Around 500 drivers a day were reported in a Cyprus police anti-speeding campaign, during the crackdown 3,453 drivers received speeding tickets between February 11-17. According to police many of those drivers were found to be travelling at twice the speed limits. Talking to Astra Radio, George Milis, head of the Traffic Department, stressed speeding offences
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Cyprus likes to promote itself as an island of history and heritage, but it falls below the EU average when it comes to the number of people employed in the culture sector. Cyprus ranked towards the bottom half of the EU – although higher than Greece (3.2%) – with 3.5% of the workforce employed in
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As a consequence of a failed education system, as much as a EUR 100 mln yearly is spent on after-school private lessons, with some families spending a whopping EUR 600 a month on tutoring for each child. Parents are dishing out serious money to private institutions/individuals, putting a strain on their quality of life, as
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. When “Jerry Maguire” star player Cuba Gooding Jr. had doubts whether his on-screen manager Tom Cruise had closed a career-breaking sponsorship deal, he blurted the now-cliché “show me the money!” Since then, it is used by doubting Thomases to imply reserved trust in the financial transactions of a manager. So, too, in Cyprus, we
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. Cyprus is not perfect – although it would like to think so. It has a tendency to whitewash wrongdoings by the wealthy elite and not worry too much about the consequences of nepotism and the impact of rule bending. Privilege is everywhere and it makes more noise than a children’s birthday party at McDonald’s,
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. Developments of the pending Brexit burden us with many worries. Not only we, as Cyprus, have special links with the U.K., but we are saddened by the British people who are, at this point in time (especially the business community) at a stage of wait and see. British nationals also who live outside the
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A scandal involving an allegedly falsified health certificate issued to Nigeria’s World Cup goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has put Cyprus football on the spot with growing concern over how Cypriot teams treat their players. Nigeria international Uzoho found himself caught up in a police probe involving falsifying of a medical certificate that allows him to play
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Cyprus’ energy sector is on the verge of radical changes with the construction of the island’s first private power plant as entrepreneurs promise to deliver cheaper and cleaner energy to households and businesses. One such newcomer is Power Energy Cyprus (PEC) Ltd. It has laid the foundation stone on Friday for its EUR 200 mln
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Cyprus has become one of the few EU countries to legalise the cultivation and use of medical cannabis after a 30 to 18 majority vote in parliament approved the legislation. Cypriot MPs voted in a law making it legal to cultivate, import and export, and to possess and use medicinal cannabis. On Friday, the House
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Parliament has approved the EUR 68.7 mln budget for the body that will run the Cyprus General Health Scheme, with EUR 55 mln being allocated for wages of hospital staff and officials of State Health Services Organisation OKYPY. While the House gave the green light to the OKYPY budget, essentially setting in motion the biggest
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