Cyprus has yet to wiggle out of the “flawed democracies” category, ranked 37 out of 167 countries on the Democracy Index 2021 issued by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Scoring 7.43 out of 10, lower than 2020 (7.56), Cyprus not only failed to move into the top group of democratic countries but has recorded its worst
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As climate change nears the point of no return, world leaders are scrambling to respond by announcing ambitious carbon emission targets and clean energy policies. Achieving the green energy transition through decarbonisation requires enormous amounts of metals, including copper, which cannot only be produced through recycling. The urgency for global climate action was never clearer
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Health authorities are mulling rolling out a fourth COVID-19 dose for the elderly, and immunocompromised people as data from hospitals suggest these groups are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Phileleftheros daily, quoting sources close to the scientists advising the government on the coronavirus outbreak, said experts are concerned about increasing numbers of older
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Amazon Web Services has built up an edge in the billion-dollar cloud computing market, a sector that is attracting key providers who are aiming to dominate the space amid increasing adoption as other providers attempt to catch up. Data presented by Finbold indicates that Amazon’s AWS accounts for the largest share of cloud infrastructure service
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Israeli claims over potential output from the Aphrodite gas field arose from the demand by the owners of the Israeli offshore block Ishai, bordering Cyprus’ block12; they are entitled to a share of the Aphrodite gas reserves – estimated at 120 billion cubic metres (bcm). They claim the Aphrodite gas reservoir straddles the EEZ delineation
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Thursday, with new cases rising to 2,815, while hospitalisations inched down to 198, below the 200-level for the second day. The number of critical cases also dropped marginally, from 49 to 47. The health minister and the government’s scientific advisors will be weighing epidemiological data next week to determine
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Cyprus health minister Michalis Hadjipantela and the government’s scientific advisors will be weighing epidemiological data next week to determine whether some of the COVID-19 measures can be lifted. Hadjipantela will be meeting with the scientific team handling the coronavirus outbreak early Tuesday morning, shortly before for a cabinet meeting. The minister told the Cyprus News
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A Briton has pleaded not guilty before the Paphos criminal court to murdering his terminally ill wife as his defence team called for the charges to be changed to assisted suicide. UK-based Justice Abroad is representing, with Cypriot lawyers, David Hunter, a 74-year-old British man charged with murder. At the hearing on Thursday at the
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The first batch of 6,000 tickets for driving offences recorded by the new traffic camera network was sent 40 days after the system went live, said Deputy traffic chief Harris Evripidou. In comments to CyBC radio, Evripidou said the traffic camera network, which went live at the beginning of the year, has so far recorded
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Cyprus Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios has received optimistic messages over this year’s tourist flows from Russia, the island’s second-largest market. Perdios is in Moscow for the second time in just a few weeks to meet Russian officials, following his contacts with air carriers and tour operators. “There’s widespread optimism in the Russian market for trips
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