It took a young British woman undaunted by her traumatic experience to give the dysfunctional Cyprus justice system a bloody nose. She had to suffer being victim-blamed in a rape case, branded a liar, convicted for wasting police time and have her life put on hold after being dragged through the legal mire. A British
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Last year’s sharp rise in natural gas prices across Europe, which inevitably hit electricity prices, left a sour inheritance to Greek households and businesses. As summer gave way to autumn, electricity prices rose across Europe, including Greece, driven by an unprecedented rise in gas prices. With natgas widely used for power generation across the continent,
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Climate change is on our doorstep. There is an urgency to address this global concern, and Cyprus can no longer drag its feet on this. No individual state can tackle climate challenges on its own. Our EU membership has already given us directions on how we can act. Now we have to accelerate our pace
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It seems that despite the initial lukewarm reaction by politicians to properly investigate poor management of the Cyprus economy (many of whom have only themselves to blame), we are now experiencing the other extreme, with everybody investigating everybody for wrongdoings. Whoever has a complaint will take it to the press and then to the Auditor
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Saturday, as daily cases dropped to 2,568, but hospitalisations were up to 225 from 218 as were critical cases. The Health Ministry said in its Covid bulletin that the latest victim was a 94-year-old woman, raising the death toll for February to six and 741 since March 2020. January
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Despite recording the third biggest increase in the share of renewable energy in transport, Cyprus is ranked sixth from the bottom among EU member states, missing its 2020 target. Environmentalists say last-minute juggling was not enough to push Cyprus past its goal to meet the 10% target level for 2020 for the share of renewable
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Cyprus banks deny accusations that despite excess liquidity of €21.7 bln, they are hesitant to redirect the cash flow back into the capital-starved economy through lending to new and existing businesses. Banks have seen their liquidity to loans ratio rise as deposits increased amid the improved macroeconomic environment, particularly low lending rates. But they are
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Celestyal Cruises has launched a new reservations platform, Seaware, developed with travel specialists Versonix. The Piraeus-based cruise company, formerly a subsidiary of Louis Plc, said the new platform provides travel advisors with advanced CRM functionality and access to a greater variety of pre-and post-packages. These include both mandatory and optional components, rule-based pricing, payment and
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When a nearly dilapidated house in Aradippou collapsed earlier this week, initial reports suggested it was a minor incident and that there were no injuries. The mayor even told CyBC radio that “it seemed a well-maintained house”, but this happens with all mudbrick houses, especially after torrential rains. Simple as it may seem, the whole
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Friday, with all metrics declining, as new daily cases dropped to 2,907, hospitalisations were down to 218 and critical cases receded to 61. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that the latest victims were an 85 year old man and an 80 year old woman, raising the
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