Cyprus reported three coronavirus deaths on Saturday, including the oldest victim at 102 years, with new daily cases rising to 3,894, down from Monday’s record 6,494, while hospitalisations broke past the 200-level and increased to 201. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that two men died during the past 24 hours, aged 91
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More than half of millennials and nearly three-quarters of Generation Z are considering including NFTs into their investment portfolios, according to a new survey. The findings from a worldwide poll carried out by financial advisory and fintech deVere Group among 600 clients, show that 52% of those born between 1980 and 1996, and 74% of
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Cyprus continues to suffer from high levels of dust particles in the atmosphere, the Department of Labour Inspection said on Saturday, three times above normal readings, causing respiratory problems to many and the weather warmer than usual. Measurements from ground stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network showed Nicosia to be worst off with 9am
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By Craig Erlam Equity markets nudged higher at the end of the week after suffering losses on Thursday earlier, as the consolidation phase continues. This continues to be a very headline-driven market and they’re coming thick and fast. Talks between Ukraine and Russia seem to be progressing well, but things can change rapidly, for better
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Some 400 RCB employees and 11,000 customers are in limbo as the bank’s winding down process is not going as smoothly as the Central Bank had predicted. RCB Bank had embarked on an “orderly winding down” of its Cyprus banking operations, as announced last month, transforming into an asset management company. An unofficial briefing held
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on the first day of April, with new daily cases dropping further to 2,491, down from Monday’s record 6,494, while hospitalisations were marginally down at 191. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin on Friday that two women died during the past 24 hours, aged 84 and 96, raising
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A small fraction of deposits in Cypriot banks have been frozen following EU sanctions on Russia and its wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, with close ties to the Kremlin, said Cyprus Central Bank Governor. The island’s chief banker, Constantinos Herodotou, said, “frozen deposits amount to a few tens of millions, a figure which is not
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Ask any high school student in Cyprus the whereabouts of Donbas, Kyiv, or Crimea, and most of the time, you’ll get a numbing reply. And ask them to point to these areas on a map, and the result will be truly tragic. Our youngsters are not stupid, nor ignorant. Simply, they haven’t been given the
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March ended with 65 coronavirus deaths in Cyprus, after two men, aged 62 and 85, died on Thursday, with new daily cases dropping further to 4,349, down from Monday’s record 6,494, while hospitalisations rose again to 195 from 182. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that critical cases were unchanged at 25, while
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German airline Lufthansa has been flying to Cyprus for 40 years, as it commemorates its first landing at Larnaca airport on 31 March 1982, when a Boeing 727 touched down from Frankfurt. Flight number LH 614 was scheduled twice weekly with an onward flight to Amman, Jordan. Lufthansa offered a twice-weekly service to Larnaca as
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