Even with the implementation of the justice reform bills, it will take four to five years for the courts to clear the backlog of pending cases. But if parliament passes the various justice reform bills, delivering justice will be speeded up and improve the island’s poor reputation for huge delays. Supreme Court President Antonis Latsios
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A pioneering study showed that Cyprus has among the world’s highest incidence rates for cancer in children with leukaemias, the most frequent. Cancer in children and adolescents epidemiology was never before examined, so a paediatric oncology registry of Cyprus (PORCY) was created to study the incidence rates in the 0-19 age group. “We need the
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Around $30 million in crypto on the Malta cryptocurrency exchange that belonged to a murdered Turkish Cypriot casino boss has been seized upon demand from the Turkish authorities as part of an investigation into an illegal gambling ring. Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said the investigation into the gambling ring is being conducted by the Ankara
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Cyprus reported two Covid-19 deaths in the past week and a worrying increase in new cases and hospitalisations to 3,544 and 70, respectively. The Health Ministry said in its weekly Covid report that the latest victims were an 87 year old man and a 97 year old woman. However, the ministry adjusted the death toll
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By Craig Erlam It’s been another fascinating week in financial markets and it’s not over yet, with the US jobs report still to come amid some interest rate uncertainty. The Fed meeting on Wednesday left investors scratching their heads. What was meant to be the pivot moment quickly became something very different; an admission that
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The annual multinational exercise NEMESIS 2022 was conducted in 9 blocks of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone and included counter-terrorism scenarios on a gas platform. It also involved boarding operations on suspicious boats, air evacuation of trapped and injured persons, mass rescue operation due to the abandonment of the platform, and anti-pollution operations. Eight countries participated
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Inflation in Cyprus was recorded at 8.8% in October, up from 8.7% in September on the Consumer Price Index, lower than the estimated 10.7%-euro area inflation. It increased by 0.89 units and reached 114.01 from 113.12 units in September. For the 10 months January-October, the CPI increased by 8.4% compared to the same period last
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New loans approved by Cypriot banks rose by €217 million in September compared to August, driven upwards by corporate loans of over €1 mln, which rose by 127.6 mln. Furthermore, interest rates for consumer credit rose to a 4-year high and mortgage rates and corporate loans for up to €1 million climbed to a 6-year-high
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Cyprus’ unemployment rate of 8% was the third highest in the EU and above the Euro area average of 6.6%, Eurostat data for September shows. The jobless rate in Cyprus dropped to 8% from 8.3% in August and up from 6.2% in September last year. Only Spain (12.7%) and Greece (11.8%) had a higher unemployment
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The European Parliament’s PEGA Inquiry Committee delegation on Pegasus and illicit spyware are suspicious of the surveillance link between Israel and Cyprus. MEPs raised a series of questions, including why Cyprus is an attractive destination for companies that sell software and monitoring services from Israel and what the Cypriot Parliament does to investigate complaints. Pegasus,
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