Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter to President Nicos Anatasiades, expressing his gratitude for the immediate response and assistance Cyprus offered in combatting recent deadly wildfires in Israel. Cyprus government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou revealed that, in his letter, Netanyahu said the timely help was of decisive importance in placing the fires under control
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Turkey will send a second drill ship to the East Med in July to launch operations in the region after being roundly condemned for entering Cyprus’ EEZ last month. Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez said Turkey's first drilling vessel (Fatih) will continue operations in the region (off Cyprus) as planned. The second drilling vessel Yavuz,
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM As the northern hemisphere heads into summer season, market sentiment around the world is pointing firmly south due the rising heat that is being felt in the air from global trade tensions. Investors, overall, have received notification that the trade tensions’ theme is very much a global story
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Cyprus’ new General Healthcare System launched on June 1 with minor issues, but Monday saw the first real test for the new scheme. The early problems have mainly been at local pharmacists where the software failed to work on several occasions but the Health Ministry announced that the system worked perfectly. As stated by HIO
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For the first time in Cyprus, self-service terminals for unattended outdoor locations, enable contactless card acceptance, boosting the overall digital payment transformation of the island. RCB Bank’s self-service card acceptance terminals, powered by Mastercard, have been installed at the Limassol Marina multistory car park to improve the visitors’ payment experience. Head of RCB Acquiring and
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Cyprus has among the highest proportion of households with children – 116,300 from a total of 326,800 – in the European Union, according to latest data. Among the EU Member States, Ireland recorded the highest proportion of households with children (39%), ahead of Cyprus, Poland and Slovakia (all 36%) and Romania (35%). In contrast, the
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While most political parties put a positive spin on the European Parliament Election results, Cypriot voters, essentially, turned their backs on what was a milestone for the future of the European Union. Just 44.9% of some 641,000 Cyprus voters turned up to cast their preference in an election which determined the composition of a European
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. The relatively new way of letting (Airbnb and others) seems to be increasing worldwide, whereas a recent report by the International Auditors KPMG refers to an increase of 48% in demand for Cyprus. It seems that demand is not directed solely for holiday/beach locations, but it is extending to non-beach locations (Nicosia included) including
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Viewed as the most important elections in the history of the European Union, national results have delivered the most diverse parliament in recent history, with traditional political powers losing seats to the far-right and Eurosceptic groups. For the first time in 40 years, the two big blocks of the social democratic centre-left and Christian democratic
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. Lifting the deadwood from the highly forgettable Euro Election results it appears that what we are left with is a country where democracy is a nuisance and women are viewed as second class political citizens. I know going over the election results is more tedious than the travel plans of those Chelsea and Arsenal
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