COVID-19 vaccinations will only be carried out twice a week by appointment, with health authorities tweaking the rollout as Cypriots are uninterested in getting jabbed. Speaking to state radio CyBC, deputy director of nursing services Evagoras Tambouris said that vaccination centres will only be operational on Wednesdays and Fridays, citing decreased interest. As Tambouris said,
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry denounced a defence training deal between the US and Cyprus as “encouraging Greek Cypriot side’s armament.” “We condemn the signing of an agreement between the National Guard of the State of New Jersey and the Ministry of Defence of the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA)…under the scope of the US Department of
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Bitcoin, Tether and Ethereum remained the three most traded digital coins in the crypto space in March, according to data presented by BitcoinCasinos.com. However, their trading volumes jumped above the values seen a month before. After a volatile February, which made crypto traders more cautious, the global crypto trading volume spiked in March, with all
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President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus would submit its candidacy to the Council of the International Maritime Organization, denying it backed down after Greece endorsed Turkey to lead the IMO. Nicosia seeks to continue playing a lead role in the IMO with Europe’s third-largest shipping fleet. He rejected reports that because there was no Cypriot candidacy,
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When Anna Koukkides-Procopiou is handed the report’s findings into the events of the Apollon-Anorthosis basketball game turned violent, it is an opportunity for the Justice Minister to consider reviving the blueprint for police reform, probably collecting dust somewhere. Undoubtedly, the fan violence and destruction caused by hooligans are to blame. However, questions have been raised
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In a bid to become Cyprus’ second city, a huge development project along Larnaca’s once-industrial coast hopes to transform the area into a vibrant and sustainable community. Now the oil tank eyesores on Dhekelia road have gone, the Petrolina Group has a new vision for the 2.5 km scared coastline that is ripe for redevelopment.
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DBRS Morningstar assigned a BBB rating to a series of notes issued by PIMCO fund Capella Financing that has undertaken the majority of €1.4 bln worth of non-performing loans of Hellenic Bank as part of ‘Project Starlight’. The rating agency’s German subsidiary, DBRS Ratings GmbH, announced Friday it had assigned a rating of BBB (high)
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Israeli investors are advancing plans to create a ‘tech valley’ on the island to host technology companies amid rising insecurity and concerns over a planned judicial overhaul. Speculation has proliferated about plans by Israeli managers and investors to move overseas, companies they founded in Israel to protect them if a justice overhaul is enacted. The
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There is a tendency in Cyprus to ignore that resolving social ills are the stitches that enable politics to work. Dogma and theories present wishful thinking of what should be, but reality doesn’t follow straight lines. The new government has been getting its feet under the cabinet table, trying to look busy managing the country
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A significant investor risk for landlords is when tenants don’t pay. This is because the system depends on tenants paying rent in full and on time. Serious problems can arise for all when tenants cannot pay. France and Italy have laws that are significantly favourable to the tenant. France has rules that can prevent the
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