The United Nations confirmed that an incident involving a Greek Cypriot farmer and Turkish soldiers took place in the buffer zone, at Dhenia village, in Nicosia district, on Tuesday. Nicosia said it is monitoring the incident and handling the whole issue. Dhenia community leader, Christakis Panayiotou, told the Cyprus News Agency that when the Greek
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Cyprus patient organisations are fuming over a small number of specialist doctors raking over €500,000 a year from the General Healthcare System, while there is limited access to vital drugs. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, the head of the Cyprus Patients Associations Federation, Marios Kouloumas, said: “We cannot stand by and watch as some doctors
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A gradual increase of flights from Paphos airport is expected this month, according to the flight program of airline companies, provided the pandemic doesn’t worsen. According to Cyprus airports operator Hermes, the first week of February closed with 85 flights conducted from Paphos. During the week 14-20 February, 112 flights are planned, while on 21-27
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Cypriots believe defending democratic values should be the European Parliament’s top priority, according to EP Autumn 2021 Eurobarometer published Tuesday. In Cyprus, 89% said they would like to see the EP play a more important role. A third of respondents in the EU (32%) see democracy as the most important value to defend, followed by
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Cyprus Energy Minister Natasa Pilides is confident the €300 mln Vasiliko LNG import terminal will be completed in the summer of 2023, despite contractors threatening to pull out over extra costs. In comments to state radio CyBC on Tuesday, Pilides said the implementation of the project is proceeding within the reset timeframe, agreed following delays
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Despite the dominance of Omicron, the Delta variant is still spreading in the community, responsible for most of the serious COVID-19 cases needing intensive care. According to the State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY), around 90% of OCVID-19 patients treated in ICUs have been infected by the Delta variant, despite Omicron causing 90% of infections. In
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Israel warned it would intervene if energy companies licensed to commercially exploit the bordering Aphrodite and Yishai gas fields do not resolve their dispute by March 4. According to the Jerusalem Post, this is the warning given by Israel Energy Minister Karin Elharrar in a letter to Nammax Oil and Gas. “Israel never gave up
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Organisations fighting against gender discrimination and violence against women argue Cyprus has not done much to protect victims coming forward to report abuse, despite signing international treaties. They argue the overturning of the conviction of a young British woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped by Israeli tourists has left Cyprus and its justice
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at Exinity Last week saw risk assets climb, with the S&P 500 gaining 1.6% as investors rushed to buy the latest dip in equities. The better-than-expected U.S. January jobs report and overall positive earnings encouraged risk-taking. Still, as we saw with Meta Platforms, any miss has been heavily punished,
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Cyprus reported four coronavirus deaths on Monday, two of whom in their 40s, with an increase in daily cases beyond the 3,000 mark to 3,374, and hospitalisations also up at 233, of whom 63 were critical. Concerned that the infection numbers are still high, virologist and government advisor Dr Petros Karayiannis said earlier on Monday
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