus-triggered market correction of up to 10%, the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations has warned, as global equities registered losses on Monday following a surge in cases in Italy, Iran and South Korea over the weekend. The warning from deVere Group’s chief executive
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