Tesla delivered nearly 1.3 mln vehicles in 2022, a remarkable milestone for the relatively young carmaker, which is almost as many vehicles as the company had delivered in the previous eight years combined. The electric vehicle giant has accomplished a significant feat in the automobile industry, according to data compiled by StockApps.com. “The feat is
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By Craig Erlam Investors are taking a cautious stance ahead of Friday’s jobs report, a little spooked by Jerome Powell’s comments in Congress and fearful of being caught on the wrong side of another hot jobs report. That’s clearly the danger at this point, that we get another hot report that confirms January was no
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Authorities were flooded with nearly 4,000 applications under the €30 mln incentive scheme to encourage motorists to go electric, said the Transport Ministry. The scheme’s second phase ended on Thursday oversubscribed, with Transport ministry officials receiving over 3,859 applications before the deadline. Interested parties had until 9 March, 11 am, to submit their application. The
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A 12.62% decrease was recorded in fires in Cyprus last year, but the trend was reversed for urban areas, according to the Fire Service. According to the statistics, the Service responded to 6,451 fires throughout Cyprus. In relation to rural fires, a downward trend of 23% (3,445) was observed, compared to 2021, when the total
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Larnaca will reap the benefits of the passenger ferry link between Cyprus and Greece, as officials have decided to include the town’s revamped port in the schedule for August and September. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras said port operators Kition Ocean have agreed with the ferry operators, Scandro Holding,
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As the cost-of-living crisis continues to rise globally, consumers have drastically adjusted their spending behaviours, with the majority (53%) “holding back” on non-essential spending. Some 15% of consumers have stopped non-essential spending altogether, according to the 2023 PwC Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey, which captured the views of 9,180 consumers across 25 territories. The survey
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Some 8,000 earthquake victims have sought refuge in the Turkish-occupied north of the island following the devasting quake that hit Turkey and Syria last month, according to Turkish Cypriot media. News outlet Halkin Sesi reported that despite officials claiming less than 2,000 quake victims entered the north, their numbers are four times higher. “While contradictory
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Every 8th March, the demand for gender equality is in the spotlight of public opinion. On this occasion, the undersigned female Speakers of the European parliaments want to join the voices that call for full equality between men and women, because gender equality is one of the basic consensuses of our democracies and, at the
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The Cypriot economy is expected to grow by 2.5% GDP in 2023, well above the euro area average of 0.5%, said Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou. Herodotou said the economy showed notable resilience in 2022, recording significant GDP growth of 5.6%, despite the negative international environment, partly due to the higher-than-expected activity in the tourism industry and the non-dependence of
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The British Bases champion the importance of equal opportunities in the workplace as organisations all over the world celebrate International Women’s Day. There is an almost even split between men and women employed in the Bases, and of the 43.23% of locally employed women currently working across all sectors – 591, both Greek and Turkish Cypriot
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