Cyprus’ Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou underlined that there will be no more delays in the implementation of the country’s General Health System, the first phase of which is expected to begin by summer with the out-patients’ service. Talking to CyBC radio on Friday, Ioannou said that the government and the health ministry are on course
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National broadcaster CyBC radio and television went off the air for 15 minutes at midday on Friday, when staff walked out in protest over the lack of safety measures in some of the buildings that back to the late 1950s. The walkout was prompted by an accident that occurred on Thursday, when a graphic designer
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Kyriakos Kokkinos, a former executive at IBM Cyprus and EMEA with nearly three decades of experience in the IT sector, has been appointed as the island’s first Chief Scientist, starting a new era for research and innovation, with the government announcing a set of measures to boost startups. During the swearing-in ceremony in Nicosia of
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Cyprus ranked among the top four countries in an EU survey where people said they couldn’t afford to keep their homes sufficiently warm. Ιn 2017, 8% of the European Union population said in an EU-wide survey that they could not afford to heat their homes properly. This share peaked in 2012 at 11% and has
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The Cypriot economy is forecasted to continue to grow at robust rates in 2019, albeit at a somewhat slower pace compared to 2018, according to University of Cyprus economists. In 2018, real GDP is estimated to have increased by 3.8% while this year growth is forecasted to decelerate as Cyprus GDP is projected to grow
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Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe, including Cyprus, via the Mediterranean lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, making it the world’s deadliest sea crossing. The latest ‘Desperate Journeys’ report, released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says six lives were lost on average every day. The report said there “were 64
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. Notwithstanding our 39 years of operation in the real estate market in this country, we are still learning by the wrongdoings and sick mentality that we all seem to share. We got a negative reaction by some (and lots of well-done) after that we wrote on this subject in the Greek press that
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. The 5th Southern EU Countries Summit (MED-7) in Nicosia, tackled a wide range of pressing issues. The leaders of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, have met not only to address issues such as migration or economic growth but also addressed Cypriot reunification and security offshore. In a declaration, the parties reiterated
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In renewing the UNFICYP mandate the Security Council called for stalled Cyprus talks to resume as the United States warned that peacekeepers would not remain on the island indefinitely. The council unanimously adopted a resolution, on Wednesday, that renewed for six months until July 31 the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Cyprus, known as
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Cyprus’ Finance Ministry aims to make accepting card payments obligatory for all sellers through an amendment of existing legislation regarding payments and receipts. According to Philenews, the ministry is to submit a draft bill that provides for the addition of a new article, which would make it obligatory for shop owners of any kind to
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