On Tuesday evening, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will attend a social reception hosted by the UN in the Nicosia buffer zone to help rekindle moribund Cyprus talks. It is part of a UN initiative to break the ice with the new UN head of mission and Cyprus envoy Colin Stewart.
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A Larnaca doctor accused of issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards will stand trial on 18 January before the Criminal Court. The 53-year-old Larnaca cardiologist, also acting as a GP, was under investigation after evidence emerged; he handed out fake vaccination certificates for anti-vaxxers, two of whom later died from coronavirus. He faces charges of conspiracy
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The cabinet approved a Finance Ministry proposal to cut 10% VAT on household electricity bills for three months as part of its policy to tackle the fallout from the rise in energy prices. Reducing the VAT rate on electricity bills to 9% is estimated to cost the government €19.5 mln (€6.5 mln per month). The
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EU foreign ministers have assessed measures – including sanctions – they could take against Turkey for reopening the fenced-off abandoned beach resort of Varosha. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said ministers in the bloc were evaluating options on the table after the Turkish Cypriot administration partially demilitarised Varosha and reopened it to tourists.
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President Nicos Anastasiades said that boosting relations with Qatar and the Gulf region is Nicosia’s strategic objective and a core foreign policy priority. He made comments Monday, addressing the inauguration of the new Qatari Embassy in the capital. Over the past years, the president said that political and economic relations between Cyprus and Qatar have
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Vladimir Putin has much to be proud of. He has restored Russia as a first-class military power and, although per capita income at just above $10,000 (2020) leaves much to be desired, many people, particularly in the big cities, feel that economic and political stability is worth the political freedoms they have been deprived over
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at Exinity Group The highest inflation in 39 years, volatile equity markets, a flattening bond yield curve, and a spreading new Covid-19 variant have all hit the markets in the last two weeks. And the question on every investor’s and trader’s mind is what is the US Federal Reserve
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Monday and a surge in new cases to 715, with hospitalisations continuing to rise to 149, as the government announced new measures targeting anti-vaxxers. From 15 December, unvaccinated people will be banned from social events such as weddings, christenings, hospitality, and sports venues, as the government tightens restrictions and
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As Cyprus braces for Omicron by stepping up checks at airports and tightening measures, Argentina and Chile are the latest countries to join the expanding COVID high-risk red category. They have been relegated from orange, in the only changes to the island’s safe travel list assessment, as announced by the Health Ministry. Cyprus has detected
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From 15 December, unvaccinated people will be banned from social events such as weddings, christenings, hospitality, and sports venues, as the government tightens COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas announced the tightening of measures to get ahead of the spread of Omicron, a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. According to the new measures, unvaccinated
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