Cyprus reported four COVID-19 deaths on Friday, four less than last week, with a drop in new infections, while a systems failure could not calculate the number of hospitalisations. The health ministry said in its weekly bulletin that the latest victims were two men and two women aged 73 to 81, while a further 21
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Another 14 vultures have arrived in Cyprus from Spain as part of a population-saving campaign under The LIFE with Vultures project. The project aims to introduce and release the vultures to help the threatened Cypriot population. The vultures were placed in a special, spacious aviary in the Limassol district. They will remain there for 5-6 months
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Cyprus tourism expects a full recovery in 2023 after the island’s airports recorded the largest passenger traffic in February. According to Cyprus airports operator Hermes Airports, Larnaca and Paphos airports had more passenger traffic in February 2023 than the record year of 2019. Hermes announced that 454,000 passengers passed through the island’s airports, an increase
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Three days of mourning have been declared after Cypriots Kyprianos Papaioannou, 23, and Anastasia Adamidou, 24, were confirmed dead by Greek authorities after their bodies were identified through DNA in the deadly train collision. Papaioannou and Adamidou were identified using DNA testing from samples provided by their family, who flew to Greece to determine the
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The gender employment gap in Cyprus and the EU is wider between men and women with children than those without, according to Eurostat data. In 2021, 78% of women aged 25-54 without children were employed in Cyprus (77% in the EU). On the other hand, women of this age with children had a lower employment
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By Edward Moya US stocks came under pressure on Thursday after another round of economic data suggest central bank tightening by both the Fed and ECB might have to be more aggressive. The bond market selloff returned after EU core price inflation hit fresh record highs, and US jobless claims edged lower and as labour costs surged.
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The deadline for registration under the UK’s new Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) expired on 31 January. As of 1 February, the UK government announced that only 19,510 registered overseas entities – out of 32,440 – had declared their beneficial owners before the deadline expired. Unregistered overseas entities are now automatically barred from registering ownership
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The House on Thursday passed an extension to freeze the consumption tax imposed on fuel, correcting a costly political error which pushed up petrol prices by 10 cents per litre for two days. Earlier in the week, politicians were falling over themselves to correct the fumble that pushed petrol prices up after Parliament failed to
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Cyprus, along with Malta, have the highest energy demand to keep buildings cool among EU states, while since 1979, the two countries recorded the highest yearly average of cooling degree days. According to European Statistical Services (Eurostat) data, Cyprus recorded the most cooling degree days nationally, with 698.12 days, after Malta (842 days). Regarding heating
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Cyprus’ economy slowed in 2022; however, the island’s Gross Domestic Product continued to grow past €24 bln, surpassing pre-coronavirus 2019 levels. According to the data released by the Statistical Service, the economy grew by 5.6% GDP in 2022 from 6.6% growth in 2021. In 2019, before the coronavirus crippled the economy in 2020, it grew
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